ESD after 2014
The Adventures of Casper Elder and the Just Forests Gang will compliment the UNESCO Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
The Global Action Programme (GAP) on Education for Sustainable development (ESD) seeks to generate and scale-up ESD action. It is intended to make a substantial contribution to the post-2015 agenda.
The overall goal of the GAP is to generate and scale up action in all levels and areas of education and learning to accelerate progress towards sustainable development.
The GAP has two objectives:
to reorient education and learning so that everyone has the opportunity to acquire the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes that empower them to contribute to sustainable development – and make a difference;
to strengthen education and learning in all agendas, programmes and activities that promote sustainable development.
The GAP will focus on five priority action areas:
Advancing policy;
1. Integrating sustainability practices into education and training environments (whole-institution approaches);
2. Increasing the capacity of educators and trainers;
3. Empowering and mobilizing youth;
4. Encouraging local communities and municipal authorities to develop community-based ESD programmes.
New EFA Global Monitoring Report data proves education transforms development. The analysis provides fresh proof that investing in education, especially for girls, alleviates extreme poverty through securing substantial benefits for health and productivity, as well as democratic participation and women’s empowerment. To unlock education’s transformative power, however, new development goals must go further to ensure that all children benefit equally not only from primary education but also from good quality secondary schooling.Education POST 2015
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Education For All Global Monitoring Report
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