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Education for Sustainable development
Afternoon key-note
The 9th of July 2013
At the CPU
By Kirsten Paaby
CPU 2012
The Context
Citizen
Participation
Active learning
University
Local Democracy
Learning for Local Democracy
the Study
The study and the third phase in a global
context:
• A contribution to the UN Decade for Education
for Sustainable Development
Photo: Namsdal Newspaper
The Aim of the Study
• Systematic picture – wealth and local
participation
• Map concrete experiences – responses to
wide spectrum of social challenges
• To build Intellectual and experiental
resources
The Second Phase
Case country studies from 11 countries:
Croatia, Hungary, Norway,
Romania, Slovakia,Spain,
United Kingdom, Germany,
Belarus, Georgia,Serbia
6 Cross-cutting Chapters
* Political, Institutional, Legislative Factors
* Local Authorities, Institutions, Leadership
* Civil Society
* Civic Education and Young People
* New Technologies and E-Government
* Citizenship and Social Inclusion
Sustainable Development?!
Bærekraftig
Balancing the
forbruk?
economical
considerations with the
ecological and social
considerations?
The future generations
perspective?
Sustainable development is seeking to meet the needs of the present
without compromising those of future generations. We have to learn our way
out of current social and environmental problems and learn to live
sustainably. Sustainable development is a vision of development that
encompasses populations, animal and plant species, ecosystems, natural
resources and that integrates concerns such as the fight against poverty,
gender equality, human rights, education for all, health, human security,
intercultural dialogue. UNESCO
Education for sustainable development aims to help people to develop the
attitudes, skills and knowledge to make informed decisions for the benefit of
themselves and others, now and in the future, and to act upon these
decisions. The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable
Development (2005-2014), for which UNESCO is the lead agency, seeks to
integrate the principles, values, and practices of sustainable development into
all aspects of education and learning, in order to address the social,
economic, cultural and environmental problems we face in the 21st century.
The Bonn-Declaration
From Rio
– call for democratic
mobilisation
From
Johannesburg –
call for education
and life long learning
with a focus on:
COMPETANCE OF ACTION
2005-2014
The UN Decade for Education for Sustainable
Development – ”learning to change our world”
The Decade promotes:
• Interdisciplinary and holistic
learning
• Values-based learning
• Critical thinking
• Multi-method approaches
• Participatory decision making
• Locally relevant information
New competance for action
The Target Groups:
• Pupils, students
• Society as a whole
• Life long learning
Regional Centres of Expertice
An RCE:
A network of existing formal, non-formal and
informal education organisations mobilised to deliver
education for sustainable development (ESD) to local
and regional communities.
The network of RCEs worldwide will constitute the
Global Learning Space for Sustainable Development.
Aspire to achieve the goals of the DESD, 2005-2014
By translating its global objectives into the context of
the local communities in which they operate.
http://www.rce-network.org/elgg/
Ecological loops of learning
In partnerships
Democratic Ecology – the Halkær Ådal
Valley, Denmark
«The stork has returned…»
..and it takes twice as long to
shop at the Co-op»
The Future Scenario Workshop a
successfull method
The City District Sagene – innovative
and creative work in making dialogues
with the citizens – testemony of
participation
Global follow up in Fredrikstad
(Norway)
Twinning and exchange networks with towns in Guatemala since 1985
«Our Common
Learning»
«Our Common
future»
The Balancing Act
www.thebalancinact.info