Education

UNESCO’s role as lead of the DESD is fully in line with UNESCO’s functions as laboratory of ideas, standard-setter, clearing house, capacity-builder and promoter of international cooperation. UNESCO will be proactive, and all of the parts of the Organization will work together in an intersectoral manner, to demonstrate the strong leadership and coordination role at international level that UNESCO can and will play to ensure efficiency and success to the Decade.

UNESCO will use its DESD coordination role to:

- catalyse new partnerships with the private sector, with youth, and with media groups;
- foster monitoring and evaluation;
- encourage a research agenda and serve as a forum for relevant research on ESD;
- serve as a forum for bringing together important stakeholders in the Decade such as: representatives of the private sector, faith-based institutions, youth associations, indigenous people, etc.;
- share good ESD practices;
- link Member States that have put in place ESD curricula, policies, research, etc., with those Member States that are requesting help;
- convene flexible working groups on particular topics; and

fulfil its strategic role with regard to ESD.