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United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

To prepare a final report on the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD, 2005-2014), which will take stock of the growth of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) throughout the DESD, UNESCO, as the lead agency for the DESD, is organizing an online consultation to collect quantitative and qualitative data on ESD.

UNESCO invites Member States and other stakeholders to share achievements and challenges that have been dealt with throughout the Decade and respond to the online questionnaire by 31 October 2013.
The monitoring and evaluation (M&E) process for the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), which ends in 2014, is designed to capture a variety of activities related to ESD and take stock of the growth of ESD throughout the DESD. The final assessment and report will summarize and highlight the accomplishments of the DESD, convey lessons learnt and point the way for post-Decade efforts.

The UNESCO World Conference on ESD to be held in November 2014 in Japan, which will mark the end of the DESD, and therefore the monitoring and evaluation effort, are based on four themes.
1. Celebrating a Decade of Action
2. Reorienting Education to Build a Better Future for All
3. Accelerating Action for Sustainable Development
4. Setting the Agenda for ESD beyond 2014