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First
UN interagency meeting on the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable
Development
On
5 September, UNESCO hosted the first inter-agency meeting on the
forthcoming UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD).
Opened by the Director-General, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, the meeting
was attended by representatives from 10 agencies: FAO,
ILO, UNAIDS,
UNEP, UNESCO, UNFPA,
UNICEF, UNU,
the World Bank and WFP.
UNESCO has been designated lead agency for the promotion of the
Decade, which will be launched in January 2005.
During the Decade, UNESCO will work with UN agencies and key stakeholders
to incorporate quantitative and qualitative indicators for education
for sustainable development (ESD)
into on-going monitoring and evaluation of Education for All (EFA)
and the UN Literacy Decade. It wil also monitor the progress of
activities undertaken by UN agencies, governments and NGOs in observance
of the Decade and facilitate implementation and follow-up. In parallel,
UNESCO will evaluate the achievement of measurable results in realising
the aims and objectives of the Decade, particularly with regard
to the integration of ESD in national educational policies, programmes
and systems. UNESCO will draw on the lessons learnt from the Decade
to make recommendations on how to promote further ESD.
In his remarks, the Director-General stressed that 'the ‘education’
in ESD is not just formal schooling but embraces a wide range of
learning experiences and programmes'. UNESCO will be making its
own substantive contributions to ESD in addition to stimulating
action and co-operation through its role as lead agency for the
Decade.
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