ESD for 2030 country initiatives

ESD country initiatives
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Last update:24 April 2024

Member States are encouraged to develop and implement ‘country initiative’ to mainstream ESD in the country’s efforts made for pursuing sustainable development. The country initiative on ESD for 2030 is to have a national scope, which includes activities that have or potentially could have country-wide impact. It can build on existing activities related to ESD or create a new initiative if necessary, in the context of SDG 4 contributions (e.g. curriculum review, teacher development, etc.) and expand them where possible. 

Therefore, a country initiative will be considered as an umbrella initiative which typically include as many on-going ESD activities in the country as possible and also some new activities, in order to foster synergies. It is encouraged that the design process of this umbrella multi-stakeholder country initiative would be led by the national government education authority (Ministry of Education) and is coordinated with other related Ministries such as Environment. Ideally, it is recommended to integrate ESD for 2030 country initiative into the existing national frameworks on the SDGs, in particular on SDG 4, but also 12 and 13 among others, in order to ensure coherent action at country level. A detailed guide on the design of the country initiative is provided in ‘country initiative template’, which can be provided upon request.

Africa

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Arab region

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Asia Pacific

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Across several objectives, the country is committed to establishing a national lifelong learning system to assist everyone in acquiring ESD and living sustainably.

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Europe and North America

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Jersey

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Scotland

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Latin America and the Carribean

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Across several objectives, the country is committed to strengthening the adaptive capacity and resilience of the Haitian education sector to the risks of natural hazards related to climate change.

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Across several objectives, the country is committed to developing a Federal ESD strategy inclusive of national ESD policy and an operationalised framework to guide the realisation of the national priorities for ESD for 2030. 

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