World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development – Moving into the Second Half of the UN Decade
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From 31 March to 2 April 2009, the "World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development – Moving into the Second Half of the UN Decade" was held in Bonn, Germany. Organizers of the conference were UNESCO and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, in cooperation with the German Commission for UNESCO.
Conference participants exchanged best practices on Education for Sustainable Development from all world regions. They developed mechanisms for enhanced cooperation in the implementation of the UN Decade, especially focusing on the exchange between developing countries, those in transition and industrialized countries.
Five years into the Decade, the conference followed four objectives: to highlight the relevance of ESD to all of education; to promote international exchange on ESD, especially between the North and the South; to carry out a stock-taking of the implementation of the UN Decade and to develop strategies for the way ahead.
Furthermore, participants discussed regional, national and cultural differences as well as challenges in the implementation of the UN Decade. At the end of the conference, a declaration reflecting the debates and proposing guidelines for the implementation of the UN Decade in its second half was adopted.
The World Conference on ESD is one of UNESCO's four global Education Conferences organised in 2008-2009 to discuss education priorities.
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Venue: World Conference Center Bonn, Germany
Conference languages: English, French, Spanish (in plenary only), German (in plenary only)
