31 March 2009
10.30 - 11.45h Opening plenary
Venue: World Conference Center Bonn (1), Plenary Hall
- Welcome by Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO (download), and Annette Schavan, German Federal Minister of Education and Research
- Keynote presentation by
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan
Video message - Keynote presentation by Graça Machel, former Minister of Education and Culture in Mozambique
Download Speech - Presentation by Claudia Matta (Lebanon) and Leonardo Velásquez (Honduras), representatives of the workshop "Young ESD Voices"
Download Speech - Musical interlude: The German Bundesjugendorchester meeting African friends. A Deutsche Welle Music Project
11.45 - 12.45h First plenary
Venue: World Conference Center Bonn (1), Plenary Hall
Chair: Nicholas Burnett, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO
- Introduction to the Conference
Nicholas Burnett, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO
Download Speech - Presentation of the Key Findings of the draft “DESD Global Report” on Contexts and Structures of the Work on Education for Sustainable Development
Mark Richmond, Director of the Division for the Coordination of United Nations Priorities in Education, UNESCO
Download Speech - Introduction to the Conference Programme
Walter Hirche, President of the German Commission for UNESCO Introduction to the Conference
11.45-12.00h Minister Photo at World Conference Center
Venue: World Conference Center Bonn (1), Lobby
12.00-12.45 Press Conference
Venue: World Conference Center Bonn (1), Press Room
12.45 - 15.00h Lunch break
Venue: World Conference Center Bonn (1), Press Room
14.30 - 17.30h High-level Segment
for Ministers and Heads of UN Agencies
Venue: UN Campus (2)
more information on the High-level Segment
15.00 - 18.00 Workshop Phase I, first part
Workshop Cluster I: Relevance of ESD for Key Sustainable
Development Challenges
- Education for Water Sustainability
Organizers: Miguel Doria, UNESCO; Almut Nagel, German Federal Environment Ministry; Charlotte van der Schaaf, UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development
Venue: Deutsche Post Tower (4) - Strengthening the educational response to climate change internationally?
Organizers: Laurence Pollier, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Philippe Saugier, Carbo-schools; Reuben Sessa, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Venue: UN-Campus (2), Room 2105 - Advancing sustainable lifestyles and responsible consumption through ESD
Organizers: Fabienne Pierre, United Nations Environment Programme;
Victoria Thoresen, Consumer Citizenship Network
Venue: Federal Network Agency (5) - ESD and disaster risk reduction: building disaster-resilient societies
Organizers: Christel Rose, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction; Badaoui Rouhban and Kristine Tovmasyan, UNESCO; Olivier Schick, French National Strategy for Disaster Reduction Platform
Venue: Deutsche Welle (3), Room Brussels - Educating for food security: the contribution of ESD
Organizers: Lavinia Gasperini, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization; Benedikt Haerlin, Foundation on Future Farming
Venue: UN-Campus (2), Room 2705 - AIDS, Health and Education for Sustainable Development
Organizers: Donald Bundy, World Bank; Chris Castle, UNESCO
Venue: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (8), Filmsaal - Mainstreaming Biodiversity into education and learning
Organizers: David Ainsworth, Convention on Biological Diversity;
Ana Persic, UNESCO
Venue: Haus der Geschichte (6) - The economic pillar of SD: educational approaches
Organizers: Manzoor Ahmed, Institute of Educational Development, BRAC University; Gisele Mankamte Yitamben, Association pour le Soutien et l’Appui’ a la Femme Entrepreneur
Venue: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (8),
Nelson Mandela Hall
Workshop Cluster II: Building Partnerships for ESD - UNESCO Biosphere Reserves as learning sites for integrating local and global sustainability issues
Organizer: Natarajan Ishwaran, UNESCO
Venue: Federal Press Office (7) - The Role of Private Sector in Education Sustainable Development
Organizers: Katherine Madden, World Business Council for Sustainable
Development; Alex Wong, World Economic Forum
Venue: Deutsche Welle (3), Room Trincomalee and Antigua - Media as partners for ESD
Organizers: Venus Jennings, UNESCO; Anne Marie Kalanga, Deutsche Welle
Venue: Deutsche Welle (3), Room Kigali and Nauen
18.00-20.00h Various events
- Special Event "Tune into Education for Sustainable Development", Deutsche Welle presents programs on sustainable development; Special guests: German-African music fusion
Organizer:Deutsche Welle
Download Invitation
Venue: Deutsche Welle (3), Gremiensaal - Special Event "Quality Education, Equity and Sustainable Development: A holistic vision through UNESCO's four World Education Conferences 2008-2009"
Organizer: UNESCO
Venue: World Conference Center Bonn (1), Plenary Hall - Special Event "Green at fifteen – benchmarking the successful generation of environmental knowledge and attitudes in OECD countries"
Organizer:Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Venue: World Conference Center Bonn (1), Wasserwerk - Visit to ESD Projects Exhibition more information
20.00 Evening reception
by the German Federal Minister of Education and Research, the Prime Minister of the Federal State of North-Rhine Westphlia, and the Mayor of the City of Bonn
Venue: Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany (10)
