Special Events
Special events took place at the conference venue and in workshop rooms during lunch hours and in the evening. Topics of special events were closely linked to the four conference objectives and have an international or regional focus.
31 March 2009
- Special Event "Quality Education, Equity and Sustainable Development: A holistic vision through UNESCO's four World Education Conferences 2008-2009"
Organizer: UNESCO Education Sector - 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)
1 April 2009
- Special Event "The United Nations and ESD: Walking the talk"
Organizer: Inter-Agency Committee (IAC) on the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development - Special Event "Regional Centres of Expertise for Education for Sustainable Development - lessons and ways ahead"
Organizer: United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) - Special Event "Human Rights Education – Key to Sustainable Development"
Organizer: Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation - Special Event: "Promotion of (early) education in STEM fields as a contribution by a corporate foundation to education for sustainable development"
Organizers: Deutsche Telekom AG, Deutsche Telekom Foundation
2 April 2009
- Special Event "The forgotten priority: Promoting gender equality in ESD"
Organizer: UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, Bangkok
Download Report - Special Event "Synergies between Intangible Cultural Heritage and ESD"
Organizer: Austrian Commission for UNESCO/National Agency for the Intangible Cultural Heritage - Special Event "Integrating the values and principles of sustainability into education; the promise of the Earth Charter"
Organizer: Earth Charter International
