Conférence mondiale de l'UNESCO sur l'éducation pour le développement durable

Alic, Meliha

Federal Ministry Of Education And Science, Bosnia And Herzegov

Ministress Alic graduated from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Sarajevo, Department of Mathematics and Descriptive Geometry and from 1971until 1992 she performed as a teacher of mathematics at the SecondGymnasium (Grammar School) in Sarajevo. In 1992 she started a war school in Novo Sarajevo Municipality and filled the post of the Second Gymnasium principal in the period from 1993 to 2003. As one of the founders of the Party for B&H (Stranka za BiH), in the period from 1998 to 2007, when she overtook a duty as the Federal Ministress of Educationand Science, she performed various duties.

Babinsky, Fabienne

Program Development, Inex - International Network For Educational Exchange, Austria

As co-founder of INEX - the International Network for Educational Exchange - I wish to contribute to preparing future leaders for the world's major challenges.

Balasiewicz, Karolina

Public Relations Department, Ministry Of National Education, Poland

Education: Polish and Belarusian Studies at University of Warsaw, now working in Non-Governmental Organisations Section in Ministry of National Education.

Barnholt, Gunvor

Department For Higher Education And International Cooperation, Ministry Of Education, Denmark

Chief Advisor. Ministry of Education, Denmark. Department of Higher Education and International Cooperation.

Becker, Hannah

Iaas Deutschland. E.V., Germany

I am a second year agriculture student at Bonn University and National Director of IAAS Germany e.V. In this position I am happy to have the opportunity to jointly organize meetings and congresses for youth and students interested in the fieldof agriculture on a European level. With these non formal learning opportunities I want to promote the exchange of experience, knowledge and ideas and to improve the mutual understanding between young people in our field.

Bell, David

Learning For A Sustainable Future (Lsf); And The National Education For Sustainable Development Expert Council (Nesdec - Canada), Canada

Dr. David Bell, Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Studies of York University (Toronto, Canada), is currently Chair of Learning for aSustainable Future (www.lsf-lst.ca); Co-chair of EASO (the Education Alliance for a Sustainable Ontario (http://www.sustainable-ontario.org); and Co-chair of theNational Education for Sustainable Development Expert Council (NESDEC). DrBell is interested in Governance for Sustainability the transformation indecision-making practices, policies, institutions and culture that will be necessary to support sustainability in the public, private and education sectors.

Belton, Curtis

Rockwood School/Winnipeg School Division, Canada

I am the principal (director) of a small elementary school in Canada, and I am also working on my Masters of Environment degree at the University of Manitoba. I amvery committed to ESD and have many initiatives going on at my school. I also strive towards sustainable living in my personal life.

Benabdallah, Boufeldja

Iepf - Organisation Internationale De La Francophonie, Canada

Expert en stratégies nationales de développement durable - SNDD:  en Consommation et production durables, en Éducation EDD, en responsabilité sociétale RSDD, en Énergie renouvelables EnR - ERD.

Benko, Lyle

L*A*M*B* Environmental & Educational Consulting (Inc.), Canada

Lyle Benko Is President of L*A*M*B* Environmental & Educational Consulting (Inc.), which has done provincial and federal government contracts on climate change and ESD. He is also Co-Coordinator of RCE Saskatchewan <www.saskrce.ca>. As a semi-retired educator with 37 years experience, Lyle is also a Sessional Lecturer and Faculty Advisor with the University of Regina.

Bley, Dagmar

Water Strategy Initiative Office DLR - Project Management Agency, Germany

After working for several years on basic hydrological research at Free University of Berlin I joined a large consulting engineering company in the field of water supply and water management in 1994, where I stayed for 8 years. During the last 6 years I have worked in science administration with a focus on environmentalsciences. Since 2007 I am working for the Water Strategy Initiative Office (IBWS) at Project Management Agency of DLR in Bonn which supports Germany´s Federal Ministries of Education and Research and Environment in developing a concept for international collaboration in the field of water management.

Blings, Jessica

Itb - Institut Technik Und Bildung, University of Bremen, Germany

She is since 1999 a researcher and project manager of European vocational and educational training (VET) projects. She is guiding European Projects at theinterface between education and the labour market knowledge, learning and work). Her main research fields are vocational education and training for a sustainable development, qualification needs and the shaping of learning and working within the European environmental economy and informal learning and the European qualification framework.

Bokova, Irina

Permanent Delegation Of Bulgaria To Unesco, France

Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Bulgaria to France, Permanent Delegate to UNESCO.

Bory-Adams, Aline

UNESCO, France

Bourn, Douglas

Unesco UK National Commission, United Kingdom

Chair of ESD Decade Group in UK, Director of Development Education Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London Editor, International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning.

Boyer, Jean-Pierre

Commmission Française Pour L'Unesco, France

Formation littéraire; particulièrement intéressé par les questions d'éducation et de culture; souhaite servir la coopération intellectuelle internationale dans le cadre de
l'UNESCO.

Briseid, Ole

Norwegian Ministry Of Education, Norwegian Delegation To Oecd And Unesco, France

Now: Minister/Deputy Permanent Delegate to the Norwegian permanent delegation to UNESCO. Before: Director General for primary, lower secondary education in Norway. Important focus: The necessity of integrating the perspective of sustainable developmant into all educational curricula.

Brundiers, Katja

School Of Sustainability, Arizona State University, United States

I work with the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University in the field of sustainability research education. In our projects students jointly investigatereal-world problems in the field of sustainability together withstakeholders from government, businesses, nonprofit organizations etc. Thus, my role is to help bridging science and society. As a so called \'Interfacemanager\'I facilitate these science-society research collaborations. For me ESD means to share, specify, and implement the concept of sustainability in a way thatindividuals and groups feel motivated to discover why sustainability is important for their lives and for society at large as well as to explore how to contribute to sustainability transitions in their private and professional life.

Cade, Adam

Student force For Sustainability/ Rce East Midlands, United Kingdom

Chief Executive of StudentForce for Sustainability an educational charity specialising in post-16 young people, learning, employability and sustainability - with programmes and research on work experience, higher and further education, pre-professional training and development, and sustainable lifestyles for youth. Also Coordinator of RCE East Midlands, RCE Youth Group and RCE Communications Working Group, linked to UN University RCE Team, Manager of UNEP's YouthXchange programme in UK and Member of UNESCO-UK ESDCommittee. Working on EE and then ESD for over 30 years - firstly as Head of Education and Community Action for the Nature Conservancy Council of the UK and then English Nature.

Cholley, Patrice

Executive Office Of The Ioc President, International Olympic Committee, Switzerland

Patrice Cholley is Manager of the 2009 Olympic Congress Secretariat at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is responsible for managing the content related to this event. The Congress, to be held in Copenhagen (Denmark) in October, will include topics concerning the sustainability of the Olympic Games. During his 20 year association with the IOC, Patrice has been involved with several projects and seminars dealing with sustainable development within the Olympic Movement.

Claesson, Josefin

Assistant, Ministry of Education, Stockholm, Sweden

Consentius, Heidi

Berlin Office For The Un-Decade At The Freie Universität Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin/Department Of Education, Germany

Heidi Consentius is a staff member at the Berlin office for the UN Decade in Germany and is in charge of the Decade Projects.

Czippan, Katalin

Office Of The Parliamentary Commissioner For Future Generation, Hungary

At the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Future Generations I am responsible for education, awareness raising and partnership issues to prepare our society for living a more conscious and responsible way accepting the rights of future generation. I am also the European vice chair of the Commission on  Education and Communication of IUCN. With my volunteer colleagues I am responsible to work on our priorities: Facilitate the Co-creation of Sustainable Solutions Create Strategic Communication Platforms Leverage New Learning for Professional Development.