9^ Riunione del Comitato UNECE

 Ginevra, 3/4 aprile 2014

Riunione del 9° comitato direttivo dell'UNECE 

9th Steering Committee meeting on 3 and 4 April 2014

 The UNECE Strategy for Education
for Sustainable Development

The Strategy’s overall objective is to equip people with knowledge of and skills in sustainable development, making them more competent and confident while at the same time increasing their opportunities for leading healthy and productive lifestyles in harmony with nature and with concern for social values, gender equity and cultural diversity.

L'obiettivo generale della strategia è   di dotare le persone con conoscenze e competenze nello sviluppo sostenibile, rendendole più competenti e sicure, ed allo stesso tempo aumentare le opportunità per condurre stili di vita sani e produttivi in armonia con la natura e tenendo conto dei valori sociali, della parità di genere e della diversità culturale.

The UNECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development was adopted in 2005 by the High Level Meeting of Education and Environment Ministries in Vilnius. 

The UNECE Strategy for ESD's  main aim is to encourage countries to ESD into all forms of their education systems and covers all levels from primary to tertiary, including vocational and adult learning. 

 Education for sustainable development (ESD) means including key sustainable development issues into teaching and learning, such as poverty alleviation, citizenship, peace, ethics, responsibility in local and global contexts, democracy and governance, justice, security, human rights, health, gender equity, cultural diversity10, rural and urban development, economy, production and consumption patterns, corporate responsibility, environmental protection, natural resource management and biological and landscape diversity.