Developing the Regional Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development in Asia-Pacific

1. Preparation of the Regional Strategy for the DESD in the Asia-Pacific Asia-Pacific ESD Strategy Planning Workshop22 – 24 November, 2004Seoul, Korea Derek Elias

2. UN Decade of Education forSustainable Development (DESD) Objectives • Enhance the role of Education in Sustainable Development • Facilitate links between stakeholders • Promote vision through learning and awareness • Fostering quality of learning • Develop strategies at every level

3. Key Areas of Sustainable Development Three Pillars of Sustainable Development: • Society • Environment • Economy with Culture as an underlying dimension.

4. Role of Stakeholders • Develop ESD expertise and capacity • Produce educational and informational material • Identify and mobilize resources • Model sustainable development practice • Exchange information • Promote cross-sectoral cooperation

5. SevenStrategies • Advocacy and vision-building • Consultation and ownership • Partnerships and networks • Capacity building and training • Research and innovation • ICT • Monitoring and evaluation

6. Monitoring and Evaluation Identify measurable indicators at all levels • Local • National • Regional • International • Initiative and Programme • Quantitative and Qualitative

7. Main ESD Activities at UNESCO Bangkok • Regional Strategy • Linking Partners • Community Based Processes • Monitoring • National, Provincial, Local Government Processes

8. Guidelines for the Regional Strategy Phase One Finding out what work in the Asia-Pacific region and why? Phase Two Reaching Out Phase Three Systemic Change

9. Regional Strategy for theDESD in Asia-Pacific Workshop: Regional Strategy for the DESD in Asia-Pacific, 1 – 3 February 2005 Bangkok, Thailand • Gather stakeholders • Produce adaptable strategy • Outline UNESCO’s approach

10. Regional Strategy for theDESD in Asia-Pacific Collaboration and Networking • Core issues for ESD in the region • Roles of stakeholders • Monitoring and evaluation

11. Preparations for the DESD in Asia-Pacific • Asia-Pacific Multi-agency Consultation: ESD (14 – 15 June 2004) • Strategic Workshop: Situational Analysis of ESD in Asia-Pacific (19 – 20 August 2004) • International Workshop: Development of Multi-media packages and ICT Tools to promote Education for Sustainable Development (24 – 28 August 2004) • Side event: Education for Sustainable Development, a partnership approach in the Asia-Pacific at the Greening of Industry Network conference (7 November 2004)

12. Preparations for the DESD in Asia-Pacific • IUCN World Conservation Conference: Session on Monitoring (20 November 2004) • Asia-Pacific ESD Strategy Workshop (22 – 25 November 2004) • Workshop on community-based ESD initiatives (17 – 19 January 2005) • International Conference on Education for a Sustainable Future (18 – 20 January 2005) • Proposed Workshop: Regional Strategy for the implementation of the DESD in the Asia-Pacific (1 – 3 February 2005)

13. Asia-Pacific Situational Analysis of ESD • Collect baseline data • Create and strengthen regional partnerships • Inform future ESD work at UNESCO

14. Asia-Pacific Situational Analysis of ESD • Clear overview of ESD in Asia-Pacific • Informed planning • Reduce duplication of efforts • Sub-region and country specific Sub-regions • Central Asia • South Asia • North Asia • Southeast Asia • Pacific

15. Asia-Pacific Situational Analysis of ESD For each sub-region • Current issues, awareness and perceptions, and core concepts • Ways to advance ESD • Good practices and Case Study

16. Regional Launch • Asia-Pacific Situational Analysis of ESD by sub-region • Regional Strategy for the Asia-Pacific • 5th Asia-Pacific Ministers Conference on Environment and Development,27 March. 2004 (Seoul, Korea)