Norden – en hållbar region med fokus på livslångt lärande, Odense 11 Nov 2010

1. Norden – en hållbar region med fokus på livslångt lärande, Odense 11 Nov 2010

2. Carl Lindberg , Member of UNESCO´s High-Level Panel on the UN Decade 2005 -2014 for ESD, SwedishNational Commission for UNESCO

3. Medlem i Nordiska Ministerrådets Ämbetsmannakommitté för Utbildning och Forskning 1994-2004

4. The education ministers decided in year 2002 to develop an action plan on education for sustainable development in the Baltic Sea region: Baltic 21 Education.

5. Education for All (EFA) Dakar April 2000, NMRs Konferens i Oslo juni 2002

6. The decision in the UN General Assembly to declare 2005–2014 as a UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) have had an impact on ESD efforts in the Baltic Sea states, in a variety of ways.

7. Nordiska Ministerrådets seminarium i Karlskrona den 12-13 juni 2003

8. ”Learning to change our world” iGöteborg 4-7 maj 2004,ESD-konferens (ENSI) i Esbjerg,maj-04 ---------- ESD-konferensen ”Support” Bergen 29/8 – 1/9 -10

9. UNECE´s High Level Meeting of Environment and Education Ministers, Vilnius, Lithuania, March 2005. A framework for the UNECE Strategy for ESD (www.unece.org/env/esd)

10. “UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development – Moving into the Second Half of the Decade” in Bonn, Germany. The Bonn Declaration www.esd-world-conference-2009.org.

12. A national ESD coordination body is vital to the implementation of ESD in a country

13. ESD should be included in the national agenda, integrated into budgetary frameworks, national development plans and national sustainable development strategies.

14. Countries need to be in the driver’s seat for ensuring the implementation of the DESD at national level. UNESCO is committed to continue mobilizing stakeholders to extend and deepen their engagement with ESD.

15. Preamble of the Earth Charter: “We stand at a critical moment in Earth´s history, a time when humanity must choose its future.”

16. The scientists have identified and quantified planetary boundaries that must not be transgressed to help prevent human activities from causing unacceptable environmental change. It is about how to create a safe operating space for humanity.(NATURE, sept 09)

17. The political will and responsible leadership for tackling the major challenges facing humanity in all our countries can only be created by well-informed and educated public opinion.

18. “Universities have a special role and a special responsibility in confronting these challenges of climate change and sustainability. Universities are charged to look beyond the immediate and beyond the local, to take the long view and the broad view…..

19. ....it is not about the next quarter, or even the next year, but about our obligations to generations to come; it is not just about our city or state or nation, but about the whole interconnected world” Drew Gilpin Faust, president at Harvard University

20. Universities, should both compete and cooperate with each other to be among the forerunners as “Universities for a Sustainable Future”.

21. The Higher Education Act, from 1 February 2006, Swedish universities and university colleges, ‘in their activities, higher education institutions shall promote sustainable development that ensures present and future generations a healthy and good environment, economic and social welfare and justice.’

22. University management needs to adopt a policy for ESD work at institutions, but also take part in discussions and debates with teachers and researchers on how such a policy might inform the institution’s entire range of activities

23. Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development/ UN University in Tokyo (www.ias.unu.edu). There are now more than 70 of these RCEs at present (see http://www.ias.unu.edu).

25. Ministers of Education, and their Ministries, should develop action plans on ESD, giving government agencies clear roles and responsibilities. All relevant legislation and regulation must reflect the importance of ESD.

26. Members of Parliament should raise the importance of ESD with their government

27. Politicians in local and regional government, especially those responsible for school issues, need to be made aware that ESD is an important dimension of quality.

28. Global Citizen´s Conference on DESD, Oct 2009,Tokyo,Japan

29. Professor Osamu ABE and his students att Rikkyo University, Tokyo

30. The 4 th Beijing International Conference on ESD, Oct 2009, Beijing,China

33. Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development, Aug 2010, New Delhi, India

35. “President Obama and I share a great interest in your important work to promote education for sustainability.” And “We intend to do everything in our power to encourage education for sustainability.” Arne Duncan, US Secretary of Education.

36. Tomorrow today: UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova promotesEducation for Sustainable Development at the UN

37. De nordiska länderna måste skapa en ”Nordisk Modell för ESD”. Våra förutsättningar är bättre än i varje annan region. Norden måste bli ett föredöme och en ledande kraft för ESD i EU,UNECE,OECD och UNESCO. TACK!