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GERMANY’s and JAPAN’s EFFORTS to ACHIEVE UNESCO’s GOALS

for the SECOND HALF of the DECADE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Dieter Gross

IGU-CGE August,2012 PH FREIBURG

ACTION GOALS 2009

STRATEGY GOALS 2010

DESD 2014/15 and beyond

RECOMMENDATIONS

© all slides : Dieter Gross

UNESCO’s

UNESCO/Germany 2012

Wavelets toward GOALS do not break,

but waves with varied heights do! these results allow a prioritized ranking

UNESCO’s ACTION (2009) and STRATEGY GOALS (2010)

Just a footnote: breaking waves clean greenhouse gases!

A pile-up physically modified by entropy

DESD 2005 JAPAN

? UNESCO 2009 WORLD CONFERENCE

National Gov. 2011 UNESCO 2012 BONN

Timeline DESD 2005 -2014 AND BEYOND

Survey: Goals be realized or not? Approaches!

Paper: Hopes and Challenges

Governmental Strategies; Germany/Japan

Recommendations, based on surveyed goals

General overview of the DESD GOALS and possible degree of realization

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% respondents

60

70

UNESCO‘s ACTION GOALS

scientific community

Youth training business leaders

gender equality

adequate resources

Percentage of respondents judging that each of the following UNESCO Action Goals will be realized at a level of 60 % or more

international

European Japanese

SATISFACTORY

UNSATISFACTORY

Nearly Satisfactory

Survey total 111 Europe 31 Japan 13

NGO

Approaches that involve the Scientific Community

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10

15

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25

30

% respondents

10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Survey total 100/111 Europe 31/34 Japan 13/13

all respondents 55%

This goal will be realized to 60% and more

European 71,1%

Japanese 30,8 %

Satisfactory

Unsatisfactory

青年

設計およびESDの実施に関与する若者

5

10

15

20

25

30

% respondents

10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

91/111 Europe 27/ 34 Japan 13/13

Involve youth in the design and implementation of ESD. Engage the commitment, solidarity and potential of youth and their organisations and networks in enhancing ESD. Foster young people’s ownership of ESD questions and issues.

青年

設計およびESDの実施に関与する若者

Involve youth in the design and implementation of ESD

54 % 66 % 46%

real rethinking of education

raise public awareness

reform of teacher education

focus on systemic thinking

sufficient financial resources

ESD curricula: subject-oriented, based on competencies

hands-on ESD materials

real rethinking of education


raise public awareness


develop national ESD indicators



training of administrators







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7

All/110 Europe: 33 Japan: 13



8 real rethinking of education

29.09.09

Priority ranking for implementing ESD: at the practice level Results of an Questionnaire within the Survey on UNESCO’s Action Goals for the Second Half of the Decade

implementing should be started with?

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10

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30

% respondents

10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

The first Stock Exchange in Europe, 1309 Bruges

Develop and implement ESD through coordinated policies that also involve business and the corporate sector

99/111 30/34 13/13

ESD gap: business sector

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38,5

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30

% respondents

10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

ESD should become an integral part of training of leaders in business industry, trade

union, non-profit and voluntary organizations, and the public services

global competitiveness

“ESD should, possibly in connection with the rise of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), become an integral part in the training of leaders in business and industry. The latter has been little emphasized in the DESD so far” UNESCO, 2009

CEOs ‘ Survey 2010

Which of the following global development issues are the most critical to address for the future success of your business?

POVERTY

DIVERSITY AND GENDER EQUALITY

ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER 26%

FOOD SECURITY 22%

HIV/AIDS AND OTHER DISEASES 6%

EDUCATION

CLIMATE CHANGE 66%

72%

51%

32%

EDUCATION 3 purposes:

to ensure sustained economic development

to renew the workforce capabilities

to equip leaders with the ability to manage sustainability issues

enabling conditions:

educational reforms that create sustainability skills and mindsets in executives and workforces

DESD 2014

GERMANY JAPAN

EVALUATION and REVISION

ESD permanent in curricula and training of teachers

ESD: successes, efficiency, greater visibility

international exchange: esp. North - South

DISSEMINATION

FOSTERING CLOSER ALLIANCES Global Promotion of ESD

Governmental Goals for the Second Half of the DESD

employers have to be won/partnerships

What is new?

THE ESD ISSUE

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2

3

1. More involvement and engagement in ESD from different sectors of society

2. Growing number of ESD learning networks and partnerships

3. Learning opportunities in the area of sustainability for leaders and top managers

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1.Short-term thinking and lack of flexibility

2. Lack of strategic communication

3. Not much engagement in ESD on the part of senior managers and leaders, business sector and the media.

EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ’HORIZON 2015‘ Report and Recommendations 27-28 February 2012, Bonn, Germany

2015 and beyond

Survey, 50 ESD experts

HELP HINDER Drivers Barriers

UNESCO 2009/2010 WORLD CONFERENCE

National Gov. 2011

Drivers: # ESD networking/NGOs # Scientific community # Youth/Women Barriers: # Public Awareness # Business # Media # Curricula # Resources

Germany / Japan

FOSTERING CLOSER ALLIANCES Global Promotion of ESD

Dissemination

Evaluation and Revision

Partnerships/business

Surveyed Goals and National Strategies

UNESCO, Bonn 2012 Rio+20, DESD (UNESCO)

The ESD Future We Really Want

These activities will help

More engagement and inter-sectoral collaboration in ESD, especially by the scientific community and the business sector

Increase of political will and financial resources

Increase consideration of youth and women

Raising public awareness

2014

From here to …

From Here To …

2013

2014

2015

The main issues for Germany and Japan Evaluation/Revision

Raise public awareness/dissem.

Comprehensive networking: esp. between education and business (CSR)

Can the scientific community of geographers play a decisive role?

DESD

Only 4% of German respondents mentioned the well-being of future generations as a key aspect of sustainability

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