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UNECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development Developed through participatory process involving governments and various stakeholders Suggests establishing a partnership mechanism between different ministries and agencies to coordinate the implementation Is meant to serve as a flexible framework Aims at encouraging countries to incorporate ESD into their formal education systems, and in non-formal and informal education 3TRANSCRIPT
Addressing Climate Change Addressing Climate Change through Education for through Education for
Sustainable DevelopmentSustainable Development
SOCIETAL CHANGE TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE
31 MARCH 2009
SIXTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE
REPUBLIC OF BELARUS, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CENTER OF ESD
PRESENTED BY IRINA SEMKO
UNECE Strategy for UNECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Education for Sustainable
DevelopmentDevelopmentKEY THEMES
poverty alleviation, peace building among countries, ethics, democracy, justice, security, human rights, climate change, sustainable consumption and production, health, equity, cultural diversity, economy, environmental protection, natural resource management, biological and landscape diversity
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UNECE Strategy for UNECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Education for Sustainable
DevelopmentDevelopment Developed through participatory process involving governments
and various stakeholders
Suggests establishing a partnership mechanism between different ministries and agencies to coordinate the implementation
Is meant to serve as a flexible framework
Aims at encouraging countries to incorporate ESD into their formal education systems, and in non-formal and informal education
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Climate change has implications for Climate change has implications for education and learningeducation and learning
Education needs to take into consideration the following implications of climate change, all of which are characteristics of ESD
All levels and forms of existing educational and teaching and learning programmes need to be reviewed and re-oriented to address the causes and consequences of climate change
Climate change requires educators to include new content into education, training and public awareness programmes
Creativity, problem solving and social transformation skills need to be developed and nurtured.
Positive, participatory action and solution-centred approaches to education and learning need to be developed
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Good Belarusian Practices in Good Belarusian Practices in ESD ESD addressing Climate Changeaddressing Climate Change
INTERNATIONAL SAKHAROV ENVIRONMENTAL UNIVERSITYISEU is the base institution of academic society for CIS-countries in environmental education, radio-ecological education and ESD
RENEWABLE POWER SOURCES LABORATORY On the base of this complex laboratory the students are trained in specialization “Renewable power sources”, training and informational workshops are conducted
PRINCIPAL APPROACHES OF THE ACTIVITY Set up demonstrational, training and research site of renewable energy
sources (RES) Set up Competence-center for effective use of local fuel and RES Arrangement of informational and educational workshops for school
children, students and teaching staff on energy-efficient technologies and use of renewable power sources
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PROJECTS SCHOOL AGENDA 21
YOUTH FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN BELARUS: Awareness Raising, Capacity Building and Twinning for Sustainable Lifestyles through Youth EcoTeams
SPARE - the largest international school project on energy,climate and environment
GREEN CONSUMERISM
ACTIONS GREEN FINGER - «SURVIVAL IS NON-NEGOTIABLE!»
POWER PATROL
EARTH HOUR6
Good Belarusian Practices in Good Belarusian Practices in ESD ESD addressing Climate Changeaddressing Climate Change
EARTH HOUR-2009 IN EARTH HOUR-2009 IN BELARUSBELARUS
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YOUR LIGHT SWITCH Off IS YOUR VOTE Example of cooperation within Belarusian society at all levels, the involving key stakeholders from-ministries and departments - local authorities -educational institutions - the private sector-civil society organizations to cooperate on effectively mitigation and adaptation to the effects of climate change
CHALLENGESCHALLENGES
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Confusion in understanding of Environmental Education and ESD
Inflexibility of education system Lack of policies & institutional frameworks Lack of ESD teaching tools, methodologies,
competences and research Lack of cooperation between the ministries
and departments, local authorities, educational institutions, civil society organizations and the private sector
Lack of financial support for promotion ESD
PERSPECTIVESPERSPECTIVES
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Development of Belarus National Strategy and Action Plan for ESD, with a focus on climate change
Strengthening cooperation between the ministries and departments, local authorities, educational institutions, civil society organizations and the private sector on ESD addressing Climate Change
Strengthening cooperation on ESD addressing Climate Change at all levels within the UNECE region
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
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LET’S MAKE A CLIMATE FOR CHANGE!LET’S MAKE A CLIMATE FOR CHANGE!
SIXTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE
REPUBLIC OF BELARUS, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CENTER OF ESD
PRESENTED BY IRINA SEMKO
31 MARCH 2009