Education for Sustainable development
Afternoon key-note
The 9th of July 2013
At the CPU
By Kirsten Paaby

CPU 2012

The Context
Citizen
Participation
Active learning
Local Democracy

Learning for Local Democracy the Study
The study and the third phase in a global context:
• A contribution to the UN Decade for Education
for Sustainable Development
Photo: Namsdal Newspaper

The Aim of the Study
• Systematic picture – wealth and local participation
• Map concrete experiences – responses to wide spectrum of social challenges
• To build Intellectual and experiental resources

The Second Phase
Case country studies from 11 countries:

6 Cross-cutting Chapters
* Political, Institutional, Legislative Factors
* Local Authorities, Institutions, Leadership
* Civil Society
* Civic Education and Young People
* New Technologies and E-Government
* Citizenship and Social Inclusion

Sustainable Development?!

Balancing the
Bærekraftig forbruk?
considerations with the ecological and social considerations?
The future generations perspective?

Sustainable development is seeking to meet the needs of the present without compromising those of future generations. We have to learn our way out of current social and environmental problems and learn to live sustainably. Sustainable development is a vision of development that encompasses populations, animal and plant species, ecosystems, natural resources and that integrates concerns such as the fight against poverty, gender equality, human rights, education for all, health, human security, intercultural dialogue. UNESCO
Education for sustainable development aims to help people to develop the
attitudes, skills and knowledge to make informed decisions for the benefit of themselves and others, now and in the future, and to act upon these decisions. The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable
Development (2005-2014), for which UNESCO is the lead agency, seeks to integrate the principles, values, and practices of sustainable development into all aspects of education and learning, in order to address the social, economic, cultural and environmental problems we face in the 21st century.
The Bonn-Declaration

From Rio
– call for democratic mobilisation
From
Johannesburg – call for education and life long learning with a focus on:
COMPETANCE OF ACTION

2005-2014
The UN Decade for Education for Sustainable
Development – ”learning to change our world”

The Decade promotes:
• Interdisciplinary and holistic learning
• Values-based learning
• Critical thinking
• Multi-method approaches
• Participatory decision making
• Locally relevant information

New competance for action
The Target Groups:
• Pupils, students
• Society as a whole
• Life long learning

Regional Centres of Expertice
An RCE:
A network of existing formal, non-formal and informal education organisations mobilised to deliver education for sustainable development (ESD) to local and regional communities.
The network of RCEs worldwide will constitute the
Global Learning Space for Sustainable Development.
Aspire to achieve the goals of the DESD, 2005-2014
By translating its global objectives into the context of the local communities in which they operate.
http://www.rce-network.org/elgg/

Ecological loops of learning
In partnerships

Democratic Ecology – the Halkær Ådal
Valley, Denmark
«The stork has returned…»
..and it takes twice as long to shop at the Co-op»

The Future Scenario Workshop a successfull method

The City District Sagene – innovative and creative work in making dialogues with the citizens – testemony of participation

Global follow up in Fredrikstad
(Norway)
Twinning and exchange networks with towns in Guatemala since 1985

«Our Common
Learning»
«Our Common future»
The Balancing Act www.thebalancinact.info