Announcement
The international conference titled ‘Education as a Driver for Sustainable Development Goals’ is being organized by Centre for Environment Education (CEE), in partnership with UNESCO, UNEP and the Government of India. The Conference will be organized from January 11-13, 2016. It aims at bringing together global experience and expertise to highlight and strengthen the role of education in realizing the SDGs. It will be an opportunity to build upon the learnings from the UN DESD and recognize Education as a key enabler.
The conference spread over 3 days will have 5 Plenaries and 21 Working Groups corresponding to the SDGs. Plenary sessions planned during the conference will set the tone and pace for the more focused discussions and interactions in the workshops.
Share Your Thoughts:
• What formal education systems have to learn from ESD and evolve to achieve the ambitious targets of SDG?
• How whole-institution approach could be a a key strategy to scale-up ESD?
• What is the learning to live on a planet that is under pressure and how it should be organized? What challenges come with shift from ‘teaching’ to ‘learning’?
• What are the workable strategies for strengthening the curriculum, textbooks, quality of teaching–learning processes, assessment, ICT etc. for better outcomes?
• In a situation where large number of parents do not know what outcomes to expect from education other than employment, how to engage the parents and other stakeholders?
Arjen Wals
Professor, Transformative Learning for Socio-Ecological Sustainability, Education and Competence Studies Group, Wageningen University Director, Centre for Sustainable Development & Food Security UNESCO Chair, Social Learning and Sustainable Development
Oscar Motomura (tbc)
Founder & CEO, Amana-Key Consultancy Co-Chairman, Earth Charter International Council and Earth Charter in Action Initiative
Heila Lotz-Sisitka
Professor, Murray & Roberts Chair in Environmental Education, Rhodes University
Mahesh Pradhan
Chief, Environmental Education and Training Unit (EETU), Division of Environmental Policy Implementation (DEPI), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Alexander Leicht
Chief, Section of Education for Sustainable Development, UNESCO, Paris
Charles Hopkins
UNESCO Chair, Reorienting Teacher Education to Address Sustainability Executive Director, John Dearness Environmental Society Advisor, Environment Canada's Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN)
4.1 ESD for Transforming Formal Education (School Systems)