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From the Decade of ESD to the Global Action Programme
In 2005, the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development was launched to enhance the role of education in promoting sustainable development. It has generated many success stories to be scaled up, with many intergovernmental agreements on sustainable development now duly recognizing the importance of education. At the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012 (Rio+20), the international community agreed to “promote education for sustainable development, and to integrate sustainable development more actively into education beyond the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development”. In 2013, the 37th session of the General Conference of UNESCO endorsed the Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD as the follow-up to the Decade. The GAP was launched at the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development held on 10-12 November 2014 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. Member States adopted the Aichi-Nagoya Declaration on Education for Sustainable Development to support the implementation of the GAP.
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Email: esd.bgk[at]unesco.org
Mailing address:
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education
920 Sukhumvit Road, Prakanong, Klongtoey
Bangkok 10110, THAILAND
Telephone: +66-2-3910577
Fax: +66-2-3910866