Day 1: – Capacity-building workshops on (1) implementing the 2nd strand on “Whole institution approach and ESD”; and (2) implementing the third strand on “Digital education, ICT and ESD”. – Celebration of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the UNECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development.

Days 2 and 3: – Implementation of the UNECE Strategy for ESD, including progress in implementing the Strategy and preliminary results on progress achieved and challenges encountered in the 5th phase of implementation; outcomes of the 2025 Regional Forum on Sustainable Development and of the side events organized by UNEP in cooperation with UNECE and UNESCO in the framework of the Forum;

– Update on the outcomes of the implementation of the four priority strands on (a) “Quality education and ESD”, (b) “Whole institution approach and ESD”; (c) “Digital education, information and communications technology and ESD”, and (d) “Entrepreneurship, employment, innovation and ESD” of the implementation framework;

– ESD and youth: update on the activities of the UNECE for ESD Youth Platform held since the previous meeting and plans for the future;

– Recent activities to promote ESD in other international forums and other current issues according to the agenda (see agenda uploaded under item 1)

28 May 2025 — 30 May 2025
2:40 pm

Palais des Nations Geneva

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