Presentation at a Working Group with young people in London, on Education for Sustainable Development, during the London +20 event, on the 5th June 2012

1. ‘INFORMAL’
EDUCATION
FOR
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
Grace
Mwaura
-­‐
Advisor,
Policy
&
CommunicaHons
Africa
Youth
IniHaHve
on
Climate
Change
(AYICC)

2. When
I
am
(not)
a
student….
² EducaHon
for
SD
² ConservaHon
² Climate
Change
² Agriculture
² Geographies
² Consultancies

3. Principle
21
of
the
Rio
DeclaraHon
“The
crea(vity,
ideals
and
courage
of
the
youth
of
the
world
should
be
mobilized
to
forge
a
global
partnership
in
order
to
achieve
sustainable
development
and
ensure
a
be;er
future
for
all.’’

4. Session
Structure
l ParHcipants’
introducHons
&
Issues
of
concern
in
ESD
l Introductory
PresentaHon
(What
we
know)
l Group
Dialogues
(Our
experiences,
creaHvity
and
courage)

5. Session
I
(1)
What
we
know
…(ESD
since
2005)
l …Rio
+
20
loves
these
words:
Jobs,
Energy,
Ci3es,
Food,
Water,
Oceans,
Disasters
l ….because
everything
seems
to
be
coming
to
an
end!

6. THE
END
OF
KNOWLEDGE?

7. But….
l ….its
the
beginning
of:-­‐
l New
knowledge
l New
social
organizaHons
l New
paradigms
l New
‘Change’
l New
US…the
young
people
² We
love
these
words….Future,
skills,
training,
CHANGE,
US,
Workforce,
demographic
dividend,
capacity,
intergeneraHonal
equity……endless
world
of
dreams

8. EducaHon
for
Sustainable
Development
(2005-­‐2014)
and
beyond
l It’s
everyone’s
business
l It’s
constantly
evolving
(the
old
has
gone,
but
sHll
here
with
us;
the
future
is
far
but
right
here
with
us)
l It’s
context
based,
but
scalable
l It’s
has
been
(can
be)
delivered
in
different
forms
and
at
different
levels
l It’s
to
be
found
in
naHonal
plans,
public
awareness
campaigns
and
media
coverage

9. Cont’d
l It’s
about
ciHzens
and
their
leaders
l It’s
about
change
in
how
we
learn,
unlearn,
and
relearn-­‐
how
we
produce
knowledge
(=
power)
l It’s
about
quality(basic),
reorientaHon(curriculums),
public
understanding
and
awareness
(acHve
ciHzenship)
and
pracHcal
training
(workforce
skills)
l It’s
however
a
sof
law
(Res.
57/104
of
the
UNGA,2002-­‐
ambiHous
but
no
commitments-­‐
…..but
we
can
hold
ourselves
to
account
for
not
allowing
ourselves
to
learn,
relearn,
and
unlearn….there
is
no
end
to
knowledge

10. EducaHon
for
SD
….8
years
ago

11. The
Future
we
want
is
……
l UNCSD
Major
Group
of
Children
l Rio
+YOU!
and
Youth
….have
a
voice
l Your
government
is
you
(Targets
1B
online
&
5M
offline
youth)
l Youth
Blast
l Official
youth
delegate
IniHaHves
l MobilizeU
InternaHonal
CompeHHon
l #Pushyourpresident
Campaign
l My
City
+
20
Events
l Water
and
Youth

12. Successes
so
far…
l Appropriate
ESD
programmes
l ICT
InnovaHon
l Youth
lifestyles
l Commitments
by
ciHes

13. Challenges….
l Beyond
teaching
to
pracHce
l Knowledge
Management-­‐
Inventory
of
the
decade
and
beyond
l Partnerships
and
synergies
l Media
mobilizaHon

14. Session
I
(2)-­‐
Our
Experiences,
crea3vity
and
courage
l What
is
the
nature
of
learning
we
should
envision
in
ESD?
The
space,
Hme,
resources,
environment,
community,
governance,
etc
How
is
this
portrayed
in
exisHng
case
studies
and
best
pracHces?
l What
is
the
role
of
young
people
in
moving
teaching
to
pracHce?
What
are
the
exisHng
obstacles
to
overcome?
l EducaHon
and
workforce-­‐
what
is
the
gap?
How
can
informal
educaHon
for
SD
fill
this
gap?
Does
the
Rio
+20
proposals
address
this
gap?
l Whom
have
we
lef
off
the
bus
in
ESD?
Who
should
be
involved,
and
how?

15. Structure
of
Session
II
l Feedbacks
(Making
knowledge
travel)
l ConsolidaHon
by
the
Group
reporters
l QuesHon
and
Answers
l Wrap-­‐
up

16.
Thengiu
Asante
Thank
you
J
Amegesnalu
Merci
Arigato