Global Action Programme on Education for …sub-regional coordination Mechanisms GAP Commitments Region Commitments received Africa 68 commitments from 19 countries Asia and the Pacific

Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development

Qian Tang

Assistant Director-General for Education UNESCO

Priority Action Areas

Advancing policy

Transforming learning and training environments

Building capacity of educators and trainers

Empowering and mobilizing youth

Accelerating sustainable solutions at local level

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Building New Momentum Through Launch Commitments

Harnessing Partnerships Through Partner Networks

Fostering a Global Community of Practice Through a Global Forum and an on-line clearinghouse

Showcasing Good Practice Through a UNESCO Prize for ESD

Strategies

National üNational Focal Point for ESD üNational target setting in alignment with the post-2015 agenda Global, regional and sub-regional üGAP Secretariat, to be provided by UNESCO üUNESCO’s global field network to provide regional and sub-regional coordination

Mechanisms

GAP Commitments

Region Commitments received Africa 68 commitments from 19 countries

Asia and the Pacific 121 commitments from 19 countries

Arab states 5 commitments from 4 countries

Europe and North America

125 commitments from 26 countries

Latin America and the Caribbean

28 commitments from 12 countries

Global 16 commitments

Total 363 commitments from 75 countries

GAP Commitments by Priority Action Area 1. Policy: 39

2. Educators: 86

3. Youth 78

4. Whole-institution approaches: 77

5. Local communities: 83

Total: 363

Next steps

The implementation of the GAP will be fully aligned with the implementation of the post-2015 agenda.

Setting up GAP implementation mechanisms (in 2015) > Global monitoring framework finalized > Partner Networks formed > Online Clearinghouse launched Mainstreaming ESD in global agenda > World Education Forum 2015, 19-22 May 2015 (Incheon, Republic of Korea) > UNFCCC COP 21, 30 Nov - 11 Dec 2015 (Paris, France)

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