Training in population and development

Synonyms:

Strengthening population education
Educating in human resources and development

Implementation:

UNESCO is concerned with the institutionalization of population education in the formal system of education and a more systematic incorporation of interdisciplinary population-related content in non-formal education (literacy teaching, adult education, etc). University teaching in population related matters and the training of population specialists is also strengthened. Support is extended to national population communication programmes, whether addressed to the general public or to specific audiences, in particular women, parents, young people, and those involved in various types of development programmes. Stress is laid on the voluntary modification of behaviour related to population issues.

Broader:

Training
Strengthening education
Managing human resources
Training in economic development
Expanding environmental management education and training

Narrower:

Humanizing resources education
Training human resources development
Raising awareness of demography in sustainable development planning
Building demographic factors into national policies for sustainable development

Facilitates:

Developing human resources
Improving regional demographic information
Improving regional demographic information
Developing international competence in population planning
Strengthening capacity to build demographic factors into national sustainable development policies

Facilitated by:

Planning development of human resources

Problems:

Demographic fatigue

Organizations:

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
World Health Organization
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning
United Nations Children's Fund
United Nations International Drug Control Programme
United Nations Population Fund

Subjects:

Social Activity → Human resources
Education → Education
Education → Training
Sociology → Population
Development → Development

Type Classification:

E: Emanations of other strategies

Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:

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