strategy
Integrating demographic and sustainable development concerns in education
Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.There would be increased understanding in all sections of society of the interactions between demographic trends and factors, and sustainable development. Stress would be put on local and national action. Demographic and sustainable development education would be coordinated and integrated both in the formal and non-formal education sectors. Particular attention would be given to population literacy programmes, notably for women. Special emphasis would be placed on the linkage between these programmes, primary environmental care and the provision of primary health care and services.
Broader:
Reorienting education towards sustainable developmentRaising awareness of demography in sustainable development planningExpanding sustainable development education Narrower:
Including sustainable development issues in journalistic educationProviding educational media for the young on sustainable developmentProviding public information and education on reproduction and healthIntegrating sustainable development issues into all training curriculaIncluding sustainable development in company education and training programmesExpanding programmes for continuing adult education on sustainable developmentEstablishing post-graduate training for decision-makers on sustainable developmentSetting up training programmes in sustainable development for education professionals Facilitated by:
Documenting population trendsProviding environmental education in schoolsCreating environmental education partnerships with industryMonitoring implementation of education proposals in Agenda 21Using indigenous education systems for education in sustainabilitySupporting efforts of non-formal educators in sustainable developmentExpanding international exchange on sustainable development educationPreparing education material on regional sustainable development issuesImproving delivery of public awareness programmes in United Nations systemDeveloping environmental education materialGiving priority to universal sustainable development curricula in primary schoolsGiving higher priority to budgets in sustainable development education and trainingPreparing national strategies to meet basic learning needs for sustainable developmentIntegrating sustainable development ethics into education, training and research programmesAssisting education institutions to contribute more to public environmental awareness programmesIntegrating sustainable development in curricula of business, industrial and agricultural schoolsIncreasing involvement of NGOs in designing and implementing education programmes for sustainable development Subjects:
Health Care → ConcernEducation → Education
Sociology → Demography
Development → Sustainable development
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
