IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature

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The IUCN CEC Regional Vice-Chair for Europe, Katalin Czippán, represented the Commission at the annual meeting of YEE in Oucmanice, Czech Republic. Full story >>

Tbilisi+35 commemorates the 1977 Tbilisi Declaration and 35 years of global educational efforts toward a sustainable world. The event is 6-7 September 2012 in Georgia. Read more >>

A European Conference by the Real World Learning Network in the Czech Republic starts 21 January 2013 near Prague. Read more >>

CEC member Elena Tarasova announces a joint network and training project of the Ukrainian Environmental Club and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Full story >>

Read about the March workshop >>

Tiere Live: Children, animals and biodiversity education is a special project with animals and children in Bavarian schools and other educational settings. A handbook featuring 64 activities is now in translation. Full story >>

IUCN CEC members who would like learn more about the "Tiere Live" toolkit and are interested in its adaptation into their national context are encouraged to contact Tiere Live. You can find more information about the toolkit in German >>  And here you can download few translated chapters in English >> 

IUCN CEC is eager to learn your opinion about the toolkit Send your opinion, questions or apply to: Dr. Christian Stettmer at christian.stettmer@anl.bayern.de

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Several CEC members supported their governments’ negotiation to prepare the Commission Conclusion on Sustainable Development initiated by the Belgian government under their EU Presidency. This is good news because all CEC members who works in EU countries can refer to that statement to influence their government to take measures it is a strong argument that a strong body like the EU recognises the importance of ESD.

The Council conclusions of 19 November 2010 on education for sustainable development (2010/C 327/05) are excerpted below. For the full text, click here >>

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

RECOGNISES THAT:

1. The European Union faces a considerable number of interlinked challenges in the early 21st century, including the economic and social consequences of the global financial crisis, climate change, declining water and energy resources, shrinking biodiversity, threats to food security and health risks.

2. In a continuously changing world, all European citizens should be equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to understand and deal with the challenges and complexities of modern day life, whilst taking due account of the environmental, social, cultural and economic implications, as well as to assume their global responsibilities.

CONSIDERS THAT:

Education and training are indispensable to achieving a more sustainable Europe and world. ESD should be regarded as crucial in the process of lifelong learning and should, where appropriate, be mainstreamed into all levels and aspects of education and training, in order to strengthen the capacity of citizens to cope with imminent unpredictable problems and to find long-term solutions for these in many different situations throughout life.

ACCORDINGLY INVITES THE MEMBER STATES TO:
Take appropriate measures at the relevant level of responsibility — local, regional or national — in order to encourage the further development and implementation of ESD and its integration into the education and training system at all levels, in non-formal and informal learning just as in formal learning.

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