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Education for Sustainable Development Lens Workshop in Swaziland
The workshop on “Mainstreaming of Culture in Education for Sustainable Development and for Piloting the draft Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Lens for Reviewing and Improving Educational Policies and Practices towards ESD” is being held in Mbabane, Swaziland, from 26th to 29th May 2009. Organizers of the workshop are the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in collaboration with the Southern African Development Community – Regional Environmental Education Programme (SADC-REEP).
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This workshop is aimed at undertaking the piloting of the draft “ESD Lens” with a group of multi-disciplinary policy makers and practitioners from 7 Southern African countries (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe) and UNESCO on the relevance, usability of the ESD Lens as a tool for assessing and monitoring ESD policies and practices in 4 key areas:
• Culture
• Curriculum
• Environment
• Teacher Education.
Another purpose of the workshop is to share country experiences and to come up with concrete strategies for the mainstreaming Culture in Education for Sustainable Development.
As expected outcomes, participants from the seven participating Southern African countries will be familiarized with the ESD Lens and will be able to assess the ESD Lens for its effectiveness in reflecting ESD principles and practices at national level, with particular focus on the 4 key areas mentioned above; and to make recommendations for adapting the Lens for use at country level.
The overall expected impact of the workshop is that a core group of focal points and experts in key relevant sectors for ESD are equipped to engage in follow up work in the pilot countries and in the whole Sub/region.
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