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Education for Sustainable Development in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

A/RES/74/223View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 19hEducation for sustainable development, published in 2019.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2018–2025
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/141
  • 2025A/RES/80/141Education for sustainable development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable DevelopmentLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2023A/RES/78/156Education for sustainable development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable DevelopmentCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/RES/76/209Education for sustainable development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable DevelopmentCompare with previous version
  • 2020A/RES/74/223Education for sustainable development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable DevelopmentCompare with previous version
  • 2018A/RES/72/222Education for sustainable development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

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What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
Development EducationProgramme ImplementationSustainable Development

What does this mandate say?

16 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the report of the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on the implementation of education for sustainable development, which provided an overview of education for sustainable development in the framework of the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development and of the framework entitled “Education for Sustainable Development: towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals” (ESD for 2030);
2
Reaffirms education for sustainable development as a vital means of implementation for sustainable development, as outlined in the Aichi-Nagoya Declaration on Education for Sustainable Development,5 and as an integral element of the Sustainable Development Goal on quality education and a key enabler of all the other Goals, and welcomes the increased international recognition of education for sustainable development in quality education and lifelong learning;
3
Calls upon the international community to provide inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels – early childhood, primary, secondary, tertiary and distance education, including technical and vocational training – so that all people, irrespective of sex, age, race or ethnicity, and persons with disabilities, migrants, indigenous people, children and youth, especially those in vulnerable situations, may have access to lifelong learning opportunities that help them to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to exploit opportunities to participate fully in society and contribute to sustainable development;
4
Reaffirms the commitment at the very heart of the 2030 Agenda to leave no one behind and commit to taking more tangible steps to support people in vulnerable situations and the most vulnerable countries and to reach the furthest behind first;
5
Encourages Governments and other stakeholders concerned to scale up education for sustainable development action through the implementation of the framework entitled “Education for Sustainable Development: towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals” (ESD for 2030) as follow-up to the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development after 2014;4
6
Takes note that the international launch conference for the framework entitled “Education for Sustainable Development: towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals” (ESD for 2030) will be hosted by the Government of Germany and in June 2020 in Berlin;
7
Encourages Governments to increase efforts to systemically integrate and institutionalize education for sustainable development in the education sector and other relevant sectors, as appropriate, including through, inter alia, the provision of financial resources, the inclusion of education for sustainable development in relevant policies and the development of the capacities of policymakers, institutional leaders and educators, as well as through the strengthening of research and innovation, and monitoring and evaluation on education for sustainable development in order to support the scaling up of good practices;
8
Encourages all countries, intergovernmental bodies, organizations of the United Nations system, relevant non-governmental organizations and all other relevant stakeholders to enhance international cooperation in supporting the efforts of developing countries towards the realization of the full potential of education for sustainable development;
9
Emphasizes the importance of further developing and implementing educational and public awareness programmes, training scientific, technical and managerial personnel, fostering access to information and promoting public participation in addressing climate change challenges;
10
Decides to continue to give consideration, as appropriate, to the contribution of education for sustainable development in the follow-up and review framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
11
Invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, as the specialized United Nations agency for education, to continue its mandated role to lead and coordinate the Education 2030 agenda, in particular through the Sustainable Development Goal Education 2030 Steering Committee, as an inclusive global multi-stakeholder consultation and coordination mechanism for education in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in accordance with the 2030 Agenda follow-up and review process;
12
Also invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, as the lead agency for education for sustainable development, to provide coordination for the implementation of the framework entitled “Education for Sustainable Development: towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals” (ESD for 2030), in cooperation with Governments, United Nations organizations, funds and programmes, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders, and to continue to advocate the importance of ensuring adequate resources for education for sustainable development, and calls upon the United Nations system to increase efforts to mainstream a gender perspective into the implementation of the framework;
13
Invites the organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, to continue to provide support and assist States, upon their request, in developing their national capacities to promote education for sustainable development, including through knowledge-sharing and standard-setting, youth empowerment and mobilization, the exchange of best practices, data collection, research and study;
14
Invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and other relevant United Nations bodies to continue to assess, in consultation with Member States, progress towards the achievement of education for sustainable development;
15
Encourages all countries, relevant intergovernmental bodies, organizations of the United Nations system, relevant non-governmental organizations and all other relevant stakeholders to give due consideration to the contribution of education to the achievement of sustainable development in the formulation of national, regional and international development policies and international cooperation instruments;
16
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session an action-oriented report on the implementation of the present resolution, and decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, the sub-item entitled “Education for sustainable development”.

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