International conference: Reorienting TVET policy towards education for sustainable development: Final report
This publication reports on the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) review-responsive and future-oriented programme on “Reorienting TVET Policy Towards Education for Sustainable Development”, jointly organized by the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre in Bonn, Germany, InWEnt – Capacity Building International, Germany and Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education in Manila, Philippines. This international TVET expert meeting discussed ways to integrate sustainable development-focused objectives, themes, strategies and operating procedure into TVET policies, programmes and practices. The discussions focused on the following four-dimensional ESD concerns:
1. Creative methods to expand awareness, meaning and scope of ESD through multi-stakeholder dialogue;
2. Strategies for inclusion of non-formal and informal learning in the context of sustainable development;
3. Means for incorporating ESD in the TVET (including training of leaders in business and industry to form the values toward corporate social responsibility, etc);
4. Ways for creating greater synergy and networking among representatives of SD-related institutions of governance and learning.