1st Forum for the UNESCO GAP

Bordeaux UNESCO chair - Sustainable development

3^rd international conference of the UNESCO chair,

Rectors and presidents in charge of the different francophone higher institutions members of the Unitwin network will meet in Bordeaux (27, 28 and 29 May 2019) in order to take stock of education, training and research activities on sustainable development during the three years since the March 2016 conference and to define the 2019-2022 strategy of the chair in association with its different private and public partners. The theme of the conference will be: "Education for sustainable development, a transition lever for our societies"

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1st Forum for the UNESCO GAP

1st Forum for the UNESCO Global Action Programme (GAP) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), 6-8 March 2017, Ottawa, Canada

UNESCO is the lead agency for ESD and coordinates the Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD as the follow up to the UN Decade of ESD. The Bordeaux UNESCO chair is a keep partner of this Global Action Programme.
The Review Forum for the GAP was organized in Ottawa (Canada) in March 2017 with the aim to review GAP implementation since its launch in November 2014 and discuss the way forward for the following years. The Forum also explored emerging ESD issues, trends and ideas, and highlighted innovative approaches.
During the Conference, the different members of the GAP partner network met and discussed the Flagship Programme of the GAP under which an Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Policy and Action Pact has been developed. The Pact can be signed by local governments, both rural and urban, pledging action on promoting education for sustainable development.

1rst Forum for the UNESCO Global Action Programme (GAP) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), 6-8 March 2017, Ottawa, Canada

The Review Forum for the GAP was organized in Ottawa (Canada) in March 2017 with the aim to review GAP implementation since its launch in November 2014 and discuss the way forward for the following years. The Forum also explored emerging ESD issues, trends and ideas, and highlighted innovative approaches.

During the Conference, the different members of the GAP partner network met and discussed the Flagship Programme of the GAP under which an Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Policy and Action Pact has been developed. The Pact can be signed by local governments, both rural and urban, pledging action on promoting education for sustainable development.