The
Future is Renewable: Declaration for the International
Conference for Renewable Energies
This declaration was elaborated at the international
workshop "Roadmap to Renewables 2004" (Bad
Honnef, 5-8 October 2003) organised by Heinrich Böll
Foundation, German NGO Forum on Environment and Development
and WWF International. It is intended as the starting
point for a NGO position for the Renewables 2004 conference.
The declaration is the common position of CURES (Citizens
United for Renewable Energy and Sustainability), a
network of NGOs created to monitor the energy-related
international processes in the follow-up of the Johannesburg
Summit.
Learning
for work, Citizenship and Sustainability
We, the participants in “Learning for Work, Citizenship
and Sustainability”, a UNESCO meeting of international
experts on technical and vocational education and
training, are agreed that, since education is considered
the key to effective development strategies, technical
and vocational education and training (TVET) must
be the master key that can alleviate poverty, promote
peace, conserve the environment, improve the quality
of life for all and help achieve sustainable development.
Our conclusion was reached following deliberations
among 122 technical experts from Member States, intergovernmental
and non-governmental organizations and industry who
met in Bonn, Germany, from 25 to 28 October 2004,
on the threshold of the United Nations Decade of Education
for Sustainable Development, to assess progress since
the Second International Congress on and Vocational
Education, held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, in April
1999.
United
Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
We, participants at an International Experts Meeting
on Learning for Work, Citizenship and Sustainability,
meeting in Bonn Germany, 25-28 October 2004, elaborated
the following range of activities which we would like
UNESCO to take into account when developing an Action
Plan for TVET and Sustainable Development to guide
its actions in the TVET sector during the United Nations
Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014).
Orienting
Technical and Vocational Education and Training for
Sustainable Development
A discussion paper One of the main functions of the
UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre is knowledge management
and information sharing. Particular attention is given
to promoting best practices and innovations in technical
and vocational education and training (TVET) and education
for the world of work, with special reference to meeting
the needs of developing countries, countries in transition
and countries in a post-conflict situation.
The Centre also seeks to help bridge the gap that
often exists between research, policy and practice
in the area of education for the world of work.
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