The
UNDESD calls for involvement and participation of
all stakeholders, at different levels, to develop
a shared vision of ESD and its implementation. Consultative
processes at international, regional, national,
local and community level have been outlined as
crucial inputs to add value and provide a broad
ownership to the whole Decade. In line with this
thinking, a series of events and processes were
organised to feed into ESF, as outlined below:
1. Samvaad — A Dialogue
on Rural Sustainable Development
Samvaad brought together more than 1200 community
representatives from nearly 200 projects villages
of CEE and VIKSAT, to discuss the sustainable rural
development experiences of these communities, and
plan for the future. Click
here for more...
2.
Regional ESD Situational Analysis
CEE carried out a situational analysis of Education
for Sustainable Development—policy, programmes,
and capacities, in South Asia, with a specific
focus on India, Nepal and Sri Lanka . The analysis
was completed by October 2004, and fed into
ESF. The effort to gather similar situational
analyses from around the world as input documents
for ESF was also made.
3. Conference Papers
Although no papers were read out at the Conference,
several participants submitted papers that addressed
either one of the workshop themes or a topic that
fell within the scope of the conference theme.
Most of the papers are case studies that share
experiences that should be useful to others in
their ESD efforts, Papers on ideas, theories or
philosophy related with ESD, and Papers based
on research. The Papers have been included in
the post-conference publication. Click
here for more...
4.
National Host Committee
A National
Host Committee (NHC) was constituted to guide
the organization of the Conference. With representation
from key government Ministries, leading NGOs,
UNESCO and other experts in the field, the NHC
played a vital role in planning for this key event
and building the linkages needed to make this
event a success.
The Members
of the National Host Committee were :
Ms.
Meena Gupta
Additional Secretary
Ministry of Environment and Forests,
Government of India.
Representative
Ministry of Human Resources and Development,
Government of India.
Prof.
M. Tawfik
Director and UNESCO Representative,
New Delhi.
Ms. Sunita Narain
Director
Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi.
Shri Ashok Khosla
Director
Development Alternatives, New Delhi.
Shri Ashoke Chatterjee
Ex-Director
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.
Dr. Juergen Bischoff
Director
GTZ-Advisory Services in Environmental Management
(ASEM)
Shri Albab Akanda
Head
Infrastructure and Development
Asian Development Bank
Dr. Daphne de Rebello
UNESCO and Former Member of Indian Administrative
Services
Prof. Jyoti Parikh
Integrated Research and Action for Development,
New Delhi
Shri Avinash Zutsi
Royal Netherlands Embassy, New Delhi
Shri Vinod Raina
Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti (BGVS), Bhopal
Shri Kartikeya
Sarabhai
Director
Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad |
