The International Implementation Scheme (IIS) - Unesco

DESD International Implementation Scheme (IIS)
Table 8: Expected outcomes of the DESD
Objective
1. Give an enhanced profile to the
central role of education and
learning in the common pursuit of
sustainable development
2. Facilitate links and networking,
exchange and interaction among
stakeholders in ESD
3. Provide a space and opportunity
for refining and promoting the vision
of, and transition to sustainable
development – through all forms of
learning and public awareness
4. Foster increased quality of
teaching and learning in education
for sustainable development
5. Develop strategies at every level
to strengthen capacity in ESD
Expected outcomes
Integration of educational components into plans for
sustainable development
Assessment of the need for and role of ESD in all
development planning
Through consultations and fora of all kinds and at all
levels –
growing consensus on the strategic importance of ESD
growing cooperation and mutual reinforcement among
ESD initiatives
Broad public awareness of the nature and principles of
sustainable development
Regular and substantial media presence for sustainable
development issues
The thread of sustainable development woven into EFA
efforts to raise educational quality
ESD-specific approaches increasingly adopted in
learning situations of all kinds
ESD as part of educator training
High-quality materials and methodologies in ESD
Adequate management capacity to maintain ESD
Furthermore, echoing the values which ESD should promote, potential behavioural outcomes of
this kind of learning would include:
• Respect for other people of current and future generations, recognising their right to a life
of quality and to equitable sharing in the world’s resources;
• Respect for the natural world, based on an understanding of how it works, of how we can
steward its resources and of the devastating effects of not respecting it;
• Knowing how to make choices and decisions, individually and collectively, which take
into account the long-term future of social equity, ecological viability and economic
progress;
• Committed and aware individuals with a global view, but also with the capacity to
envision alternative futures and create change within their societies;
• Capacity to work with others to bring about structural or institutional change within
society so that efforts can be embedded within the mainstream. ESD must go beyond
self-development to promote structural social change.
9 Monitoring and evaluation
An initiative as long and as complex as a Decade must put in place adequate processes of
monitoring and evaluation from the start. Without that, it will be impossible to know if the Decade
is making any difference and what that difference is. A key aspect of monitoring and evaluation
will be the identification of suitable, relevant and measurable indicators at every level – local,
national, regional and international – and for each initiative and programme. As the Decade puts
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