Tomorrow today; 2010 - unesdoc - Unesco

Image: courtesy of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and TrainingA poster promoting recycling, made by schoolchildren in Ho Chi Minh Cityclimate changes. As a result, a national response programmefor climate change has been prepared and put into action byvarious government agencies and organizations. Ministriesincluding the Ministry of Education and Training are draftingtheir action plans. In this national programme, the educationsector is responsible for improving the population’s awarenessand for the training of a specialized workforce to meet the challengesof climate change.Challenges to overcomeESD has been part of education in Viet Nam for a long time. Theimportance of ESD has been recognized and realized in many waysin the system. However, given the lack of a consistent roadmap forimplementing ESD and the lack of resources to bring ESD up to dateand train the necessary qualified human resources, theresults of ESD activities in Viet Nam over the last yearshave not gone as expected.As a country with rich biodiversity and naturalresources, but also constrained by its developmentneeds and the large population living under the povertyline, Viet Nam has to overcome many issues before it isable to realize sustainable development and DESD goals.In this context, education plays a very important roleand the government and other non-government organizationshave to work together to reach the objectivesof ESD. Cooperation, local and international, is alsoneeded to enhance the ESD activities and to improvethe effectiveness of ESD.[ 119 ]