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Guidelines for developing national ESD indicators for the Asia-Pacific region
The decade 2005–2014 is the UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) and this project set out to discover processes to help UNESCO Member States in the Asia-Pacific region develop their own systems for monitoring their progress throughout the Decade.
The project was funded by the Japanese Funds-in-Trust and led by UNESCO Bangkok and Macquarie University, with assistance from the Commission on Education and Communication of the World Conservation Union (IUCN).
The resulting publication, Asia-Pacific Guidelines for the Development of National ESD Indicators, covers data collection, reporting mechanisms and examples of ESD indicators. ARIES team members, Daniella Tilbury, Leanne Denby and Jessica North, were involved in the writing and editing of the final document.
The contents include:
- Introduction
- What is Education for Sustainable Development?
- United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014)
- Asia-Pacific Goals and Priorities for the DESD
- UNESCO National Commissions and UNESCO Offices: Role in Monitoring and Assessment during the DESD
- What is an Indicator?
- Using National ESD Indicators to Assess Progress During the DESD
- The ESD Indicator Development Process
- Collecting New and Existing Data for ESD Indicators
- National and Regional Reporting of ESD
You can download a PDF of the publication here.
You can order a hard copy of the booklet from the ARIES Coordinator at ariescoordinator@gse.mq.edu.au.
Tilbury D, Janousek S, Elias D and Bacha J, Asia-Pacific Guidelines for the Development of National ESD Indicators published by UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, Bangkok, 2007.
Monitoring and Assessing Progress during the UNDESD in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Quick Guide to Developing National ESD Indicators
A quick guide, which gives an overview of the eight key messages presented in the Guidelines, has also been published. It is designed to be used in conjunction with the larger volume so that relevant information can be located quickly.
You can download a PDF of the Quick Guide here.
You can order a hard copy of the booklet from the ARIES Coordinator at ariescoordinator@gse.mq.edu.au.
Tilbury D, Janousek S, Denby L, Bacha J and Elias D, Monitoring and Assessing Progress during the UNDESD in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Quick Guide to Developing National ESD Indicators published by UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, Bangkok, 2007.
For more information about the Asia-Pacific ESD monitoring project go to: www.unescobkk.org/index.php?id=monitoring.
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