Education for sustainable development is one of the ETF’s new fields of activity. On 5 and 6 September, the ETF hosted experts from the Netherlands and specialists in sustainability education from Belarus, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan.
The aim of the meeting was to find out how to include dimension of sustainability into the analysis of human capital development in the countries surrounding the European Union.
Watch and listen what experts have to say about the role of education in sustainable development
In Belarus, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan, the ETF has started a pilot project to develop a set of indicators to measure "sustainability" of vocational education. The ETF hopes to foster broader debate about education for sustainable development in the countries surrounding the European Union.
‘With its expertise in vocational education and training, the ETF is in a good position to introduce a holistic approach to sustainable development in education,’ said Arne Baumann, the ETF’s chief expert in the field.
The ETF activities in sustainability education include:
‘Education is important because it can develop capacities, competencies, skills that people need to respond to environmental crises, to work collaboratively as humans toward a more liveable society.’
With the indicators, the ETF plans to identify levels of progress in integrating sustainability into vocational education in selected countries.
‘Our indicators are not about ranking countries or measuring situation in absolute terms,’ says Jens Johansen, a quantitative analyst at the ETF . ‘They are process indicators, helping you find out where you are in the process, what the ideal stage is, what the goal is, and how to get there. It’s a starting point for a debate. The indicators also tend to make the discussed issues more tangible, they create a common understanding of ultimate goal and the ways to reach it.'
Mr Wals admitted that education alone cannot solve the problem, because ‘there is an urgency of acting now, and for that you need laws, legislation, and good governance. But in harmony with instrumental legislation, [education can] create a more emancipatory, human approach that can coincide together.’
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Year/Date: 6/09/2011
http://www.etf.europa.eu/web.nsf/(RSS)/B28DBC66B99416C4C1257903002F0540?OpenDocument&LAN=EN
The aim of the meeting was to find out how to include dimension of sustainability into the analysis of human capital development in the countries surrounding the European Union.
Watch and listen what experts have to say about the role of education in sustainable development
In Belarus, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan, the ETF has started a pilot project to develop a set of indicators to measure "sustainability" of vocational education. The ETF hopes to foster broader debate about education for sustainable development in the countries surrounding the European Union.
‘With its expertise in vocational education and training, the ETF is in a good position to introduce a holistic approach to sustainable development in education,’ said Arne Baumann, the ETF’s chief expert in the field.
The ETF activities in sustainability education include:
- promoting competences for sustainable development in vocational education and training,
- identification and forecasting of skills for green jobs,
- integration of sustainability into entrepreneurial learning and business education,
- support to vocational schools in becoming local centres of expertise in sustainable development,
- development of indicators to help countries assess their situation and plan.
‘Education is important because it can develop capacities, competencies, skills that people need to respond to environmental crises, to work collaboratively as humans toward a more liveable society.’
With the indicators, the ETF plans to identify levels of progress in integrating sustainability into vocational education in selected countries.
‘Our indicators are not about ranking countries or measuring situation in absolute terms,’ says Jens Johansen, a quantitative analyst at the ETF . ‘They are process indicators, helping you find out where you are in the process, what the ideal stage is, what the goal is, and how to get there. It’s a starting point for a debate. The indicators also tend to make the discussed issues more tangible, they create a common understanding of ultimate goal and the ways to reach it.'
Mr Wals admitted that education alone cannot solve the problem, because ‘there is an urgency of acting now, and for that you need laws, legislation, and good governance. But in harmony with instrumental legislation, [education can] create a more emancipatory, human approach that can coincide together.’
Photo by dearsomeone
Year/Date: 6/09/2011
http://www.etf.europa.eu/web.nsf/(RSS)/B28DBC66B99416C4C1257903002F0540?OpenDocument&LAN=EN
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