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Undertakings by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) aimed at “Decade of Education for Sustainable Development”


 
1. What is Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)?

 
2. What are the particulars to the “United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)?

 
3. Undertakings by MEXT
    Below are concrete examples of policies devised by MEXT with attention paid to the three perspectives in the “International Implementation Plan” put together by UNESCO, which is the lead agency for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.
 
 * The societal/cultural perspectives
 * The environmental perspective
 * The economic perspective

 
4. Moves by the Japanese government

 
5. Links to related institutions
UNESCO’s ESD home page



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