Projects and Activities

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The Center works to:

Promote and disseminate existing educational materials based on the Earth Charter through education ministries, education networks, United Nations agencies, and other important channels.
Seek strategic partnerships with key individuals, organizations and networks to further develop materials and to deliver courses and workshops.
Engage governments in formally incorporating Education for Sustainable Development and the Earth Charter into national education systems (in the framework of the UN Decade on ESD).
Generate new materials that can help advance education for sustainable development and the use of the Earth Charter.
Design and deliver university courses based on the Earth Charter.
Develop and deliver training workshops on ESD and the Earth Charter.
Serve as a catalyst and support mechanism for a network of organizations and individuals who use the Earth Charter as an educational tool.
Collaborate with the University for Peace as outlined below.

Center Strategic Priorities

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The priorities of the Earth Charter Center for Education for Sustainable Development are:

Outreach to educators, via education networks.
Promote formal institutional adoption and implementation of ESD, with the Earth Charter as primary reference document.
Develop courses and materials to be disseminated through education and environment ministries and key strategic partnerships.
Coordinate and support a network of organizations and individuals using the Earth Charter as an educational tool.