Education for sustainable development in the framework
of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
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complements it, helps to contextualize its means of implementation targets with
concrete policies and actions, and reaffirms the strong political commitment to
address the challenge of financing and creating an enabling environment at all levels
for sustainable development in the spirit of global partnership and solidarity,
Acknowledging the importance for achieving sustainable development of
delivering quality education to all girls and boys, which will require reaching children
living in extreme poverty, children with disabilities, migrant and refugee children and
those in conflict and post-conflict situations and providing safe, non-violent,
inclusive and effective learning environments for all, and recognizing the importance
of scaling up investments and international cooperation to allow all children to
complete free, equitable, inclusive and quality early childhood, primary and
secondary education, including through scaling up and strengthening initiatives, such
as the Global Partnership for Education, and by upgrading education facilities that
are child-, disability- and gender-sensitive and increasing the percentage of qualified
teachers in developing countries, including through international cooperation,
especially in the least developed countries and small island developing States,
Acknowledging also the importance of adopting science, technology and
innovation strategies as integral elements of national sustainable development
strategies to help to strengthen knowledge-sharing and collaboration and the
importance of scaling up investment in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics education and enhancing technical, vocational and tertiary education,
distance education and training and of ensuring equal access for women and girls and
encouraging their participation therein,
Acknowledging further the importance of education for achieving sustainable
development, including in the context of the Millennium Development Goals,
Agenda 21, 1 the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Susta inable
Development (Johannesburg Plan of Implementation), 2 the United Nations
Conference on Sustainable Development, the World Conference on Education for
Sustainable Development, organized by the Government of Japan and the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, held in Aichi-Nagoya,
Japan, from 10 to 12 November 2014, the World Education Forum 2015, held in
Incheon, Republic of Korea, from 19 to 22 May 2015, the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development and the Education 2030 Framework for Action, adopted on
4 November 2015 by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization during its thirty-eighth session,
Noting the key findings contained in the review of the implementation of the
United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, 2005–2014,
prepared by the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization, 3 the challenges outlined therein and the recommendations for
the realization of the full potential of the Decade,
Noting also the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable
Development as follow-up to the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable
Development after 2014, 4 the Aichi-Nagoya Declaration on Education for Sustainable
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Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3–14 June
1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and
corrigendum), resolution 1, annex II.
Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa,
26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and
corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 2, annex.
A/70/228.
See A/69/76.
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