ABSTRACT
The provenance of this initiative can be traced to the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro. This produced the ‘work plan’ known as Agenda 21, which has 40 chapters. Chapter RIWKLVGRFXPHQWVSHFL¿FDOO\FRQFHUQVµSURPRWLQJHGXFDWLRQSXEOLFDZDUHQHVV DQGWUDLQLQJ¶7KLVLVH[WUHPHO\EURDGLQVFRSHDQGLGHQWL¿HVWKUHHµSURJUDPPH areas’ for learning, in addition to the prerequisite necessity to achieve universal participation in education (education for all). The three areas are:
1 re-orienting education to sustainable development; 2 increasing public awareness; 3 promoting training.
