Materials from conferences and other events (in chronological order)

Teacher competencies for ESD
teacher seminar
2010 September 20-24, Innsbruck, Austria

• information leaflet
• seminar report

Partnership and participation for a sustainable tomorrow: continuing the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
Thematic conference (SUPPORT's final conference)
2010 August 29 - September 1, Bergen, Norway

• Conference programme
• Participants list
• Conference report

Preparatory readings:

- ESD Bonn Declaration (from the UNESCO world conference on ESD)

- Interview with Peter Senge

- Report by Aren Wals: (on unesco.org ) "Review of Contexts and Structures for Education for Sustainable Development Learning for a sustainable world  2009", United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

Presentations

• Lone Lønne Christensen, Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training, Department for School Development, "Partnership and participation for a sustainable tomorrow: The goals and work of SUPPORT consortium" (pdf)
• Jan-Peter Strømsheim, Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research,  "The role of education in sustainable development" (pdf)
• Mats Ekholm, Karlstad University, "Why ESD is a matter of school development" (pdf)
• Arjen Wals, UNESCO chair, Wageningen University, "Designing learning processes that contribute to a more sustainable world" (pdf)
• Hilde Kirkjebø, Norwegian Directorate for Nature management, " 'Wicked issues' and why they require new kinds of awareness and understanding" (pdf)
• Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair at York University, Toronto, "The international policy framework for SD and ESD: Where are we and where should we be going?" (pdf)

What have we learnt in SUPPORT?

• Faye Benedict, SUPPORT - Norwegian University of Life Sciences, "Learning arenas and learning outcomes in ESD: What have we learned from CO₂nnect?" (ppt)
• Astrid Sandås, SUPPORT - Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training, "Working in a network, challenges and outcomes" (pdf)
• Michaela Mayer, University of RomaTre, External evaluator of SUPPORT and Mariona Espinet, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Internal evaluator of SUPPORT, "Reflection of preliminary findings from SUPPORT" (pdf)
• Katalin Czippán, SUPPORT - Parliamentary Commission for Future Generations and Hungarian Society for Environmental Education, "School collaboration with research and local communities for ESD" (pdf)
• Reiner Mathar, SUPPORT - Hessian Ministry of Education, "Guidelines for ICT tools in ESD" (pdf)
• Karin Ulbrich, SUPPORT - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, "Biodiversity in Education for Sustainable Development – Reflection on school-research cooperation" (pdf)
• Ernest van Hezik, SUPPORT - Codename Future, "Youngsters in the drivers' seat" (youtube link)

Parallel sessions

Programme for the parallel sessions

Input and reports from the parallel sessions

Youngsters in the driver's seat for local sustainable development
Thematic conference
2010 February 7-11, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands

• conference website: http://www.youngstersinthedriversseat.com
• information brochure
• information PPT
• link to information webpage: http://support-edu.org/node/361

Biodiversity in Education for Sustainable Development: Reflection on school - research cooperation,
Thematic workshop
2009 October, 24-27, Fuldatal, Germany

• BOOK: Biodiversity in ESD, Reflection on School - Research Cooperation
• Workshop Report

• information flyer

Conscious Citizens - Sustainable Communities
Study Visit,
2009 Oct 4-10, Budapest, Hungary

• participants' report
• programme
• description from CEDEFOP website

ESD - Learning for a change
study visit
2008 Nov 23-29, Shrewsbury, UK

• participants' report
• information about study visit

Partnerships for the development of sustainable schools
contact seminar
2008 November 25-29, Athens, Greece

• seminar report
• participants list 
• programme
• school networks

Bridging the gap between research and science education,
study visit
2008 Oct 20-25, Vienna, Austria

• study visit group report
• study visit programme
• participants list
• speakers list
• Study_Visit_Binder contains all documents, presentations and daily reports from the study visit

ICT Supported Education for Sustainable Development and Global Responsibility
Thematic Conference
2008 September 1-4, Hanasaari, Espoo, Finland

• conference programme
• conference report by Patrick Dillon, Taina Kaivola, Mauri Åhlberg & Jarkko Mylläri

Bridging the gap between research and science education,
Workshop
2008 Mar 12-14, Vienna, Austria

• conference report

ESD - Learning for a change
study visit
2007 Nov 25 - 2 Dec, Shrewsbury, UK

• study visit report