To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in preparing the second stage strategy for the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development Education, taking the first action plan for the first half of the decade to the end of the decade in 2014.
The second action plan for the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development will be launched in 2010. Preparation for this is well underway with stakeholder engagement taking place in a variety of ways, including:
The UN Decade Action Plan Steering Group, organised and chaired by the Sustainable Development Commission in Scotland, providing advice to the Scottish Government through discussion with stakeholders from across education and lifelong learning sectors;
A conference in January 2009, hosted by the Scottish Government and CIFAL to celebrate the excellent progress being made across all sectors in education for sustainable development, and to discuss with a wide range of stakeholders what we should aim to achieve over the next five years;
The ongoing engagement by Scottish Government policy leads in schools, universities and colleges, community learning and development and greener Scotland with stakeholders, from individual meetings to national conferences and
A forthcoming event in January 2010, to discuss the emerging key messages and actions from the draft plan with stakeholders.