Education for Sustainable Development in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

A/RES/72/222View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 19g Education for sustainable development, published in 2017.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2018–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/141

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/141	Education for sustainable development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development	3,626	71%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/156	Education for sustainable development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development	3,385	78%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/209	Education for sustainable development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development	2,788	70%Compare
2020	A/RES/74/223	Education for sustainable development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development	2,252	68%Compare
2018	A/RES/72/222	Education for sustainable development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development	1,810	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Development Education Programme Implementation Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on the implementation of education for sustainable development,⁷ which provided an overview of education for sustainable development in the framework of the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development; 4

⁷A/72/130.

Reaffirms education for sustainable development as a vital means of implementation for sustainable development, as outlined in the Aichi-Nagoya Declaration on Education for Sustainable Development,5 and as an integral element of the Sustainable Development Goal on quality education and a key enabler of all the other Sustainable Development Goals, and welcomes the increased international recognition of education for sustainable development in quality education and lifelong learning;

Calls upon the international community to provide inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels — early childhood, primary, secondary, tertiary and distance education, including technical and vocational training — so that all people may have access to lifelong learning opportunities that help them to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to exploit opportunities to participate fully in society and contribute to sustainable development;

Encourages Governments and other concerned stakeholders to scale up education for sustainable development action through implementation of 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

Encourages Governments to increase efforts to systemically integrate and institutionalize education for sustainable development in the education sector and other relevant sectors, as appropriate, including through, inter alia, the provision of financial resources, the inclusion of education for sustainable development in relevant policies and the development of the capacities of policymakers, institutional leaders and educators, as well as through the strengthening of research and innovation, and monitoring and evaluation on education for sustainable development in order to support the scaling up of good practices;

Encourages all countries, intergovernmental bodies, organizations of the United Nations system, relevant non-governmental organizations and all other relevant stakeholders to enhance international cooperation in supporting the efforts of developing countries towards the realization of the full potential of education for sustainable development;

Decides to continue to give consideration, as appropriate, to the contribution of education for sustainable development in the follow-up and review framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;⁸

⁸Resolution 70/1.

Invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, as the specialized United Nations agency for education, to continue its mandated role to lead and coordinate the Education 2030 agenda, in particular through the Sustainable Development Goal Education 2030 Steering Committee, as an inclusive global multi-stakeholder consultation and coordination mechanism for education in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in accordance with the 2030 Agenda follow-up and review process;

Also invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, as the lead agency for education for sustainable development, to continue to provide coordination for the implementation of the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development, in cooperation with Governments, United Nations organizations, funds and programmes, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders, and to continue to advocate the importance of ensuring adequate resources for education for sustainable development, and calls upon the United Nations system to increase efforts to fully mainstream a gender perspective into the implementation of the Global Action Programme;

Invites the organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, to continue to provide support and assist Member States, upon their request, in developing their national capacities to promote education for sustainable development, including through knowledge-sharing and standard-setting, the exchange of best practices, data collection, research and study;

Invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and other relevant United Nations bodies to continue to assess, in consultation with Member States, progress towards the achievement of education for sustainable development;

Encourages all countries, relevant intergovernmental bodies, organizations of the United Nations system, relevant non-governmental organizations and all other relevant stakeholders to give due consideration to the contribution of education to the achievement of sustainable development in the formulation of national, regional and international development policies and international cooperation instruments;

Calls upon the relevant organizations of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates and resources, to ensure that no one is left behind and no country is left behind in the implementation of the present resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, and decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, the sub-item entitled “Education for sustainable development”.

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