What is sus­tainable voca­tio­nal education and training?

In 2005, the United Nations pro­clai­med the World Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) with the aim of spreading and anchoring worldwide a way of thinking and acting with a view to respon­si­bi­li­ty for future gene­ra­ti­ons. This also includes the imple­men­ta­ti­on of the guiding principle of sus­tainable deve­lo­p­ment in national education systems worldwide.
ESD concerns all areas of education, from kin­der­gar­ten to school and uni­ver­si­ty, from voca­tio­nal training and further education to extra­cur­ri­cu­lar education. What com­pe­ten­ces are needed to be able to act sus­tain­ab­ly in education or at work? What must a place of learning look like in which sus­taina­bi­li­ty is actually “lived”? What progress has been made so far and are there EU countries that already have inte­re­st­ing projects in the field of ESD?
The Erasmus+ project EXPECT — Exchanges of Practices in Education for Climate Targets analyses new sus­tainable education and training paths in European voca­tio­nal training. Through peer-learning acti­vi­ties, the project partners examine the status quo of sus­tainable VET in the Netherlands, Austria, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, Latvia and Finland, the progress made so far and the stra­te­gies and tools imple­men­ted in the respec­ti­ve countries.

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