The National Steering Committee on Education for Sustainable Development has appointed ECO-UNESCO as consultants for the development of a National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development.

An important element in the preparation of the Strategy was a stakeholder consultation process where interested parties were invited to share their insights and experiences.

The consultation process seeked to record activities and initiatives existing already in the areas of Sustainable Development and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), examine the barriers/challenges related to ESD in organisations and gain insight into specific developments or actions that could be included in a National Strategy and what possible support measures would be required.

The consultation process involved participation through an online/paper questionnaire, as well as focus group meetings.

Focus Group Meetings took place in Dublin, Athone and Cork in September 2007. Pictures from the meetings: