ECO-UNESCO has undertaken a Research Study on Education and Training for Sustainable Development, which has been commissioned by COMHAR the Sustainable Development Council and will feed into the development of the review of the National Sustainable Development Strategy.

The purpose of this research was to provide an overview of good practice in Education and Training for Sustainable Development in Ireland, to provide samples of good practice programmes and projects, to draw conclusions on the policy frameworks and other mechanisms required to further develop Education for Sustainable Development in Ireland.

Our research showed that there is a growing interest in Education and Training for Sustainable Development in Ireland and that at present there are many examples of good practice programmes and initiatives. A majority of these initiatives are coming from the non-formal environmental sector. This is because Education for Sustainable Development is more often associated with Environmental Education and seen by some as an evolution of Environmental Education.

Download Final Report of the ESD Research Project (April 2007) (PDF Acrobat Reader file - 796 KB)