{"id":228,"date":"2021-03-23T12:48:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T10:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asem-education.org\/?page_id=228"},"modified":"2022-08-23T10:32:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T08:32:36","slug":"sustainable-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asem-education.org\/priority-areas\/sustainable-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Development"},"content":{"rendered":"
The ASEM Education Process (AEP) made increasingly reference to the Sustainable Development Agenda since 2018. During the Intermediate Senior Officials\u2019 Meeting in\u00a0Jakarta, Indonesia<\/strong>\u00a0(2018) there was a wide agreement amongst the participants to link the initiatives of ASEM Education to the SDG4 and to contribute to the Global Sustainable Development Agenda. This view was confirmed, shortly before the ASEM12 Summit, by the ASEM Education\u00a0Senior Officials\u2019 Meeting<\/strong>\u00a0(SOM1, Krems, Austria, 2018) preparing the ASEM Education Ministers\u2019 Meeting in Bucharest during 2019. Participants highlighted the link to the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) under the theme\u00a0\u201cPathways to recognition – A contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) from a Lifelong Learning Perspective\u201d<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n The Romanian host of\u00a0ASEM ME7<\/strong>\u00a0emphasised the importance of this Agenda for the AEP by choosing the title\u00a0\u201cConnecting education: inclusion, mobility and excellence in support of the Sustainable Development Goals\u201d<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for the Ministerial Meeting in Bucharest on 15 and 16 May 2019. In conjunction with the ASEM ME7 in Bucharest, the\u00a07th<\/sup>\u00a0ASEF Rectors\u2019 Conference and Students\u2019 Forum (ARC7)\u00a0<\/strong>also focused on the link to the UN Sustainable Development Agenda during their sessions in ARC7 under the theme \u201cHigher Education Taking Action towards Sustainable Development Goals: Perspectives from Asia and Europe\u201d which resulted in concrete\u00a0recommendations from\u00a0students\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0rectors<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>related to the Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>\n Linking the thematic priorities and initiatives of the AEP to UN Sustainable Development Goals SDG\u2019s doesn\u2019t question the meaningfulness of the four priorities in the future, but rather\u00a0brings the AEP closer to this global policy reference framework (2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development)<\/strong>\u00a0signed by all UN member states (including all ASEM partner countries). By doing this, ASEM partners would contribute to implement the commitments agreed on by signing the UN 2030 Agenda.<\/p>\n Education is central to the realisation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Within the comprehensive 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, education is articulated as a stand-alone goal in SDG4\u00a0\u2018Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all\u2019.<\/strong>\u00a0SDG4 continues the \u2018Education for All\u2019 focus on quality basic education for all but broadens the agenda further to include the concern for equitable access to post-basic education (including tertiary education) and training for youth and adults through equitable access to appropriate learning opportunities. What is also new to SDG4 is the focus on the relevance of learning outcomes both for the world of work, as well as for citizenship in a global and interconnected world. There are however other goals in which there is a prominent role for education such as in SDG8 (\u2018Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all\u2019), with a specific focus on disadvantaged people who are far from the labour market and far from opportunities for lifelong learning.<\/p>\n Education 2030 also provides a set of indicative\u00a0strategies<\/strong>\u00a0to support member states. Some of them are directly referring to qualifications and recognition of skills, qualifications and learning pathways and have therefore a direct link with the priority areas of the ASEM Education Process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sustainable Development Goals in ISOM Jakarta, SOM1 Austria, ARC7 and ASEMME7 The ASEM Education Process (AEP) made increasingly reference to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":683,"parent":143,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-priority-areas-subpage.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_helpful_status":1,"inline_featured_image":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nEducation in the Agenda 2030<\/h3>\n