Irish Aid Development Education Strategy 2017-2023: Development Education
- Corporate Author
- Irish Aid
- Resource Language
- English
- Year of publication
- 2016
- Topic
- Civic / Citizenship / DemocracyHuman rightsGlobalisation and social justice / International understandingSustainable development / SustainabilityTransformative initiatives / Transformative pedagogies
- Level of education
- Early childhood care and educationPrimary educationSecondary educationHigher educationLifelong learningTechnical and vocational education and trainingNon-formal education
- Region
- Europe and North America
- Place of publication
- Dublin
With the adoption at the UN in September 2015 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the world renewed its commitment to eradicating global poverty, hunger and inequality. SDG Target 4.7 calls on States to provide education to ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development. Development education strengthens understanding of the global justice dimension of each of the Goals, inspiring and enabling people to take action at local, national and global levels. It is critical to achieving the promise of transformative change that defines the SDGs.
This strategy affirms Irelandโs commitment to development education and its central role to both our international development programme and Irish foreign policy.
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