Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) has become a key element of the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda and its sustainable development goals. Furthermore, the increasing need for and attention to the broad field of sustainability requires a more comprehensive elaboration on the role and contributions that adult learning and education can make in this context.
Based on its activities at the interface of adult education and development, DVV International has outlined its ESD understanding from a global perspective based on its participation and regular follow-up of global process and its engagement in partner countries around the world. The text starts with an outline of the evolution and global policy process related to ESD, followed by a thematic classification, main target groups, key educational approaches and key competences required by teachers and learners in order to become agents of change for sustainable development.