For many years, the ESD project group has helped local education authorities to clearly understand the local educational situation and development plan, and to discuss and analyse what kinds of education are badly needed to meet the sustainable development of local societies, economies, environments and cultures. In ASEAN, a special emphasis has been placed on sustainable economic development; however, the economic dimension has to be supported by the ecological and social dimensions. All peoples live in an increasingly interdependent world. No child can learn when they are hungry. Half of humanity now lives in cities and around one billion urban residents live in slums.
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