RCE Greater Sendai - 2021

Location

Japan
JP
Tohoku ESD/SDGs Consortium
Basic Information
Title of project : 
Tohoku ESD/SDGs Consortium
Submitting RCE: 
RCE Greater Sendai
Contributing organization(s) : 
Miyagi University of Education
Shirakami area Shirakami-Sanchi Financial Group
Hiraizumi area Hiraizumi Town Board of Education (Iwate Prefecture)
Daisen area Daisen City Board of Education (Akita Prefecture)
Kesennuma area Kesennuma ESD/RCE Promotion Committee and Kesennuma City Board of Education
Osaki area Osaki City Board of Education, Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Promotion Section
Sendai area FEEL Sendai
Sendai UNESCO Association
Sendai City Yagiyama Zoological Park
NPO Environmental Chamber Tohoku
Miyagi Prefecture Tagajo High School
Tohoku Gakuin Junior High School and Senior High School
Tomiya UNESCO Association
Shiroishi area Shiroishi UNESCO Association
Adachi area Fukushima Prefectural Adachi High School
Aizu area Tadami Town Board of Education
Aizu UNESCO Association
Focal point(s) and affiliation(s)
Name: 
Tomonori ICHINOSE
Organizational Affiliation: 
Miyagi University of Education
Format of project: 
PowerPoint, audiovisual
Language of project: 
Japanese and English
Date of submission:
Update
ESD National Promotion Plan
At what level is the policy operating?: 
National
Geographical & Education Information
Region: 
Asia-Pacific
Country: 
Japan
Location(s): 
Tohoku region, Japan
Address of focal point institution for project: 
A consortium for the Tohoku region was developed through initiatives undertaken by the ESD/UNESCO-Associated Schools and Tohoku
Consortium, which was supported by a program to subsidize UNESCO activity costs as run by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) between fiscal years 2014 and 2016, and successor initiatives. In addition, the framework for ESD activities centered around UNESCO-associated schools was fortified and ESD hub areas were established in collaboration with the Tohoku Regional ESD Activities Support Center through a program to subsidize UNESCO activity costs (Promoting ESD Through Collaborations With Schools and Communities for the Attainment of SDGs for the Tohoku Region) from fiscal year 2018.
In Kesennuma City, Osaki City, Tadami Town, and Hiraizumi Town in particular, consortium activities have engendered the power of area centers and the power of networks to organize areas. In these areas, UNESCO associated schools promoting ESD have begun learning from one another with a focus on school education.
In fiscal year 2019, class curricula were developed and community development programs were created in these priority areas through four learning seminars based on the theme of the development of curricula for SDGs and ESD based on the use of local
resources by local citizens and the results of this process were then made visible. Other satellite areas have been keeping themselves apprised of the results in other priority areas and working to develop hub areas for ESD and SDGs for ten areas across the Tohoku region.
Target Audience:
Socioeconomic and environmental characteristics of the area : 
In order to develop the agriculture, culture, and rich ecosystem of tilled soil, which has been recognized as a globally important
agricultural heritage system, as well as the beautiful, functional rural landscape consisting of a tapestry of rice paddies, waterways, and igune house trees and ensure that they can be bequeathed to futureg enerations.
Contents
Status: 
Ongoing
Period: 
December, 2005 to December, 2020
References and reference materials: 
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
(https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs) and other themes of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
SDG 1 - End poverty in all its forms everywhere 
Indirect
SDG 2 - End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture 
Indirect
SDG 4 - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all 
Direct
SDG 5 - Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls 
Indirect
SDG 6 - Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all 
Indirect
SDG 7 - Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all 
Indirect
SDG 8 - Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all 
Indirect
SDG 9 - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation, and foster innovation 
Indirect
SDG 10 - Reduce inequality within and among countries 
Indirect
SDG 11 - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable 
Direct
SDG 12 - Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns 
Indirect
SDG 13 - Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts 
Indirect
SDG 14 - Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development 
Direct
SDG 15 - Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification and halt and reverse land degradation, and halt biodiversity loss 
Direct
SDG 16 - Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels 
Indirect
SDG 17 - Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development 
Direct
ESD for 2030-Priority Action Areas
Priority Action Area 1 - Advancing policy 
state: 
Indirect
Priority Action Area 2 - Transforming learning and training environments 
state: 
Indirect
Priority Action Area 3 - Developing capacities of educators and trainers 
state: 
Direct
Priority Action Area 4 - Mobilizing youth 
state: 
Indirect
Priority Action Area 5 - Accelerating sustainable solutions at local level 
state: 
Direct
Update: 
Yes