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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Looking for Synergies: Education for Sustainable Development and the Bologna Process
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Fadeeva, Zinaida; Galkute, Laima – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2012
In defining quality of higher education, competences achieved by graduates are interpreted as essential criteria. There are two political processes in education dealing, among other issues, with competence development: the Bologna Process in European Higher Education Area and a global process--the United Nations (UN) Decade (2005-2014) of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Holistic Approach, Quality Control, Sustainable Development
Roles of Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development: Lessons Learnt in the First Half of the UNDESD
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Fadeeva, Zinaida; Mochizuki, Yoko – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2010
As its major contribution to the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (UN DESD, 2005-2014), the United Nations University (UNU) has promoted the establishment of Regional Centres of Expertise on education for sustainable development (RCEs) and their net-working to build innovative multistakeholder platforms for ESD…
Descriptors: Socialization, Sustainable Development, Regional Programs, Expertise
Regional Centres of Expertise: Innovative Networking for Education for Sustainable Development
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Fadeeva, Zinaida; Mochizuki, Yoko – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2007
The concept of Regional Centres of Expertise (RCEs) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) has been enthusiastically embraced by a diverse array of actors since it was first introduced by the United Nations University (UNU) in 2004. An RCE is conceived of as a "network" of existing organisations of formal, nonformal and informal education,…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Regional Cooperation, Regional Programs, Networks