The Conference of the Parties
1. Acknowledges the leadership of the Hungarian Presidency in advancing Education for Sustainable Development (hereinafter ESD) as one if its priority topics for the implementation of the Carpathian Convention;
2. Welcomes the session “Education on the Sustainable Carpathians” and the workshop “Education for Science and Society in the Carpathians” co-organized by the Secretariat and the S4C during the 5th Forum Carpaticum “Adaption to Environmental and Social Risk in the Carpathian Mountain Region”, acknowledges the recommendations elaborated as a result of the workshop, and requests the Secretariat and the Parties to act upon these recommendations in cooperation with relevant stakeholders;
3. Welcomes the outcomes of the first Carpathian ESD Seminar, held in Budapest, Hungary, on 16-18 of April 2019, acknowledges the important role of the Ministry of Human Capacities and the Ministry of Agriculture of Hungary, as well as the Secretariat, in co-organizing the workshop, recognises the support provided by the German Federal Environment Ministry’s Advisory Assistance Programme (AAP), the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation and by the German Environment Agency, and requests the Secretariat and the Parties to act upon the recommendations elaborated at the Seminar, in cooperation with the relevant stakeholders;
4. Takes note of the elaboration of the project “Strengthening the ESD network in the Carpathian Convention in cooperation with Leuphana University Lüneburg via science-policy-practice interface” and its submission for consideration of the German Federal Environment Ministry’s Advisory Assistance Programme (AAP);
5. Welcomes follow-up activities on ESD, planned by the Secretariat in cooperation with the Parties and stakeholders, including a respective session and workshop at the 6th Forum Carpaticum, initiating of cooperation with the ESD experts from Leuphana University Luneburg, as well as involving ESD experts in an inter-sectoral project meeting planned by UNEP GRID/Warsaw, acknowledges facilitation by UNEP GRID/Warsaw in this respect, and requests the Secretariat to follow-up on further planning and implementing these activities;
6. Reiterating interest in further cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (hereinafter UNECE) Steering Committee on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), requests the Parties, the Secretariat and relevant partners, among others the UNECE and S4C, to consider common activities on awareness raising, for instance, establishing contest for school students and/or young scientists with reference to the Carpathian matters, as well as promoting the Carpathian achievement in the field of ESD at the international level including at the Ninth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference, including the Third High-level Meeting of Education and Environment Ministries, in Cyprus on 5 – 7 October 2022;
7. Takes note of the application for a workshop “Emerging collaboration: ESD in the Carpathian Convention Network” at the UNESCO World Conference on ESD (postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic), jointly elaborated by the Ministry of Human Capacities and Ministry of Agriculture of Hungary, the Secretariat and the S4C, aimed at presenting the Carpathian ESD activities and raising awareness about the Carpathian Convention, encourages the relevant actors and the Secretariat to continue facilitating such activities in the future;
8. Encourages the Secretariat and the Parties to present ESD-related activities of the Carpathian Convention at the 11th World Environmental Education Congress, planned to take place on 4-8 Oct 2021 in Prague, Czech Republic, via organization of a side-event or a Conference session, in order to enhance the visibility of ESD-related work of the Convention and to encourage networking of the Carpathian ESD experts at the international level;
9. Invites the Polish Presidency of the Carpathian Convention to continue supporting ESD activities as a necessary tool to enable long-term sustainable development in the Carpathians.