1. Education for Sustainable Developement towards Responsible Global Citizenship Summary of Workshop D Vienna, 13.-15.3.2006

2. ESD in Higher Education  What are we talking about? A process to improve the competences and skills of the students to meet the challenge „change“ through participatory, interdisciplinary solution focused methods of learning  What are we talking about? A process to improve the competences and skills of the students to meet the challenge „change“ through participatory, interdisciplinary solution focused methods of learning

3. ESD in Higher Education  Students must learn to understand the current situation and learn to evaluate the consequences  Values and norms are vital to find more alternatives of action  Challenge for universities: how to create such a learning environment  Students must learn to understand the current situation and learn to evaluate the consequences  Values and norms are vital to find more alternatives of action  Challenge for universities: how to create such a learning environment

4. ESD in Higher Education  Only a small part of the universities engage in ESD  Best practice example (institutional)  BOKU: a management approach to implement ESD  Univ. Applied Scienes Zittau / Görlitz: a step to step approach  Best practice example (curricula)  BOKU: Landscape (strong interdisciplinary approach)  TU Graz: Engineering („fit for change“!)  Until now there are no guidelines on how to implement ESD  Only a small part of the universities engage in ESD  Best practice example (institutional)  BOKU: a management approach to implement ESD  Univ. Applied Scienes Zittau / Görlitz: a step to step approach  Best practice example (curricula)  BOKU: Landscape (strong interdisciplinary approach)  TU Graz: Engineering („fit for change“!)  Until now there are no guidelines on how to implement ESD

5. ESD in Higher Education  Need for change must be accepted  Strong comittment (vision, mission statement)  Universities must become „living universities“ i.e. do yourself what you are teaching  Involve the students and staff - continious learning  Support ESD networks within the universities  Use existing management tools and change them for your own needs  ESD must be rewarding for the people involved!  Need for change must be accepted  Strong comittment (vision, mission statement)  Universities must become „living universities“ i.e. do yourself what you are teaching  Involve the students and staff - continious learning  Support ESD networks within the universities  Use existing management tools and change them for your own needs  ESD must be rewarding for the people involved!

6. ESD in Higher Education  Change the pattern of thinking  Dont wait - act now!  Change the pattern of thinking  Dont wait - act now!

7. ESD in Higher Education  The next steps:  Support Networking and Benchmarking  „Give a helping hand“ - the question of ressources  Develope Guidelines or framework  Move from the Copernicus Charta to the Copernicus Guidelines - A possible solution?  Take the Goteborg and Bergen communiques serious!  The next steps:  Support Networking and Benchmarking  „Give a helping hand“ - the question of ressources  Develope Guidelines or framework  Move from the Copernicus Charta to the Copernicus Guidelines - A possible solution?  Take the Goteborg and Bergen communiques serious!