The document summarizes the Okayama ESD Project in Okayama City, Japan. It discusses (1) the establishment of the Okayama ESD Promotion Commission in 2005 to create a sustainable society through education, (2) the "Okayama ESD Model" which involves multi-stakeholders through community organizations, schools, and universities, and emphasizes community-based and collaborative approaches, and (3) the project's 2015-2019 master plan which focuses on developing youth and local communities through education for sustainable development.

1. Okayama ESD Project
Okayama City / Okayama ESD Promotion Commission

2. 1. Background and Structure
2. Characteristics (ESD Okayama Model)
3. Master Plan 2015-2019
4. Perspective toward Sustainable City Development
Okayama ESD Project

3. 1 Launch of Okayama ESD Project
Establishment of Okayama ESD Promotion Commission
Launch of Okayama ESD Project
2005
Acknowledgement as RCE Okayama by United Nations University
April
June
Goal
Create a region where people learn,
think and act together
to realize a sustainable society
154 RCE world wide(Jan. 2017)

4. 2
1
2
3
Multi-stakeholders’ involvement and collaboration
Community-based approaches to ESD
Continuous support of university and municipality
ESD Okayama Model

5. 2- 1 Multi-stakeholders’ Involvement and Collaboration
Kominkan
NPOs
Universities Enterprises
Local Communities
Schools
Learning about
local and
global issues
Combining
Learning and
Practices
Okayama ESD
Promotion Commission

6. 2- 1
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
40
As of Dec. 2016
260
The Number of participating Organizations
Kominkan and
Others(39)
Municipalities(5)
Civic Groups
（114）
Enterprises
（24）
Schools
and Others
(77)
Multi-stakeholders’ Involvement and Collaboration

7. 2- 2
37の公民館
ESD
37の公民館
職員は
コーディネーター
Elderly
Others
Health
Gender
Child
Rearing
Environ-
ment Learning
and Actions
For Solving
Local Issues
Community-based Approach to ESD <Kominkan>
Safety
and
Security
Neighborhood
Associations
Okayama ESD
Promotion
Commission
Civic
Groups
NPOs
Local
Volunteers
Women’s
Associations
Munici-
palities
37 Kominkan
Staffs
As Coordinators
Empowerment
of people and
communities
Sustainable
Community Development

8. 2- 2 Community-based Approach to ESD <Kominkan>
Multicultural Co-living

9. 2- 2
s
Local
Communities
Independent Young People
Home/
Parents
Enterprises
Kominkan
Museums
etc.
Board of
Education
Local Learning
Community etc.
Community-based Approach to ESD<Schools>
Okayama City Basic Educational Promotion Plan [ESD Promotion]
Early Childhood
Education
Elementary Schools
Middle Schools
High Schools
Schools
andTeachers
Okayama’s
Integrated
Educational
System
Enhance
education
vertically
Okayama Child
Raising Regulation
UNESCO Associated
Schools 51
Promoted in each middle school
catchment area

10. 2- 2 Community-based Approach to ESD<Schools>
Now and the future
of the community

11. 2- 3 Continuous University Support
Co-living with Nature

12. 2- 3
Sustainable City Development
Continuous Municipality Support

13. 3 Revision of Okayama ESD Project’s Master Plan
Global Action Programme on
ESD (GAP)
2015-20192005-2014
United Nation’s Decade of
ESD (DESD)
2014 UNESCO World Conference on ESD

14. 3 Okayama ESD Project’s Master Plan 2015-2019
Priority Action Areas
●Sharing Future Vision toward a Sustainable Region
●Youth/Human Resource Development
●ESD Promotion at Local Community/Kominkan
●ESD Promotion in Formal Education
●Award for Outstanding Practices
●Enhancement of Bases for ESD Promotion
●ESD Promotion in Corporations
●Strengthen Networks and Partnerships

15. 4
A City vibrant with Life
toward a Sustainable Future
Perspective toward Sustainable City Development
Economy &
Exchange
Health, Social
Welfare & the
Environment
Child
Rearing &
Education

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