Task Force on Sustainable Development

Chair: Jos Rikers (Open Universiteit Nederland)

Anticipating the launch of the Decade EfSD the Open EADTU Conference 2004 at Open Universiteit Nederland dedicated a special track to Learning for Sustainable Development. As a result the Heerlen Message produced at this conference includes an issue on SD, stating: In line with the ambition of ‘Europe’ to play a leading role, worldwide, in sustainable development, the EU and its member states as well as the European educational institutions and associations are urged to take on a leading role in the development of all learning, including lifelong learning, for sustainable development. The decade of Education for Sustainable Development provides an excellent opportunity to show this leading role. In order to take this part of the Heerlen Message serious and to bring it into implementation, it is proposed to establish an EADTU Task Force on Sustainable Development.