The Swedish International Centre of Education for Sustainable Development (SWEDESD) at Gotland University, Visby was established in 2008. The Centre is financed by Sida, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.
SWEDESD's mission is to facilitate the development of the capacity of the leaders, members, employees and other stakeholders of key organizations and communities to carry out educational and communication programs and interventions allowing people as members of households, communities and organizations to make sense and meaning of the social, economic and ecological challenges surrounding them and to find appropriate responses and actions.
SWEDESD's activities support the further development and practice of education for sustainable development through education, training, learning, research, evaluation, information exchange, networking, partnerships, policy analysis and capacity development. All activities are designed and implemented in close cooperation with national and regional partner organizations in countries in the Global South with which Sweden is engaged in development cooperation, while building on experience and expertise available in Sweden and elsewhere.
SWEDESD contributes to the official Swedish development assistance policy, operating within the international development frameworks of the UN Millennium Development Goals, Education for All (EFA) and the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014).
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SWEDESD documents
SWEDESD workshops and conferences
