Att lära för hållbar utveckling - Regeringen

Summary SOU 2004:104enhancement can be more clearly linked to the distribution ofresources and which combinations of qualitative and quantitativecriteria best support education for sustainable development.The Committee’s assessments and proposalsThe Committee submits the following assessments and proposals.− Instructions to agencies in the field of education should beamended so that their activities promote education forsustainable development.− Dialogue on education for sustainable development betweenstakeholders within as well as outside the field of educationneeds to be developed and deepened.− Inquiries should be conducted to shed light on the importanceof informal and non-formal learning for sustainable development.− Public research funders should be asked to provide furthersupport to interdisciplinary research, particularly on sustainabledevelopment and education for sustainable development.− Basic training and in-service training for those engaged inteaching activities in the field of education should aim tostrengthen knowledge of sustainable development and howeducation can promote sustainable development.− The Education Act (1985:1100) will be amended to specify thateducation will promote socially, economically and environmentallysustainable development. This means development toguarantee present and future generations a good environment,good health, economic and social welfare and justice.− The Higher Education Act (1992:1434) will be amended tospecify that activities will promote socially, economically andenvironmentally sustainable development. This meansdevelopment to guarantee present and future generations agood environment, good health, economic and social welfareand justice.− The Decree on Government Subsidy for Liberal AdultEducation (1991:977) will be clarified so as to ensure thatactivities promote socially, economically and environmentallysustainable development, which means that present and futuregenerations are guaranteed a good environment, good health,economic and social welfare and justice.28