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This Chapter traces the mechanism of promotion of Education for Sustainable Development (hereafter “ESD”) both on the model suggested by the International Implementation Scheme (hereafter “IIS”) and on the reality of Japan. It is needless to say that as ESD concerns the learners at all stages of life and also mobilizes the formal and non-formal education, it involves various factors other than school systems and requires the new model of governance which the traditional administration of education does not fit to. The Chapter, following the analysis of the theories of the governance in recent years, will examine the reality of the mechanism of implementation of ESD at both governmental and local levels and clarify the role played by NPOs. This will permit us to identify the characteristics of the governance on ESD in Japan. Finally the possible model of the governance after the United Nations Decade of the Education for Sustainable Development (UNDESD, 2005–2014) will be presented.
The article is based upon the author’s individual thought, and it does not imply the expression of any opinion of his organizations.
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Iwamoto, W. (2014). Governance and Policy on ESD. In: Shaw, R., Oikawa, Y. (eds) Education for Sustainable Development and Disaster Risk Reduction. Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55090-7_6
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