Gustavo Lopez Ospina, Director of UNESCO, introduced a panel
discussion on the role of education in sustainable development.
The panel was chaired by Aleksandra Kornhauser (Slovenia),
International Commission on Education for the 21st Century, and
Director of the International Center for Chemical Studies,
Ljubljana. Madeleine Kunin, Deputy Secretary of Education,
United States, said the issues of education and the environment
were fundamental to survival. She welcomed the Delors report
from the International Commission on Education for the 21st
Century and underlined the need to invest in education in all
countries. She reviewed US initiatives including the GLOBE
project, which involves students, teachers, and scientists in 33
countries with 3000 children collecting data related to
sustainable development, and communicating with each other
across the world. Lubomir Nondek, Director of Environmental
Strategies, Ministry of Environment, Czech Republic, outlined
recommendations from an international workshop on