Recommendation 1069
(1988)
- Author(s):
- Parliamentary Assembly
- Origin
- Assembly
debate on 26 and 27 January 1988 (20th, 21st and 22nd
Sittings) (see Doc. 5832, report of the Committee on Culture and Education). Text adopted by the Assembly on
27 January 1988 (22nd Sitting).
- Thesaurus
The Assembly,
1. Having examined the report of its Committee on Culture
and Education on development education (
Doc. 5832) ;
2. Having regard to its
Resolution
747 (1981) on global prospects - human needs and the earth's resources, as
well as to its
Resolutions
843 (1985) and
878 (1987) on the organisation of the European Public Campaign on
North-South Interdependence and Solidarity (spring 1988) ;
4. Drawing attention to major world issues such as debt, unemployment,
the consumption of non-renewable natural resources and abuse of
the environment, and regarding the problems of the developing countries
as being equally of global relevance ;
5. Stressing the urgent need to educate public opinion, in both
industrialised and developing countries, on such issues ;
6. Noting that such development education is relevant not only
in school curricula, but also in programmes for the professional
training of those involved in development problems and for the general
public of industrialised countries ;
7. Welcoming the action already undertaken by the Council of
Europe and other international organisations for education in an
interdependent world ;
8. Drawing attention to the United Nations World Cultural Development
Decade to be directed by Unesco from 1988 to 1998 ;
9. Considering that the European Public Campaign on North-South
Interdependence and Solidarity represents a significant opportunity
for promoting development education in member countries,
10. Recommends that the Committee of Ministers :
a ask the governments of Council
of Europe member states :
i to encourage
the promotion of development education so that European public opinion
will become aware of the growing interdependence between Europe
and the developing countries and of the need for solidarity, and
to allocate funds for this purpose,
ii to make better use of the relevant Council of Europe organs
for alerting the public to the need for North-South co-operation
;
b foster co-operation with the European Community and organisations
active in development education, such as Unesco, Unicef and Habitat,
so as to make better use of available budgetary resources for the promotion
of :
i innovations,
ii co-operation between non-governmental organisations,
iii teacher exchanges,
iv youth participation,
v the preparation of appropriate teaching material,
vi artistic activities,
vii environment education,
viii the training of journalists and mass media professionals
;
c concentrate Council of Europe activities in the field
of development education on :
i intercultural
skills and understanding,
ii seminars for teachers involved in development education,
in particular on the problem of the integration of women in developing
countries,
iii iii. preparing young people in Europe for life in an interdependent
world,
iv the use of the new technologies to establish links between
schools across the world.
