It was intended to help Member States to formulate and execute adequate policy frameworks for science research and development aiming, inter alia, to support researchers and encourage new entrants.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO - UK submission to the UNESCO review of the Recommendation on the Status of Scientific Researchers: key issues for inclusion

This will require new frameworks for global cooperation in areas of investment, research and technology.

UNESCO: Post-Conflict and Post-Disaster Responses

Other challenges include the absence of a consensus on what ESD means, confusion regarding the differences between environmental education and ESD, the need to adapt legislative and policy frameworks to integrate ESD, scarcity of appropriate ESD teaching tools and research, and the need to strengthen civil society involvement in governance at multiple levels (e.g. school, community, region and country).

UNESCO: Education