Bonn Conference Report

David VJ Bell PhD, Chair of LSF, co-Chair of ESD Canada and EASO, attended the UNESCO conference, held March 31-April 2 at site of the former Bundestag buildings (from time when Bonn was capital of West Germany). Over 700 participants from 150 countries were present. This was a UNESCO ‘’category IV’’ conference (experts meeting. More than 50 Ministers and Vice- Ministers attended (“High Level Segment”). There was no representative of the Government of Canada (!!) I think Canada was the only one of the 150 countries that did not have anyone from the national government in attendance. Gerald Farthing from Manitoba (representing CMEC) occupied that “seat” for Canada in the plenary.