ENSI – a precious network for thirty years!
ENSI was set up as a decentralized international network in 1986 under the umbrella of OECD’s Centre for Educational Research & Innovation (CERI). In consequence of OECD’s reorganization all decentralised networks became independent in 2004 and ENSI was recognized as an international NPA in 2008. ENSI is now an association under Austrian law, seated at the Ministry of Education in Vienna. The network ENSI is financed by its members and by own project work.
ENSI sets emphasis on the implementation of Education for Sustainable Development in the whole educational system through research based projects in the fields of quality development, competence enhancement for teachers and students, cooperation among schools and the civil society and development of new skills for VET students.
ENSI cooperates with major international organisations such as UNESCO, UNECE, UNEP (Carpathian Convention), RCE/UN-Universities, CEE India, Baltic21 and others.
ENSI’s members are governments, international organisations, institutions such as universities, schools, NGO’s and persons from civil society. Partners come from Europe, Asia and Australia. Partners from the following countries have contributed to ENSI initiated projects and/or are cooperating with ENSI in projects in the period from 2002 to 2014:
Australia, Austria, Belgium/Flanders, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain/Catalonia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK
ENSI’s strengths lie in the combined work of policy makers, researchers, teacher educators and their students and pilot schools with teachers and students.