But the crucial work of implementing ESD across everyday education practice is still ahead. School plans are seen to be the instruments for implementing the “whole-institution approach” in school operations, particularly in pre-primary, primary and secondary levels of education. As defined by the ECE ESD working group on school plans, “ESD school planning is a means to move beyond sustainability awareness-raising and to actively engage in a continuous cycle of planning, implementing and reviewing approaches to sustainability as part of every school’s operations” (UNECE, 2014ft). The working group identified a number of core dimensions for such plans, including school governance arrangements, curriculum, teaching and learning, facilities and operations, partnerships and cooperation—particularly with the surrounding community—and self-assessment.