The project Transdisciplinarity for Sustainable Tourism Development in the Caucasus Region (CaucaSusT) initiated the integration of transdisciplinary approaches into partner universities in Armenia and Georgia. The aim was to develop cooperation between academics and nonacademic stakeholders from rural communities in the Caucasus mountain region. This paper uses the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) framework for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) beyond 2019 to reflect on the CaucaSusT project process and outcomes. We carried out qualitative research based on document analysis, individual interviews, and focus group discussions with participating students, teachers, and local stakeholders. The results are presented and discussed according to their relevance to the ESD framework's 5 priority areas. We conclude that the CaucaSusT project was successful in contributing to the priority areas of education and training, educators, and youth, but it contributed less to the priority areas of policy and communities within the short project lifetime. We found the UNESCO ESD framework was a useful tool for evaluating the project. Based on our analysis, we provide recommendations for successful ESD project design and implementation in the Caucasus mountain region.

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教科文组织的可持续发展教育框架与高加索山区的大学与社区合作的现实

高加索地区旅游业可持续发展的跨学科项目（CaucaSusT）启动了将跨学科方法整合到亚美尼亚和佐治亚州的合作大学中。目的是在高加索山区农村社区的学者与非学术利益相关者之间发展合作。本文使用联合国教育，科学及文化组织（教科文组织）的2019年后可持续发展教育框架（ESD）来反思CaucaSusT项目的过程和成果。我们基于文档分析，个人访谈以及与参加活动的学生，老师和当地利益相关者进行的焦点小组讨论，进行了定性研究。根据结果​​与ESD框架的相关性对结果进行介绍和讨论。5个优先领域。我们得出的结论是，CaucaSusT项目成功地为教育和培训，教育者和青年等优先领域做出了贡献，但在较短的项目生命周期内对政策和社区的优先领域做出了较少贡献。我们发现联合国教科文组织可持续发展教育框架是评估该项目的有用工具。根据我们的分析，我们为高加索山区成功进行ESD项目设计和实施提供建议。