Transcript Regional Centres of Expertise for Education for Sustainable Development Nairobi, 6 May 2006 Zinaida Fadeeva United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies www.ias.unu.edu.

Regional Centres of Expertise for
Education for Sustainable Development
Nairobi, 6 May 2006
Zinaida Fadeeva
United Nations University
Institute of Advanced
Studies
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UNU Strategy to Promote ESD
(EfSD Programme)
1. Advocacy and dissemination of ESD and DESD;
2. Promotion of regional centres of expertise on ESD
(RCEs) and their networking;
3. Strengthening of ESD activities of higher education
institutions in close collaboration with the Global Higher
Education for Sustainability Partnership (GHESP);
4. Further development of on-line learning for ESD;
5. Training of teachers and trainers on ESD
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Regional Centers of
Expertise on ESD
Vertical links
Formal education
(Research centers)
Universities
Universities
Non-formal education
(Science) museums
Botanical gardens
Nature parks
Secondary
Schools
Primary
Schools
Secondary
Schools
Primary
Schools
Local Governments
Lateral
links
Local businesses
Community
leaders
MediaMedia
NGOs
Etc.
Horizontal links
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NGOs
Regional Centres of
Expertise (RCEs)
 A RCE aspires to achieve the goals of the
DESD by translating its global objectives into
the context of regional areas in which it
operates.
– Improve access to quality basic education;
– Reorient existing education to address
sustainable development;
– Develop public understanding and awareness;
and
– Provide training programs for all sectors of
private and civil society.
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Opportunity of translation
… of global agenda into
local realities
Instrument of mobilisation
… integration of different streams
of thinking and learning
… mobilisation of the newcomers
Instrument of social learning
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Core elements of RCEs
1.
2.
3.
4.
Governance and management of RCE
Collaboration
Research and development
Transformative Education
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12 Regional Centers for Expertise
- UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development Rhine-Meuse+
Netherlands/Belgium/Germany
Toronto
Canada
Barcelona
Spain
Ghana
Sendai
Tongyeong
Yokohama
Republic of Korea
Okayama
Jordan
Cebu,
Philippines
Penang
Malaysia
Pacific
Islands
As of December 2005
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Vancouver
Victoria
Saskatchewan
Tennessee
Florida
The Americas
Peru (several locations)
Brazil (several locations)
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Sweden
Middleland, UK
St. Petersburg
Eastern Ukraine
Munich
Portugal
Piemonte
Central Asia
Beijing
Anji
India (several
locations)
Thailand (several
locations)
Uganda (?)
South Africa (?)
Australia
New
Zealand
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UNU Strategy to Promote the
Decade of Education for
Sustainable Development
 UNU-IAS has established a Global Service Centre for
RCEs,
 RCEs from around the world and their networks will
constitute a global learning space for sustainable
development (GLSSD).
 The Ubuntu Alliance, the consortium of eleven
international research and educational institutions
agreed to support promotion of the development of
RCEs as part of a global learning space for sustainable
development.
 Envisioning of the awards for innovative, joint projects
of two or more institutions from different sectors.
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Regional Centers of
Expertise on ESD
Non-formal education
(Research centers)
Universities
Universities
Vertical links
(Science) museums
Secondary
Schools
Primary
Schools
Secondary
Schools
Primary
Schools
Horizontal links
Botanical gardens
Lateral
links
Nature parks
Local Governments
Local businesses
Community
leaders
Media Media
NGOs
Localwww.ias.unu.edu
NGOs
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DESD Vision
- Creation of global learning space  Create a world where everyone has the
opportunity to benefit from quality education
and learn the values, behavior and lifestyles
required for a sustainable future and for
positive societal transition (global learning
space)
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12 Regional Centers for Expertise
- UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development Rhine-Meuse+
Netherlands/Belgium/Germany
Toronto
Canada
Barcelona
Spain
Ghana
Sendai
Tongyeong
Yokohama
Republic of Korea
Okayama
Jordan
Cebu,
Philippines
Penang
Malaysia
Pacific
Islands
As of December 2005
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Vancouver
Victoria
Saskatchewan
Tennessee
Florida
The Americas
Peru (several locations)
Brazil (several locations)
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Sweden
Middleland, UK
St. Petersburg
Eastern Ukraine
Munich
Portugal
Piemonte
Central Asia
Beijing
Anji
India (several
locations)
Uganda (?)
South Africa (?)
Australia
New
Zealand
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http://www.ias.unu.edu/efsd
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