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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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PrimarySchools

SecondarySchools

Universities

PrimarySchools

SecondarySchools

Universities

Community leaders

Local Governments

Botanical gardens

(Science) museums(Research centers)

Laterallinks

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Formal education Non-formal education

Local businesses

Local NGOs

Nature parks

MediaMedia

NGOs

Etc.

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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. Governance and management of RCE

2. Collaboration

3. Research and development

4. Transformative Education

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12 Regional Centers for Expertise- UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development -

Pacific Islands

Sendai

Okayama

TongyeongRepublic of Korea

PenangMalaysia

Ghana

TorontoCanada

Rhine-Meuse+Netherlands/Belgium/Germany

BarcelonaSpain

Jordan

As of December 2005

Cebu, Philippines

Yokohama

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SaskatchewanVictoria

Vancouver

Florida

Tennessee

Peru (several locations)

The Americas

Brazil (several locations)

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Middleland, UKSweden

Portugal

Munich

St. PetersburgEastern Ukraine

Piemonte

Uganda (?)

Central Asia

India (several locations)

Anji Beijing

New Zealand

AustraliaSouth Africa (?)

Thailand (several locations)

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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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PrimarySchools

SecondarySchools

Universities

PrimarySchools

SecondarySchools

Universities

Community leaders

Local Governments

Botanical gardens

(Science) museums

(Research centers)

Laterallinks

Horizontal links

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l lin

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Non-formal education

Local businesses

Local NGOs

Nature parks

MediaMedia

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 -

Pacific Islands

Sendai

Okayama

TongyeongRepublic of Korea

PenangMalaysia

Ghana

TorontoCanada

Rhine-Meuse+Netherlands/Belgium/Germany

BarcelonaSpain

Jordan

As of December 2005

Cebu, Philippines

Yokohama

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SaskatchewanVictoria

Vancouver

Florida

Tennessee

Peru (several locations)

The Americas

Brazil (several locations)

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Middleland, UKSweden

Portugal

Munich

St. PetersburgEastern Ukraine

Piemonte

Uganda (?)

Central Asia

India (several locations)

Anji Beijing

New Zealand

AustraliaSouth Africa (?)

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For further information, please visit:

http://www.ias.unu.edu/efsd