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Empowering Sustainable Development: RCE Strategies for Capacity Building and Policy Influence

Explore the key outcomes of the session on RCE vision and strategies by Kazuhiko Takemoto from UNU-IAS, focusing on capacity development, communication, research, and policy influence, along with engagement with international organizations and processes. Learn about collaborative actions and commitments by the Global RCE Service Centre to foster sustainable development through education, innovation, and policy input. Witness the value-added roadmap leading to global RCE conferences and significant international events like COP and Rio+20, shaping the future of sustainable practices and environmental stewardship.

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Empowering Sustainable Development: RCE Strategies for Capacity Building and Policy Influence

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  1. Session 12: RCE Vision and Strategies Kazuhiko Takemoto (UNU-IAS)

  2. Key Outcomes: 1. Capacity development 2. Communication 3. Research 4. Influencing policy 5. Engagement with international organizations and processes

  3. Key Outcomes: 1. Capacity development • Needs and capacity assessment • Identification of tools and methodologies • Appraisal

  4. Key Outcomes: 2. Communication • Within RCEs: share experiences & best practices via the RCE Portal • Outside RCEs: open RCEs up to the outside world to foster dialogue around ESD

  5. Key Outcomes: 3. Research • Flagship research done collaboratively e.g. sustainability research e.g. learning to use indigenous technologies for low carbon societies

  6. Key Outcomes: 4. Influencing Policy • Changing sub-national policy on key SD issues, e.g. climate and biodiversity • Policy development and input into international sustainability processes • e.g. Rio +20

  7. Key Outcomes: 5. Engagement with international organizations & processes • RCEsas implementing agents and strategy evaluators for UN agencies (UNDP, UNESCO, UNICEF, etc.) • Exploringcollaboration with • UNICEF and UNDP around issue of climate • UNESCO around issues of biodiversity • EQUATOR around issues of traditional knowledge • PEARL around issues of sustainable production and consumption and sustainable livelihood • UNECEon the issue of ESDassessment • UN Interagency Committee for DESD • Towards Rio+20 process • The 2014 end-of-decade World ESD Conference in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan • Organization of back-to-back Global RCEConference proposed by RCE Okayama

  8. Collaborative Actions: • Climate change education • Community health education • Synthesizing principles and education models • Sustainable consumption and production programs for youth • Sense of heritage and traditional knowledge • Object-centered education technologies • RCEAward and student seminars

  9. Global RCE Service Centre Commitments: • Encourage communication • Facilitate link with international processes • Road Map stewards • Provide thought leadership to policymakers • Facilitate collaborative research projects

  10. Value Added:

  11. Road Map: 7th Global RCE Conference (RCE Tongyeong) 6th Global RCE Conference (RCE Rhine Meuse) COP 17 UNFCCC COP 18 UNFCCC COP 11 CBD Rio +20 Nov 2011 Dec 2011 June 2012 TBC 2012 Oct 2012 Dec 2012

  12. Road Map: UNESCO World Conference on ESD Aichi-Nagoya 9th Global RCE Conference (proposed by RCE Okayama) 8th Global RCE Conference (African RCEs) TBC 2013 TBC 2014 TBC 2014 Beyond…

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