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Session 12: RCE Vision and Strategies. Kazuhiko Takemoto ( UNU-IAS ). Key Outcomes:. 1. Capacity development 2. Communication 3. Research 4. Influencing policy 5. Engagement with international organizations and processes. Key Outcomes:. 1. Capacity development
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Session 12: RCE Vision and Strategies Kazuhiko Takemoto (UNU-IAS)
Key Outcomes: 1. Capacity development 2. Communication 3. Research 4. Influencing policy 5. Engagement with international organizations and processes
Key Outcomes: 1. Capacity development • Needs and capacity assessment • Identification of tools and methodologies • Appraisal
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
Key Outcomes: 3. Research • Flagship research done collaboratively e.g. sustainability research e.g. learning to use indigenous technologies for low carbon societies
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
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
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
Global RCE Service Centre Commitments: • Encourage communication • Facilitate link with international processes • Road Map stewards • Provide thought leadership to policymakers • Facilitate collaborative research projects
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
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…