RCE NETWORK

Last updated: October 23, 2019

RCE East Kalimantan

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Rce details

Region:

ASIA-PACIFIC

Country:

Indonesia

Overview

Date of RCE acknowledgement:

November, 2008

Description of RCE and Geographic Region:

Network organization on formal, non-formal and informal education on Education for Sustainable Development. Specifically to respond issues in East Kalimantan on poverty, degraded environment and quality of education.

Goals and Objectives:

Vision:

To provide a “global space for learning” for the community to learn and share experiences on implementation of ESD from international to local communities or vice versa.

Goals and objectives:

Long-term objective is to develop capacity on sustainable societies. Other objectives include:

to develop partnerships on capacity building in RCE and ESD concepts;
to develop promotional systems for ESD to increase public awareness on sustainable development;
to coordinate events to promote synergy among different actors, network building, and education activities related to sustainable development;
to develop individual capacity, with focus on communities and institutions to implant education on sustainable development;
to support coordination and dissemination policy, research and practice related to education for sustainable development

Organisation Hosting RCE Secretariat:

Mulawarman University

Key Partners:

Name of organisation: Mulawarman University
Role: Main partner to coordinate ESD in East Kalimantan
Contact name: Mr. Andi Purnawarman
Contact email: andi.purnawarman@gmail.com

Name of organisation: Government of East Kalimantan
Role: Co Partner in conducting program of ESD
Contact name: Prof Dwi Nugroho Hidayanto
Contact email: dwinj16260@yahoo.com.au

Activities

Current Activities:

Strengthening sustainable livelihood program for poor and vulnerable groups (in Sebatik Island)
Home reading program
Youth and River program

Upcoming Activities:

Research on developing local initiatives for poverty reduction based on community group
Youth writing competition on environment and social media
Join international or regional meeting on ESD and RCE

Achievements:

Leading on Home reading program to increase reading habits among children in early school ages
Successfully conducted workshop and International conference on the issue of sustainable livelihood program to eradicate poverty in cooperation with Ministry of Social Affairs and COMCEC OIC
Successfully conducted international workshop on DRR and ESD