In an effort to step up the contributions of the global RCE network beyond the UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), and in order to strengthen its capacities towards implementing the priorities of the Global Action Programme on ESD, it behooves the global RCE community to protect its integrity and promote quality of practice consistent with the principles of good governance. This community has been created in order to allow all RCE members to examine and discuss guiding principles for the RCE community.