RCE Graz Styria-2010

Submitted by thomasdrage on Wed, 2010-04-07 11:04
1. Leadership, Vision and Objectives
1. Vision of your RCE: 
The mission of RCE Graz-Styria is to create innovation for sustainable development in society by education, process development and knowledge exchange between global and local as well as science and practice.

Objectives:
- Creating a network of local and global sustainability initiatives
- Project initiation and consultation in the fields of education for sustainable development, regional development, tourism and innovation transfer
- Supporting a worldwide experience transfer by means of the 'Global Learning Space for a Sustainable Development'
- Raising awareness for a sustainable development among society
2. Leadership structure
a. Administration: 
4
b. Transactional : 
4
c. Transformational : 
2
2. Social Network
3. Core partners: 
- University of Graz
- Department of Geography and Regional Science (at University of Graz)
- Center for Continuing Education (at University of Graz)
- oikos Graz
4. Cooperation and communication : 
Cooperating in various projects and activities.
Communication is also project orientated and is based on communication via email, phone and physical meetings.
5. Facilitating development
Connections / Partnership with
UN institutions
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
Austrian UNESCO Commission
UN Global Compact Austria
United Nations University
Other international organizations
yes/no: 
No
Other RCEs
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
all of them at European and international meetings
International experts
yes/no: 
No
Expert organizations at national, regional and global levels
yes/no: 
No
6. Social network
a. Information network (exchanging information, e.g. building up a database for SD projects): 
4
b. Knowledge network (creating knowledge by collaboration, e.g. finding synergies between partners by experience exchange): 
3
c. Innovation network (creating innovation by co-creation and shared vision,e.g. investigating new solutions for challenges by f: 
3
3. Participation
7. Participation of actors : 
University of Graz:
- Department of System Sciences, Innovation and Sustainability Research
- Department of Geography and Regional Science
- Global Studies
- Center for Continuing Education
- oikos Graz

Province of Styria:
- Province of Styria (Department 19D Waste Management; Department 6A Youth, Women, Family and Generations)
- City of Graz (Department of Culture, Department of Environment)
- City of Trofaiach
- Land Development Styria
- Keimblatt Ökodorf
- Ökoprofit Graz

National:
- Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour of the Republic of Austria
- Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management of the Republic of Austria
- Global Compact

Europe:
- RCE Rhine-Meuse, Netherlands
- Environment Center, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
- School of Science, Open University of the Netherlands
- Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Communication, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany
- Social and Economic Sciences, University of Macedonia, Greece
- University of Novi Sad, Serbia

International:
- Heliopolis University, Egypt
- Sekem Development Foundation, Egypt
8. Participation opportunities
a.Informational participation (people get informed about decisions and actions): 
4
b.Consultation participation (people are asked about their needs and opinions): 
3
c.Decision influencing participation (people are involved in decision making processes): 
3
4. Education & Learning
9. Educational activities : 
One part of our mission (and vision), that means one of our five focus groups, is education. Thus any educational activity relates to this.
Connections / Partnership with
a. Access to quality basic education
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
oikos Graz
RCE Graz workshop on SD at High School
b. Training for different sectors of the society
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
Sustainability Trail attracting all sectors of society
Intergenerational workshop
c. Public awareness
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
Sustainability Trail
public lectures
radio interview
d. Reorientation of existing education
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
Austrian Strategy for ESD
12. Educational activities
a. Theory (communicating of ESD principles, strategies, examples): 
2
b. Discussion (knowledge exchange and mutual learning on ESD): 
3
c. Interactive & Multidimensional (Action oriented learning, e.g. workshops, intergenerational, interdisciplinary,…) : 
5
5. Research Integration
13. Research & Development (R&D): 
RCE Graz-Styria is based at the University of Graz; research is involved in all of our projects.
14. Research partners : 
- University of Graz
Especially the
- Department of System Sciences, Innovation and Sustainability Research as well as the
- Department of Geography and Regional Science
15. Description of research
a. Disciplinary (focusing on one discipline of research, e.g. social aspects) : 
1
b. Interdisciplinary (taking interrelations between disciplines into account, e.g. economic effects on the environment and peopl: 
4
c. Transdisciplinary (involving affected people into your research activities, e.g. interviews with affected people): 
5
Tagging
Continent: 
Europe
Country: 
Austria
Region: 
Europe
Type: 
Project Reports