RCE Guatemala-2011

1. Leadership, Vision and Objectives
1. Vision of your RCE: 
We are a model of alliance of leader institutions in a plural society that collaborates continuously to extend a learning space on the education for sustainable development, sharing and implementing strategies and better practices of education, research, training and communications that allows a better quality of life of the Guatemalan society.
2. Leadership structure
a. Administration: 
1
b. Transactional : 
6
c. Transformational : 
3
2. Social Network
3. Core partners: 
Environment Area of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO)
Santiago Development Project (PRODESSA)
Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation
School of Training Middle School Teachers (EFPEM)
Dental Historical Museum
4. Cooperation and communication : 
Communication is fluid. We have a good communication between the different stakeholders, answers are agile and proactive.
5. Facilitating development
Connections / Partnership with
UN institutions
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
UNU-IAS
Other international organizations
yes/no: 
No
Other RCEs
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
With others RCE we have had exchange with Guadalajara and Colombia, trying to organize projects in common. At the moment we have been unable to do that
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): 
1
b. Knowledge network (creating knowledge by collaboration, e.g. finding synergies between partners by experience exchange): 
4
c. Innovation network (creating innovation by co-creation and shared vision,e.g. investigating new solutions for challenges by f: 
2
3. Participation
7. Participation of actors : 
We have been able to organize project in collaboration with 2 partners at the most, but we have been unable to organize a project in which the whole RCE stakeholders are involved.
8. Participation opportunities
a.Informational participation (people get informed about decisions and actions): 
1
b.Consultation participation (people are asked about their needs and opinions): 
5
c.Decision influencing participation (people are involved in decision making processes): 
3
4. Education & Learning
9. Educational activities : 
We are looking to share different cultural visions in the educational system, particularly at the University level, supporting sustainability curriculum at various facultie
Connections / Partnership with
a. Access to quality basic education
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
We are looking to share different cultural visions in the educational system, particularly at the University level
b. Training for different sectors of the society
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
Our RCE deals with teacher training on bilingual and intercultural education.
12. Educational activities
a. Theory (communicating of ESD principles, strategies, examples): 
1
b. Discussion (knowledge exchange and mutual learning on ESD): 
5
c. Interactive & Multidimensional (Action oriented learning, e.g. workshops, intergenerational, interdisciplinary,…) : 
2
5. Research Integration
14. Research partners : 
Governmental Agency
Consejo Nacional de Areas Protegidas - CONAP
Ministry of Public Health

University of San Carlos
University Radio
University Television
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: 
3
c. Transdisciplinary (involving affected people into your research activities, e.g. interviews with affected people): 
6
Tagging
Continent: 
Americas
Country: 
Guatemala
Region: 
Americas
Type: 
Project Reports