RCE KwaZulu Natal-2012

Submitted by RCEkwazulunatal on Fri, 2012-08-10 00:00
1. Leadership, Vision and Objectives
1. Vision of your RCE: 
•To promote partnerships & build capacity for promoting public participation in environ. conservation through education
•The RCE is promoting the use of sustainable technologies and documentation of various ESD success stories
2. Leadership structure
a. Administration: 
2
b. Transactional : 
3
c. Transformational : 
5
2. Social Network
3. Core partners: 
Howick Museum, University of KwaZulu Natal, Midlands Meander, Howick Municipality, Darban Botanical Garden and Ground Truth.
4. Cooperation and communication : 
Meetings, conferences, emails, phone calls, informal meetings, workshops. We also have a social network (Info Portal) for stepping up to sustainability.
5. Facilitating development
Connections / Partnership with
UN institutions
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
UNU-IAS
Other international organizations
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
SWEDESD, GIZ, SADC, Sida, CIDA, USAID
Other RCEs
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
Makana, Maputo, Zomba, Swaziland, Lesotho and Namibia
International experts
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
Arjen Wals, Zinaida Fadeeva, Abel Atiti, Bob Jickling, John Fien, Charles Hopkins.
Expert organizations at national, regional and global levels
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
UNEP, Sida, UNESCO, Africa Union, NEPAD
6. Social network
a. Information network (exchanging information, e.g. building up a database for SD projects): 
2
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: 
4
3. Participation
7. Participation of actors : 
Through joint proposal development and specific project implementation
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): 
4
c.Decision influencing participation (people are involved in decision making processes): 
5
4. Education & Learning
9. Educational activities : 
- by organising workshops on specific ESD themes
- By engaging communities and RCE stakeholders in projects e.g water testing and monitoring
10. Competences and capabilities : 
Community engagement in projects e.g. collecting water samples in one of the communities within the RCE geographical area
Connections / Partnership with
a. Access to quality basic education
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
working with schools in the Eco-schools project
b. Training for different sectors of the society
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
Workshops with different sectors in sustainability commons
c. Public awareness
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
Water quality monitoring with communities
d. Reorientation of existing education
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
Workshop with teachers and other key players on quaility education
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): 
We have workswhops to explore the meanings of the RCE concept. We also publish our ideas and work in journals. EG Journal of Environmental Science.
14. Research partners : 
Rhodes University, UKZN, UNU.
15. Description of research
a. Disciplinary (focusing on one discipline of research, e.g. social aspects) : 
2
b. Interdisciplinary (taking interrelations between disciplines into account, e.g. economic effects on the environment and peopl: 
5
c. Transdisciplinary (involving affected people into your research activities, e.g. interviews with affected people): 
3
Tagging
Continent: 
Africa and Middle East
Country: 
South Africa
Region: 
Africa and Middle East
Type: 
Project Reports