RCE Southern North Sea-2011

Submitted by RCEsouthernnorthsea on Sat, 2011-07-16 00:00
1. Leadership, Vision and Objectives
1. Vision of your RCE: 
The regional and specific objectives of RCE Southern North Sea are to develop ESD through resource effective means, such as the generation of business tools for progression in sustainable development; the development initiatives to help promote sustainable development in education through educating youth leaders or empowering young people; and the development of community links with higher education institutes.
2. Leadership structure
a. Administration: 
3
b. Transactional : 
5
c. Transformational : 
2
2. Social Network
3. Core partners: 
United Nations University - Comparative Regional Integration Studies
Higher Education Institutes (KHBO, HOWest, KATHO)
Social Economy Initiatives
4. Cooperation and communication : 
Joined projects, platform for exchange, website, newsletter.
5. Facilitating development
Connections / Partnership with
UN institutions
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
UNU-CRIS
Other international organizations
yes/no: 
No
Other RCEs
yes/no: 
No
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): 
2
b. Knowledge network (creating knowledge by collaboration, e.g. finding synergies between partners by experience exchange): 
5
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 : 
The coordination team is open to proposals or is formulating proposals itself to the partners/social network.
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): 
2
c.Decision influencing participation (people are involved in decision making processes): 
4
4. Education & Learning
9. Educational activities : 
Educational acivities are regarded as a spin-off of other projects as formulated in the vision and objectives.
10. Competences and capabilities : 
The last couple of years there has been an important evolution in the possibilities of using internet for ESD activities. The RCE-SNS has the capability of using them and is now looking for expanding their activities: webinars, web exchange meetings, etc.
Connections / Partnership with
a. Access to quality basic education
yes/no: 
No
b. Training for different sectors of the society
yes/no: 
Yes
c. Public awareness
yes/no: 
Yes
d. Reorientation of existing education
yes/no: 
Yes
12. Educational activities
a. Theory (communicating of ESD principles, strategies, examples): 
2
b. Discussion (knowledge exchange and mutual learning on ESD): 
2
c. Interactive & Multidimensional (Action oriented learning, e.g. workshops, intergenerational, interdisciplinary,…) : 
6
5. Research Integration
13. Research & Development (R&D): 
Nowadays it is at the heart of the RCE-SNS activities. It is regarded as a requirement for creating content to the ESD activities.
14. Research partners : 
Higher Education Institutes, Governmental Agencies, Enterprises ...
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: 
4
c. Transdisciplinary (involving affected people into your research activities, e.g. interviews with affected people): 
4
Tagging
Continent: 
Europe
Country: 
United Kingdom
Region: 
Europe
Type: 
Project Reports