RCE Goa-2012

Submitted by RCEgoa on Tue, 2012-08-07 00:00
1. Leadership, Vision and Objectives
1. Vision of your RCE: 
RCE Goa envisages facilitating collaborative research, development and promotion of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Goa. RCE Goa aims to focus on: (1) Tourism and coastal management issues, and (2) Addressing urban challenges
RCE Goa activities will seek to strike on flagship projects including sustainable tourism to address the regional challenges. RCE Goa will strive to work with schools, colleges, youth groups and local communities so as to catalyze and consolidate an attitudinal and behavioral change in the desired target groups.
2. Leadership structure
a. Administration: 
3
b. Transactional : 
6
c. Transformational : 
1
2. Social Network
3. Core partners: 
International Centre Goa
Navhind papers and Publications
Goa Science Centre
Dempo Charities Trust
4. Cooperation and communication : 
Two partner meetings have been held since the acknowledgement of RCE Goa. Further, information is exchanged via electronic mail.
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: 
RCE Delhi, RCE Mumbai
International experts
yes/no: 
No
Expert organizations at national, regional and global levels
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
Directorate of Education, Government of Goa, Goa University, Bal Bhavan, WWF-Goa, vRecycle Waste Management Services
6. Social network
a. Information network (exchanging information, e.g. building up a database for SD projects): 
3
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: 
2
3. Participation
8. Participation opportunities
a.Informational participation (people get informed about decisions and actions): 
2
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 : 
RCE Goa strives to work with schools, colleges, youth groups and local communities so as to catalyze and consolidate an attitudinal and behavioral change in the desired target groups. RCE Goa employs an ‘awareness, outreach and dissemination’ approach primarily targeting the youth in order to realize the vision of RCE Goa.
10. Competences and capabilities : 
Capacity building
Connections / Partnership with
a. Access to quality basic education
yes/no: 
No
b. Training for different sectors of the society
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
Through capacity building and training sessions
c. Public awareness
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
Through awareness and sensitization workshops
d. Reorientation of existing education
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
Activity based environment education syllabus specific resource kit
12. Educational activities
a. Theory (communicating of ESD principles, strategies, examples): 
2
b. Discussion (knowledge exchange and mutual learning on ESD): 
4
c. Interactive & Multidimensional (Action oriented learning, e.g. workshops, intergenerational, interdisciplinary,…) : 
4
5. Research Integration
13. Research & Development (R&D): 
RCE Goa is in its nascent stage, but, as it comprises of a few partners from the research background, this is an aspect that will have to be developed in due course.
14. Research partners : 
Goa university, WWF-Goa, TERI
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: 
Asia-Pacific
Country: 
India
Region: 
Asia-Pacific
Type: 
Project Reports