The Community-to-Community Exchange and Capacity Development Workshop for Traditional Knowledge Holders was held on 28th September to 4th October 2015, in Bengaluru, India and 100 delegates from Africa, South East Asia and the Central Asia gathered to highlight the importance of fostering the linkages between biodiversity and health and the relevance of Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS). UNU-IAS and UNDP among others were co-organizers of this important event.

Nine major highlights emerged from this event:

RCE Minna brought together young school children to commemorate Nigeria’s Independence Anniversary. The programme was organised in collaboration with the African Center for Extra-Curricular Research and Development (ACERAD) and the Young People for Africa Development (YPAD). The event was held at the Abdulsalam Youth Center Minna, Nigeria on 1st October, 2015.

The first Youth Conference "Searching Green Ambassadors" took place in International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT), the Secretariat of RCE Greater Dhaka.

The main aim of the event was to search for Youth Green Ambassadors that will tackle future sustainability challenges.

40 scientists and representatives of ministries and other relevant organisations from the CEE countries (Central and Eastern Europe) Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, as well as Germany and Austria discussed the issue of sustainability science from 11-12 September 2015 in Warsaw, Poland.