Asia-Pacific
Kuala Lumpur Declaration from the Asia Pacific Conference on Education and Training
Submitted by RCEhannastahlberg on Thu, 2015-08-27 15:27Quality Education and Skills Development for Sustainable Future
ESD Okayama Award
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Okayama City is pleased to announce the launch of the ‘ESD Okayama Award’ in cooperation with the ESD Okayama Award Steering Board composed of organizations which have been promoting ESD in Japan and around the world.
Call for application: Sejahtera Residency Program @ Sejahtera Centre, Tongyeong
Submitted by RCEtongyeong on Wed, 2015-07-29 17:32Sejahtera Residency Program @ Sejahtera Centre for RCEs in Asia Pacific, Tongyeong
New ProSPER.Net co-sponsored internship with Global Compact Cities Programme and RMIT University
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ProSPER.Net is excited to announce that it is currently developing a co-sponsored internship programme with the Global Compact Cities Programme and RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. This pilot collaboration will be based on two urban research focused internships for postgraduate students from ProSPER.Net universities in the Asia Pacific region. Interns will be based in a selected city government and assist that city with completing a Global Compact City Scan assessment.
UGEC Blog: Implementing the Urban Sustainable Development Goal in Atlanta and Delhi
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Negotiations are underway to set objectives and targets and establish a framework for implementing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to be adopted by the United Nations in September 2015. SDGs differ from their precursors, the Millennium Development Goals, in that they are meant to apply universally to all countries. We define universality as the ‘appropriateness’ of goals, targets, and indicators for global adoption.
ISCN 2015 Sustainable Campus Excellence Award Winners Announced!
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Top-tier universities from across the world have joined forces through the International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN), to incorporate sustainability in their teaching, research, and campus operations.
Wenhui Award for Educational Innovation 2015: Innovations for Skills Development for the Future
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The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) provided some answers to the question: what sorts of skills are needed to cope with continuous change, and how can these skills be developed? According to a recent survey, senior business executives agree that the top three skills their companies need are problem solving (50%), team working (35%) and communication (32%). Of some concern, however, is the perception of skills gap in the workplace by 52% of the executives.
Press Release: Home of RCEs in Asia Pacific" Grand opening of RCE Tongyeong Sejahtera Forest May 23, 2015
Submitted by RCEhannastahlberg on Tue, 2015-06-23 09:34RCE Tongyeong invited as one of 20 partner organizations of UNESCO Global Action Programme in Training
RCE Penang Webinar - Linking ESD, Climate Change Education and Disaster Risk Reduction Education (10 April 2015, 2-3pm UTC+8)
Submitted by RCEpenang on Tue, 2015-04-07 09:08RCE Penang is delighted to invite you to this webinar focused on embedding Education for Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction in primary and secondary education:
Title : Linking Education for Sustainable Development, Climate Change Education and Disaster Risk Reduction Education
Speakers: David Selby and Fumiyo Kagawa (Sustainability Frontiers, UK/Canada)