Project Reports

2017 RCE Awards for Innovative Projects on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

2017 RCE Awards for Innovative Projects on ESD

 

Established in 2012, the RCE Award celebrates projects and programmes on ESD within the Global RCE Network, honouring RCEs who have made outstanding contributions to address local sustainable development challenges in their regions.

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Winners of 2016 UNESCO-Japan Prize for ESD

The three winners of the 2016 UNESCO-Japan Prize on ESD are:

1) the Centre for Community Regeneration and Development (CCREAD-Cameroon) from Cameroon, a youth-lead programme which targets children, youth, women and indigenous groups in marginalized, hard-to-reach communities

2) the Okayama ESD Promotion Commission from Japan, involving 240 organizations which show a highly unusual systemic and city-wide approach to ESD

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Japan

Students Study Tour in South Korea: Regional Tourism Forum

The Business of Sustainable Tourism program funded by the Australian Commonwealth's New Colombo Plan Mobility Project connected eight Western Sydney University students with local tourism networks in South Korea.

Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Tourism Management under the Destination Management Unit, along with two university staff, undertook a two-week transformative study tour in July of 2016. Based in the Tongyeong Sejahtera Centre and the city of Busan the students learnt about sustainable and cultural tourism and embraced the local cultures and cuisine.

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South Korea
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RCE Award 2015 - Other projects

Biodiversity

RCE Central Semenanjung – Kelab Alami Bukit Fraser (Category B: Acknowledged Flagship Project for contributing to capacity development)

RCE Chandigrah – Documenting and propagating information on vulture: An endangered bird (Category B: Acknowledged Flagship Project for contributing to capacity development)

Climate Change

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RCE Award 2015 - Outstanding Flagship Projects

We would like to congratulate all winners of the 2015 RCE Award for their Outstanding Flagship Projects.

ll showed the great effort and hard work each RCE puts in towards a better and more sustainable world. A thank you goes to all the researchers and RCE members who took part in the screening and final selection of the winners.

All RCEs received an official certificate to celebrate their Award and those in the ‘Outstanding Flagship Project’ category will receive a commemorating poster which showcases all projects.

Climate Change

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RCE Minna promotes SDGs during Nigeria's Children's Day

Each year, Nigeria celebrates Children’s Day on the 27th of May. RCE Minna used the occasion to raise awareness amongst children on the 17 SDGs especially on Goal 3 and 4 (Good Health and Quality Education).

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Nigeria

Me & MyCIty - innovative education for future sustainable citizens

Me & MyCity is a Finnish education innovation that has received international acclaim. Its story began in 2009. A learning concept aimed at school children, covering society, working life and entrepreneurship, the Me & MyCity learning environment is a miniature city where students work in a profession and function as consumers and citizens as part of society.

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