RCE Okayama (Japan) and the ESD Okayama Award Steering Committee are pleased to announce that the ESD Okayama Award 2024 is now open for entries.

The Award honours outstanding ESD practices in local communities around the world to support organisations carrying out ESD activities and to promote ESD to local communities globally through showcasing their initiatives.

Co-hosted by the RCE Yokohama Youth Group and UNU-IAS, the 6th Japan RCE Youth Meeting was held in Yokohama, Japan on 16 and 17 February 2024. It was attended by 15 youth members from 7 RCEs across the country. The event coincided with the Working- level Meeting of Japanese RCEs hosted by RCE Yokohama with 19 participants.  

RCE Dobong-gu invites youth to join 'Global ESD Youth Project Neuru Season 4', a project to improve ecological literacy and global leadership for youths.

On January 11, 2024, Learning for Sustainability Scotland (LfSS), organised an evening reception to commemorate a decade since its inception. The reception took place at the illustrious Playfair Library, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, marking ten years of dedicated efforts in the realm of sustainability education. The event welcomed 80 esteemed guests from various educational backgrounds across Scotland.

The Global RCE Service Centre at the United Nations University Institute of the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) has organised the RCE Youth Art Challenge annually since 2021.

Through the powerful medium of art, this initiative invites young talents from around the world to share their unique perspectives and ideas on sustainability issues.

We hope that the creativity and passion of these young artists will kindle your imagination and inspire actions to move forward towards sustainable societies.

Organisations that are interested in initiating the RCE process and applying to become an RCE are invited to submit a main application document along with the application summary by 15 May 2024 (12:00pm, noon JST) to UNU-IAS.

(Report by RCE Greater Gombak, edits by Global RCE Service Centre)

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The Global RCE Service Centre is excited to announce an open call to host RCE Regional Meetings in 2024.

Applications are being accepted to host the following events: