RCE Srinagar in cooperation with RCE Greater Western Sydney, are organising a second webinar on the topic 'ESD Action in COVID-19 Era: Experiences of RCEs of the Asia-Pacific Region'.
Since 2015, RCE Tongyeong has worked on the development of a middle-school ESD course. In collaboration with the Provincial Office of Education, it has now been included within the formal school curriculum from this year, with 800 students in all 12 middle schools in Tongyeong due to take the ESD course.
Following on from the success of the first webinar 'ESD Action in COVID-19 Era: Experiences of RCEs of the Asia-Pacific Region', held on 14 May, 2020, and co-organised by RCE Srinagar and RCE Greater Western Sydney with support from UNU-IAS, both RCEs will be hosting another webinar this June to feature RCEs who were unable to present in the first webinar due to overwhelming demand. In the event that this second webinar is also fully subscribed, a third webinar will be organised (details below).
The details of the planned webinars are as follows:
On 14 May, 2020, RCE Greater Western Sydney and RCE Srinagar, with support from UNU-IAS, held a webinar titled 'ESD Action in COVID-19 Era: Experiences of RCEs of the Asia Pacific Region'. The webinar was attended by over 100 people from across the Asia-Pacific, as well as other regions.
From 31 August - 2 September 2020 educators from around the world will gather online for the Virtual Higher Education Summit 2020 (#HES2020). Co-organised by the COPERNICUS Alliance, saguf, td-net, the University of Bern, and the University of Lausanne, this forward-looking event will be held under the theme ‘How Can We Assure Quality and Transformative Learning for Sustainable Development?’.
RCE Srinagar in cooperation with RCE Greater Western Sydney, are organising a webinar on the topic 'ESD Action in COVID-19 Era: Experiences of RCEs of the Asia-Pacific Region'.
The Global RCE Service Centre is delighted to announce the 9th Americas RCE Regional Meeting will be held in Salisbury, Maryland, USA, from 12-14 October, 2020 and hosted by RCE Salisbury under the theme 'The Future is Now – Sustai
On 8 April, 2020, an online panel session was held as part of the Comparative and International Education Society's (CIES) 2020 virtual conference. Jointly organised by UNU-IAS, UNESCO, and the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), the session discussed the topic “Generating transformative change through reframing education within and beyond school settings”. Close to 100 participants attended online to listen to four presentations, including one on multi-stakeholder approaches to ESD, which presented how RCEs can be a mechanism for implementing ESD.
RCE Belarus and its associated partners - Belarusian State Pedagogical University and ESD Association, supported by the Ministry of Education in Belarus, joined the UN75 campaign on “Building the Future We Want”, aiming to engage young people in a dialogue about future perspectives and to empower them to take actions nationwide.
With students and youth across the world impacted by school and university closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UNESCO has launched a Global Education Coalition 'to facilitate inclusive learning opportunities for children and youth during this period of sudden and unprecedented educational disruption'. UNESCO is inviting expressions of interest from organisations interested in joining the response to ensure the continuity of education for all learners. Learn more
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