Call for Youth Focal Point for RCE Youth Network Asia-Pacific
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On 28 November, 2017, the Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution reaffirming Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It affirms ESD as ‘a vital means of implementation for sustainable development’, and calls to ‘scale up education for sustainable action through implementation of the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development’, highlighting UNESCO's role in leading and coordinating the Education 2030 Agenda, through the SDG Education 2030 Steering Committee.
African RCEs Make Formal Recommendations for Curricula Change, Policy Dialogue, and Youth Engagement
These presentations were part of the RCE Americas Meeting 2017 on Sustainable Communities: Exploring the Role of ESD in Development of a “Green Culture”, 13 - 15 September 2017, Vancouver, Canada.
Presentations:
Opening Remarks Mr. Charles Hopkins – UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Teacher Education to Address Sustainability and Adviser to RCEs in the Americas
Opening Remarks Dr. Kumi Tashiro – Ministry of the Environment - Japan
Transforming Together: The Values and Actions Needed to Respond to the SDGs in the United Kingdom
26 participants from six RCEs in the UK met at the University of Edinburgh on 20-21 June 2017. The event was hosted by RCE Scotland. This was the first meeting of the UK RCEs since June 2013, and was held as a follow-up to the European RCE meeting in London in 2016.
Aims of the Meeting
On May 12-14, 2017, the Nigerian Regional Centers of Expertise (RCEs) organized a Forum to commemorate the visit of Charles Hopkins to Nigeria. The programme brought together RCEs across Nigeria, people from academia, government, secondary schools, traditional institutions, NGOs and Media organizations.
The Global Festival of Ideas for Sustainable Development is the first in a series of annual forums, hosted by the UN SDG Action Campaign and supported by the Federal Government of Germany.
Leading thinkers, policy-makers and civil society, were joint together with gaming experts and policy simulators, to deliver the world’s first playable policy conference.
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