Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development

Fourth International RCE Conference,2009- (weblink - http://www.ias.unu.edu/sub_page.aspx?catID=108&ddlID=870)

The Fourth International RCE Conference 2009 was organised by UNU-IAS from 13-15 May 2009 in Montreal , Canada . The conference, hosted by RCE Montreal at the Biosphère , was held  back-to-back with the the Fifth World Environmental Education Congress (5WEEC, Montreal , 10-14 May 2009).

The full programme, list of participants and presentations are available below.

Conference programme   (pdf file, 181 KB)

List of participants  (pdf file, 103 KB)


Presentations

    13 May
         Arjen Wals' presentation on assessment (pdf file, 312 KB)
         Clemens Mader's presentation on assessment (pdf file, 905 KB)

     14 May - morning plenary
         Arjen Wals on DESD monitoring and evaluation (ppt file, 1.1 MB). Wals presented in lieu 
        of Aline Bory Adams.
         Zinaida Fadeeva on future considerations for the RCE network (pdf file, 739 KB)
         Research progress (pdf file, 1.38 MB)
         Heila Lotz-Sisitka's report on learning and society (pdf file, 388 KB)

      14 May - afternoon sessions
         Solange Tremblay on communications for sustainable development (pdf file, 310 KB)
         ES magazine by Heloise Buckland, RCE Barcelona (pdf file, 2.9 MB)
         Roger Petry on RCE Saskatchewan communications (pdf file, 238 KB)

         Won J. Byun on RCE Tonyeong's fundraising (pdf file, 752 KB)
         Fundraising in southern Africa by Tichaona Pesanayi of RCE KZN  (pdf file, 339 KB)
         Jos Hermans on EU fundraising (pdf file, 88 KB)
         Hani Sewilam on RCE Cairo's fundraising efforts (pdf file, 832 KB)

      15 May
         Plenary on thematic group discussions (pdf file, 1.33 MB)
         Plenary on continental group discussions (pdf file, 1.2 MB)

RCE around the world-

UNU has acknowledged sixty-two Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE) so far.

In Africa
Cairo, Egypt
Ghana  (pdf file, 1.4 MB)
Greater Mbarara, Uganda
Greater Nairobi, Kenya  (pdf file, 919 KB)
Kano, Nigeria
KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Lagos, Nigeria
Makana and Rural Eastern Cape, South Africa  (pdf file, 883 KB)
Maputo, Mozambique
Swaziland
Zomba, Malawi

In the Asia-Pasific region
Anji, China  (pdf file, 642 KB)
Bangalore, India
Beijing, China  
Bogor, Indonesia (pdf file, 668 KB)
Cebu, Philippines (pdf file, 86 KB)
Cha-am, Thailand
Chubu, Japan
Delhi, India
East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Greater Sendai, Japan  (pdf file, 128 KB)
Guwahati, India  (pdf file, 1.1 MB)
Hyogo-Kobe, Japan
Incheon, Korea  (pdf file, 910 KB)
Kitakyushu, Japan  (pdf file, 947 KB)
Kodagu, India  (pdf file, 1.1 MB)
Kyrgyzstan  (pdf file, 944 KB)
Lucknow, India  (pdf file, 1.1 MB)
Northern Mindanao, Philippines  
Okayama, Japan (pdf file, 373 KB)
Pacific Island Countries (pdf file, 132 KB)
Penang, Malaysia  (pdf file, 124 KB)
Pune, India (pdf file, 1.2 MB)
Tongyeong, Korea  (pdf file, 110 KB)
Trang, Thailand  (pdf file, 699 KB)
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Yokohama, Japan (pdf file, 1 MB) 

In Europe and the Middle East
Barcelona, Spain  (pdf file, 126 KB)
Creias-Oeste, Portugal
East Midlands, UK  (pdf file, 837 KB)
Graz-Styria, Austria
Hamburg, Germany
Ireland
Jordan (pdf file, 122 KB)
Munich, Germany  (pdf file, 991 KB)
North East, UK
Nuremberg, Germany
Porto Metropolitan Area, Portugal
Rhine-Meuse region  (pdf file, 110 KB)
Samara, Russia
Skane, Sweden  (pdf file, 985 KB)
Southern North Sea, Belgium/Netherlands/France  (pdf file, 982 KB)
Severn, UK
Yorkshire and Humberside, UK

In South America and the Caribbean
Curitiba-Parana, Brazil (pdf file, 770 KB)

In North and Central America
Grand Rapids, USA  (pdf file, 923 KB)
Greater North Central Texas, USA
Greater Sudbury, Canada  (pdf file, 676 KB)
Montreal, Canada
Saskatchewan, Canada  
Toronto, Canada  
Western Jalisco, Mexico