Europe Regional Meeting 2018
Europe Regional RCE Meeting 2018
28-31 August, 2018, Vannes, France
Photo credits: Jiří Dlouhý (top and middle) and RCE Brittany (bottom)
Sixteen RCEs from 12 countries recently gathered in Vannes, France, for the 2018 European RCE Meeting, hosted by RCE Brittany from 29th – 31st August, 2018. Organised under the theme ‘ESD and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – how can RCEs coordinate both to achieve sustainable development?’, this meeting was the largest meeting of RCEs in Europe that has occurred to date. The Global RCE Service Centre wishes to extend a special thank you to Françoise Laveuve and the rest of the team at RCE Brittany for their tremendous commitment to the outstanding programme and hospitality.
Teacher training, technical and vocational education and training (TVET), and working with capacity building in vulnerable communities were among some of the themes discussed. RCEs from around the continent presented a number of their outstanding ESD projects from over the past twelve months, including projects involving partners from higher education, local government, the private sector, and many more.
RCE Brittany shared their fascinating project on teachers’ perspectives about teaching the interactions between the SDGs. Both RCE Crete and RCE Euroregion Tyrol showcased projects that were successfully funded by the Erasmus Programme, working with integrating the SDGs into a Master’s programme and creating competencies for businesses in socio-economic development, respectively. RCE Nuremberg and the Hans Seidel Foundation in Shanghai presented with RCE Hangzhou (the newest RCE in China) on ESD in teacher training in both Germany and China. In addition, Jos Hermans (Regional Advisor to the RCE Community – Europe) along with RCE London and RCE Oldenburger Münsterland highlighted curriculum development and engagement with migrant communities within the context of TVET.
Other ESD projects shared during the meeting included a case of learning cities from RCE Bordeaux Aquitaine, a programme explicitly addressing the SDGs in teacher training from RCE Scotland, universities working with the private sector to supply capacity building for citizens in solving local sustainable development challenges from RCE Nizhny Novgorod, and a municipal education programme around Goal 14 and ocean literacy from RCE Skâne. In addition, one of the newest RCEs in the region – RCE Warsaw Metropolitan – made their debut during the meeting, and shared their work on connecting their urban partners with Warsaw’s surrounding national park.
Details of the meeting can be found on the meeting website: https://rcebretagne.org
Outcomes from the meeting are below, and a full recap of the meeting is available here.
A meeting report from the host, RCE Brittany, is available here.
Programme:
European Regional RCE Meeting 2018 Programme
Presentations:
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Photos:
Photos from the meeting have been uploaded to Facebook here.