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RCE Western Australia-2011-2011

RCE Western Australia-2011

Submitted by RCEwesternaustralia on Thu, 2011-07-14 17:31
1. Leadership, Vision and Objectives
1. Vision of your RCE: 
The vision of the RCE WA is to provide opportunity for greater coordination, strategic direction and creation of the transactional space needed to meet the expectations of current and future generations through intefration of environmental protection, socio-cultural advancement and economic prosperity. Our vision is to work collaboratively from within the network, with strong interdependent connections to existing networks and government departments, to develop and reorient existing education towards sustainable development. This requires that values that motivate and encourage people to live sustainably within the limits of their environment be embedded in each individual's everyday lives. By raising awareness and understanding of sustainability and the need to protect the natural resource base we hope to provide local people with the knowledge and support need to effect changes in their own lives. A particular focus is working with young people to help them establish a sense of place, understand issues of environmental concern, develop social responsibility both locally and globally and engage in learning as a life-long activity.
2. Leadership structure
a. Administration: 
3
b. Transactional : 
4
c. Transformational : 
3
2. Social Network
3. Core partners: 
University of Western Australia; Western Australia Museum; Perth Zoo; Mt Lawley Senior High School; Chrurchlands Senior High School;Shenton College; Urban Bushland Council; Perth Modern School; Environment House-EcoShop;Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia;St Stephens School; Scitech
4. Cooperation and communication : 
Stakeholder dialogues are designed to integrate all relevant parnters through a collective approach to exploring and designing solutions and ways forward. Inclusive communication strategies support cooperation within working parties, which exist often across several organisations, by maintaining an open and participatory process, rather than a unilateral strategy, where-by information filters down.
5. Facilitating development
Connections / Partnership with
UN institutions
yes/no: 
No
Other international organizations
yes/no: 
No
Other RCEs
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
RCE North East
International experts
yes/no: 
No
Expert organizations at national, regional and global levels
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
National level - other potential Australian RCE's, UWS and Griffith University /PICSE (Primary Industries Centre for Secondary Education
6. Social network
a. Information network (exchanging information, e.g. building up a database for SD projects): 
2
b. Knowledge network (creating knowledge by collaboration, e.g. finding synergies between partners by experience exchange): 
4
c. Innovation network (creating innovation by co-creation and shared vision,e.g. investigating new solutions for challenges by f: 
4
3. Participation
7. Participation of actors : 
Partners participation in the development and coordination of projects and activities can be initiated at grass roots level. Responsibility for development of projects and coordination of associated activities undertaken by formation of a working party that reports on progress at agreed intervals to the management committee. Assistance and links are available through the coordinator of RCE WA and the coordinator maintains regular contact with various members of the working party through visits to project activities and via electronic means.
8. Participation opportunities
a.Informational participation (people get informed about decisions and actions): 
1
b.Consultation participation (people are asked about their needs and opinions): 
3
c.Decision influencing participation (people are involved in decision making processes): 
6
4. Education & Learning
9. Educational activities : 
Educational activities are at the core of being able to realise our vision, for all Western Australians to develop an understanding of and commitment to developing a sustainable future. All our educational activities focus on bringing about behaviour change through experiential learning and aim to deepen the connection to local environment through participation and action.
10. Competences and capabilities : 
Gathering experiences and examples of Best Practice and sharing them at a local and global level - facilitated by opportunity to showcase individual projects on webpage, Global RCE Newsletter and other publications associated with various partners.
Developing inovative strategies for stakeholder dialogues and creation of transactional space - facilitated by regular opportunities to participate in development of projects using a bottom-up approach where stakeholders collectively identify problems and communicate solutions
Connections / Partnership with
a. Access to quality basic education
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
Through the AIM Outreach program RCE WA has provided hands-on science experiences for almost 1000 students over the last 12 months. This program has supported the activities of ASPIRE, a program which seeks to address the gap in educational opportunities of students from low socio-economic areas. These activities are linked to local issues realting to sustainability, such as Future farming; Biodiversity and Biotechnology.
b. Training for different sectors of the society
yes/no: 
No
If yes, give examples: 
At this infancy stage we have mainly focused on the compuslsory education sector, although through the network links are available to other sectors, including tertiary sector.
c. Public awareness
yes/no: 
Yes
If yes, give examples: 
The compulsory education sector we believe provides a conduit to the wider community. By providing engaging and relevant hands-on experiences it is expected that the students will be ambassadors for change in their interactions with family and the wider community.
d. Reorientation of existing education
yes/no: 
No
12. Educational activities
a. Theory (communicating of ESD principles, strategies, examples): 
2
b. Discussion (knowledge exchange and mutual learning on ESD): 
2
c. Interactive & Multidimensional (Action oriented learning, e.g. workshops, intergenerational, interdisciplinary,…) : 
6
5. Research Integration
13. Research & Development (R&D): 
N/A
14. Research partners : 
N/A
Tagging
Country: 
Australia
Region: 
Asia-Pacific
Type: 
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