Meeting Report

Highlights from the Community to Community Exchange and Capacity Development Workshop for Traditional Knowlegde Holders

The Community-to-Community Exchange and Capacity Development Workshop for Traditional Knowledge Holders was held on 28th September to 4th October 2015, in Bengaluru, India and 100 delegates from Africa, South East Asia and the Central Asia gathered to highlight the importance of fostering the linkages between biodiversity and health and the relevance of Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS). UNU-IAS and UNDP among others were co-organizers of this important event.

Nine major highlights emerged from this event:

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RCE Minna 2015 Independence Day Debate Championship

RCE Minna brought together young school children to commemorate Nigeria’s Independence Anniversary. The programme was organised in collaboration with the African Center for Extra-Curricular Research and Development (ACERAD) and the Young People for Africa Development (YPAD). The event was held at the Abdulsalam Youth Center Minna, Nigeria on 1st October, 2015.

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Niger

Video and short report on the Youth Conference 2015 RCE Greater Dhaka

The first Youth Conference "Searching Green Ambassadors" took place in International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT), the Secretariat of RCE Greater Dhaka.

The main aim of the event was to search for Youth Green Ambassadors that will tackle future sustainability challenges.

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Bangladesh
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RCE Graz-Styria and RCE Vienna participate in the UNESCO workshop on "Sustainability Science in Central and Eastern Europe"

40 scientists and representatives of ministries and other relevant organisations from the CEE countries (Central and Eastern Europe) Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, as well as Germany and Austria discussed the issue of sustainability science from 11-12 September 2015 in Warsaw, Poland.

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Outcomes from the 2nd International Conference on Learning Cities, Mexico

Outcomes from the 2nd International Conference on Learning Cities which took place in Mexico City from 28-30 September are now available on the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) website.
 You can also find 12 case studies on "Unlocking the Potential of Urban Communities" summarised in this UNESCO report.

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