2019 RCE Applications Now Open

The United Nations University has announced its call for applications for new Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development (RCE).

The Ubuntu Alliance, in its meeting in April 2006 in Yokohama, established the Committee of Peers for RCEs. This Committee reviews applications for new RCEs and provides recommendations to UNU during the RCE acknowledgement process. The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) acts as Secretariat of the Ubuntu Alliance. 

Organisations that are interested in initiating the RCE process and applying to become an RCE are requested to submit an application and an application summary by 30 April, 2019 (11:59pm JST) to UNU-IAS. Below is the schedule for RCE application procedures this year. Please note that this schedule may be subject to change.

 

Due date

Process of application submission

24 January 2019 (Thu)

Open call for application

30 April 2019 (Tue)

Submission of the first draft application and application summary

17 June 2019 (Mon)

Comments from the Global RCE Service Centre and Peer Reviewers

9 September 2019 (Mon)

Submission of the final draft application and application summary

TBA

14th Ubuntu Committee of Peers for the RCEs

 
The application summary should be in the following format. It is important that all required information is provided. Please refer to the Guidelines for RCE Applications for full details. You can find sample applications of acknowledged RCEs below.
 

Sample Application 1 - RCE Greater Portland

Sample Application 2 - RCE Bordeaux Aquitaine

Applications should be sent electronically to the Global RCE Service Centre at rceservicecentre@unu.edu. For resources on the benefits of being an RCE member please visit our resources centre here.