Open Call to host RCE Conferences 2017

The Global RCE Network is guided by principles of open communication, fair play, the sharing of ideas and support of each other. With even greater cooperation and understanding towards each other’s needs, we will forge new friendships and deepen old ones during the coming year.

Cross-cultural, interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder networking creates opportunities for brainstorming, piloting and up scaling policies for integrating sustainability thinking into all aspects of society. Our ideas, projects and collaborations are what are still needed, as is our capacity as a network. It strengthens the interface between science, policy and society, thereby linking education and development.

The opportunity to meet face to face and connect provides benefit to individual RCEs and the community as a whole. The global RCE conference and the regional RCE conferences in Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe continue to be important mechanisms to create synergies within the network and specifically within and across regions. Under our new strategic direction, the global RCE conference will meet every other year, while regional RCE conferences will continue on an annual basis. These meetings provide a platform for discussion, networking, the sharing of knowledge and learning.

To maintain transparency and ensure these meetings are well planned and strategically relevant for the network, the Global RCE Service Centre gladly announces this open call to host RCE conferences in the future. Any RCEs that have expressed interest in hosting either a global or regional conference at previous meetings are encouraged to apply by sending an official letter and a proposal to the RCE Service Centre by the given deadline of each year.

The Global RCE Service Centre will gladly assist in designing a conference programme and coordinating a timeline. However, below timelines are required in order to ensure full support and smooth running of the event.

Regional Conferences: 6 months notice

Global RCE Conference: 8 months notice

We strongly encourage all RCEs to organize and participate in any other ESD related events. The Global RCE Service Centre will gladly support these initiatives in one form or another such as promoting events via the UNU-IAS channels, give technical assistance in organizing and planning other events. The type of support given will be assessed by the Global RCE Service Centre on a case-by-case basis and will depend on the type of event and notice given ahead of the event. For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Global RCE Service Centre (rceservicecentre@unu.edu).

Open Call for 2017 click here.