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.

RCE GWS is seeking university case studies in the global RCE community that engage with “powerful assessment” tasks. ‘Powerful assessment' means assessment tasks which are integrated, real-world based and tap in combination the personal, interpersonal and cognitive capabilities we know characterise successful early career graduates. Specific areas of interest are:

This is a formal invitation to submit a paper for Critical Case studies of Non-formal and Community Learning for Sustainable Development, Special issue in International Review of Education

Special Issue editors:
Arjen E.J. Wals, Alexander Leicht &Yoko Mochizuki
Invitation to submit paper outline

The Global Development Network (GDN) is launching a new research program on Industrial Policy in developing countries as the chosen partner of the Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice of the World Bank Group, with the financial support of the Competitive Industries and Innovations Program (CIIP).

Contribution to the September RCE e-bulletin 2015 by Alexander Leicht, Chief of Section, ESD, UNESCO (a.leicht@unesco.org)

The Global Action Programme (GAP) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) aims at generating and scaling up ESD action across the world. The GAP was endorsed by the UNESCO General Conference in 2013 and acknowledged by the UN General Assembly in 2014 as the follow-up to the UN Decade of ESD. It was launched at the World Conference on ESD in November 2014 in Japan.

Since 2005, the UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize has rewarded innovations in teaching and learning that leverage technology to improve educational outcomes. The theme for the 2015 edition of the Prize is Pedagogical Innovation in the Use of ICT in Teaching and Learning.

Call for papers for a special issue on “Professional Development in Higher Education for Sustainable Development” in the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education: