Campus Report :
The 7th Asia Pacific ‘Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE)’ Meeting (APRCE7) and International Symposium on “A Decade of Regional Centres of Expertise on ESD: Reflections and Advances in Asia-Pacific” was held recently at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penag. Prof Dr Ataur Rahman represented IUBAT and RCE Greater Dhaka in the symposium.
RCE is the network of organizations dealing with education for sustainable development (ESD) mobilizing it to local and regional communities under the umbrella of United Nations University (UNU), Japan.
This network of RCEs worldwide constitutes the Global Learning Space for Sustainable Development. RCEs aspire to achieve the goals of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD, 2005-2014), by translating its global objectives into the context of the local communities in which they operate. Currently there are 127 UNU-acknowledged RCEs worldwide and RCE Greater Dhaka hosted by IUBAT-International University of Business Agriculture and Technology is one of them.
The Asia-Pacific region is home of 47 RCEs, which are jointly developing a common platform that identifies more strategic approaches for addressing regional sustainable challenges. The annual regional meeting has been held since 2008 with the view of strengthening partnerships and collaboration among RCEs in the Asia-Pacific region.
In 2014, the 7th Asia-Pacific RCE Meeting was held in Penang, Malaysia in conjunction with the International Symposium on “A Decade of Regional Centres of Expertise on ESD: Reflections and Advances in Asia-Pacific” from 26 to28 August. Professor Dr Mohammed Ataur Rahman, Coordinator of RCE Greater Dhaka participated in the regional meeting and symposium.
The 7th Asia Pacific ‘Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE)’ Meeting (APRCE7) and International Symposium on “A Decade of Regional Centres of Expertise on ESD: Reflections and Advances in Asia-Pacific” was held recently at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penag. Prof Dr Ataur Rahman represented IUBAT and RCE Greater Dhaka in the symposium.
RCE is the network of organizations dealing with education for sustainable development (ESD) mobilizing it to local and regional communities under the umbrella of United Nations University (UNU), Japan.
This network of RCEs worldwide constitutes the Global Learning Space for Sustainable Development. RCEs aspire to achieve the goals of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD, 2005-2014), by translating its global objectives into the context of the local communities in which they operate. Currently there are 127 UNU-acknowledged RCEs worldwide and RCE Greater Dhaka hosted by IUBAT-International University of Business Agriculture and Technology is one of them.
The Asia-Pacific region is home of 47 RCEs, which are jointly developing a common platform that identifies more strategic approaches for addressing regional sustainable challenges. The annual regional meeting has been held since 2008 with the view of strengthening partnerships and collaboration among RCEs in the Asia-Pacific region.
In 2014, the 7th Asia-Pacific RCE Meeting was held in Penang, Malaysia in conjunction with the International Symposium on “A Decade of Regional Centres of Expertise on ESD: Reflections and Advances in Asia-Pacific” from 26 to28 August. Professor Dr Mohammed Ataur Rahman, Coordinator of RCE Greater Dhaka participated in the regional meeting and symposium.
