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RCEs in Europe, European Continental Session, 10th Global RCE Conference
- 1. RCE in Europe Continental meeting Global RCE Conference Yogjakarta 2016 Detlev Lindau-Bank Ros Wade
- 2. 1. Welcome and Introduction of colleagues 2. Situation in Europe 3. Topics of RCE´s in Europe 4. Strategies about promoting RCEs actively in Europe – the new policy to help RCEs that need it – Support structure 5. Collaboration - urgent links with outer-European RCEs 6. Report on Migrants in Europe and our policy towards that 7. European RCE meeting 2017 in Dortmund, Germany 8. Next Global meeting 2017 Agenda
- 3. • 37 RCE are active. – Running projects – Report – Website; Facebook – Collaboration • 3 RCE candidates (Bukovina; Malaga) • 2 RCE closed (RCE South North Sea; RCE Ireland) 2. RCE in Europe – current status
- 4. • 26 RCE reported last 2 years. – 16 RCE in 2016 – 18 RCE in 2015 – 16 RCE in 2014 • 50 projects by 18 RCE last 2 years – 14 projects by 7 RCE in 2016 – 11 projects by 3 RCE in 2015 – 25 projects 12 RCE in 2014 19 RCE sent a brief profile for the new webpage Many other projects mentioned in the annual reports 2. RCE in Europe – report
- 5. • 45 representatives from 17 RCEs. • Discussion about refugee paper. Most of the RCE are actually not dealing with this topic but they were interested. RCE London and RCE Graz show off some interesting projects. • In countries which have several RCE there is a tend to cooperation. National RCE meetings were held in UK, Sweden and Germany. In Germany Christian Büttner ist he speaker fort he German RCE. • Brilliant Poster presentation • Nomination of two RCE communicators 2. RCE in Europe – Meeting of the European RCEs, London 22nd-23rd June 2016
- 6. • Forced migration – Alia Alzougbi of HEC Global Learning Centre (London RCE partner) shared some of the work they have been doing in schools with Syrian refugees in Jordan and British school children. – European RCEs also discussed at length a draft position paper (prepared by Pinar Guner) on refugees and forced migration. • RCEs - SDGs and GAP – Discussion was held on the work of RCEs in relation to the SDGs and the GAP. An excellent set of RCE posters were produced and shared • The Global RCE conference 2016 – difficulty for most RCEs of attending this due to cost – to avoid adding to the world's greenhouse gases – the global conference cannot speak for the majority of European RCEs if they cannot contribute or be present in some way. 2. RCE in Europe – European Meeting
- 7. • ESD skills and TVET conference – A workshop run by Glenn Strachan and Betsy King was held on skills for ESD which involved discussions and sharing of ideas and resources • Transition Town movement – Hilary Jennings of the UK Transition Town movement spoke of their work and discussed the potential for collaboration and synergy. • UNESCO – Jaya Gajparia reported back from her visit to UNESCO to see Bernard Combes from the ESD team. 2. RCE in Europe – European Meeting
- 8. • Contact list for European RCEs – Is already updated • Dormant RCE – 2 RCE confirmed that they are not working any longer • Fragile RCE´s – Support by mentor – Support by RCE Service Center – RCE are different, structures are flexible, some RCE have a restart – Clarity is needed 2. RCE in Europe – Fragile RCE
- 9. • European RCE communicator role – The meeting felt that it would be useful to have two people to act as communicators to the European RCE network. – This would NOT be a representative role and there was no mandate to speak on behalf of European RCEs. – Ros Wade and Detlev Lindau-Bank agreed to take this on for the next 2 years until the next European RCE meeting. • Draft- European RCE Communicator role description – Not a representative role for European RCEs – Does not replace direct communications by individual RCEs with RCE Service Centre – Does provide regular (as appropriate) communications around the EU network to circulate events, information – Circulates relevant information from the RCE Service Centre – Circulates UNESCO request for expertise and case studies – Provides an additional link with UNESCO as appropriate 2. RCE in Europe – communicators
- 10. • The RCE are seeking for a connection to the SDGs and to GAP. The projects shows that all SDGs and areas are covered • most of the projects are multi-disciplinary • meet more than one SDG. • Nearly all of the projects involve schools and the informal educational sector. • There are a lot of projects dealing with curiculum development. – This is a focus which meets the guideline of the EU, which want to shift from single projects to developing sustainable structures. 3. RCE in Europe – Topic and projects
- 11. Topics for collective actions: – Forced migration and refugees. A position paper is prepared and project ideas are explored – Discussion was held on the work of RCEs in relation to the SDGs and the GAP – Idea of (Sustainable) TVET Conference – Finding synergies with Transition Town movement – Food as RCE Wales, RCE West Sweden and other offers – Curriculum development as ongoing projects show (CASE; MetESD; OPEDUCA; ACE Wild) 3. RCE in Europe – Topic and projects
- 12. • The monthly newsletter is very helpful as it links with the timing of our monthly bulletin to members. • The use of the logotype and the option to be able to collaborate with other RCEs strengthen our motivation • The RCE Munich is part of the "Association of German RCEs". There is a mutual exchange of ideas and strategies with other RCEs Two members of RCE Munich participated with articles to: Innovation in local and global learning systems for sustainability – Learning contribution of the RCEs. • Proposal for the project presentation on the RCE portal: One of our members, the Global Callenges Network developed a presentation platform for sustainability projects called „WorkNet:futur“: 3. RCE in Europe – Benefit from linking to UNU
- 13. • key to the success of our projects and instrumental in engaging our university colleagues • The RCE bulletins are useful – a major source of information; that gives great value to our work and it is a great brand image to the public. • It would be beneficial for RCEs to receive more updates and communications from the RCE Service Centre • The Global conferences can be fantastic opportunities for network, however with lack clarity on the agenda and insufficient notice 3. RCE in Europe – Benefit from linking to UNU
- 14. • The use of the logotype and the option to be able to collaborate with other RCEs, strengthen our motivation. • The monthly contact with the RCE Service Centre is very helpful as it links with the timing of our monthly bulletin to members. • we feel connected to a very large and extensive network across the world. That gives great value to our work and it is a great brand image to the public. 3. RCE in Europe – Benefit from linking to UNU
- 15. • to the success of our projects we are part of the national RCE network. There is a mutual exchange of ideas and strategies with other RCEs • Participation to contribute to UNU- publications with articles. • Proposal for the project presentation on the RCE portal 3. RCE in Europe – Benefit from linking to UNU
- 16. 4. RCE in Europe – Strategies about promoting RCEs actively in Europe new policy to help RCEs that need it Support structure
- 17. – Looking for synergies across Europe and on national level with other multi-stakeholder-networks 5. Collaboration - urgent links with outer- European RCEs
- 18. 6. RCE in Europe – Report on Migrants in Europe and our policy towards that 3 Jahresplan - Welche Konferenzen besuchen wir, was bieten wir an Thematic webinar for RCE There is a open call
- 19. • Next European RCE meeting 7.-8. September 2017 is hosted by RCE Ruhr – It will be held back to back to the fair „FairFriends“ which will be in Dortmund. One of the largest fair on sustainable consumption and production. – The RCE-meeting will be prepared and organized by RCE Ruhr (Peter Reichenbach), RCE Oldenburger Münsterland an FairFriend (Karin Lauerwald) 7. RCE in Europe – Next meeting 2017
Editor's Notes
- The issue of forced migration was important for the agenda. Alia Alzougbi of HEC Global Learning Centre (London RCE partner) shared some of the work they have been doing in schools with Syrian refugees in Jordan and British school children. A large number of RCEs are working on this issue and shared their expertise and ideas for future development. We identified potential here for RCE collaborations and these will be explored in the following months. European RCEs also discussed at length a draft position paper (prepared by Pinar Guner) on refugees and forced migration. Pinar has kindly agreed to work on a second draft which will be circulated in due course after taking account of comments at the meeting. The meeting proposed that this could be presented at the global conference for further discussion, agreement and possibly alongside a draft declaration on this subject. RCEs - SDGs and GAP Discussion was held on the work of RCEs in relation to the SDGs and the GAP. An excellent set of RCE posters were produced and shared. Ros Wade offered to collate poster PDFs and photos of posters to circulate round participants and share with RCE Service Centre. The meeting recommended that the RCE Global conference also include a poster conference which could lead into discussion on the link between education work of RCEs and SDGs etc The Global RCE conference 2016 Concern was expressed about the difficulty for most RCEs of attending this due to cost (out of the reach of most RCEs) and also due to our commitment to sustainability and the need. At the same time RCEs would like to be part of discussions and to be involved. The feeling was also that the global conference cannot speak for the majority of European RCEs if they cannot contribute or be present in some way. There was a strong recommendation to look into the possibility of (a) making more use of virtual conferences and discussions via skype of video conference (b) setting up on line discussions prior to the conference which would allow wider contributions
- ESD skills and TVET conference A workshop run by Glenn Strachan and Betsy King was held on skills for ESD which involved discussions and sharing of ideas and resources. A useful document produced by WWF Scotland was circulated around RCE participants. A number of RCEs were interested in the proposal for a TVET conference and most thought it a positive idea. Jos Hermans asked for expressions of interest in hosting this proposed conference with UNESCO – colleagues are requested to let him or the RCE Service Centre know if they are interested. Transition Town movement Hilary Jennings of the UK Transition Town movement spoke of their work and discussed the potential for collaboration and synergy. This is a growing local and global movement which shares ESD values and objectives, linking the local with the regional. Its loose and flexible structures very much reflect and mirror those of the RCE movement. It is hoped that possible future collaborations may develop as a result of these discussions. UNESCO Jaya Gajparia reported back from her visit to UNESCO to see Bernard Coombes from the ESD team. The discussion focussed mainly on issues of communication and the need for mutual support. It was felt that communication should be two way and that RCEs would appreciate more communication from UNESCO about key events and issues. Ros Wade agreed to follow this up. UNESCO would like in particular for RCEs to provide useful case studies with identifiable impact for UNESCO to use with briefing of ministers etc. They would also like to widen their expert list and to include RCE members where appropriate. Ros Wade agreed to follow this up and to ask for more detail on case study requirements as RCE Service Centre has already made available a large number of these. RW and Detlev Lindau Bank agreed to draft some criteria and circulate a request to all European RCEs to identify areas of specialisation for the purpose of making this available to UNESCO.
- Contact list for European RCEs It was noted that this list is very out of date and that many named coordinators are no longer in role anymore. Some RCEs seem to be dormant or possibly no longer functioning and it was agreed that RCE Service Centre should be asked to take some action on this. It was felt that more fragile RCEs should be offered support, perhaps by teaming up with a mentor RCE which is more established. For those RCEs which do not seem to be functioning any more, it was felt that RCE Service Centre would need to follow up and establish a process to tackle this situation. All RCEs are very different and by their nature have quite loose and flexible structures which make this a bit of a challenge. However, it was felt that some more clarity is needed over which RCEs are ‘live’ and part of the network and which are not.