AP RCE Updates on Organisation Moderator: Prof. Mario Tabucanon (Visiting Professor, UNU-IAS) 14th Asia-Pacific Regional RCE Meeting Session 3, 19 July, 2022

1. AP RCE Updates on Organisation
14th Asia-Pacific RCE Meeting
19-21 July 2022 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Day 1

2. Outline
1. AP RCE Coordinating committee
2. Regional Advisors
3. Regional youth coordinator

3. Basic functions of the committee
In cooperation with the Global RCE Service Centre, the Committee
serves the Asia-Pacific RCE community in the following areas:
i. Providing advice on the agenda of Asia-Pacific RCE Meetings;
ii. Sounding board of ideas that might lead to collaborative projects
for the Asia-Pacific community;
iii. Coordinating inter-RCE activities, and proactively responding to
particular needs of RCEs, if necessary.
1. AP RCE Coordinating committee

4. 1. AP RCE Coordinating committee
Convenor RCE Kyrgyzstan - Dr. Chinara Sadykova
Rapporteurs RCE Penang - Dr.Nooraida Yakob & Dr.Rabiatul Adawiah Ahmad Rashid
Committee members RCE Greater Western Sydney - Ms. Jen Dollin and Ms. Brittany Vermeulen
RCE Okayama- Ms. Sachie Kumano
RCE Srinagar - Mr. Neeraj Kumar Pal
RCE Tongyeong - Ms. SEO Bomyung
RCE Yogyakarta - Dr.Nanung Agus Fitriyanto
RCE Waikato - Dr.Betsan Martin
RCE Greater Phnom Penh - Dr. Jeeranuch Sakkhamduang
RCE Greater Gombak - Assoc Prof. Dr Zainal Abidin Sanusi
RCE Sundarbans- Prof. Dr. Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir
RCE Hyogo-Kobe - Dr. Mieko Kiyono
Slate of the current AP RCEs Coordinating Committee Members (2021-2022)

5. Members with 100% attendance at the coordinating committee meetings held in 2021 and hosts of the AP RCE Meetings in 2021 and 2022 are highlighted.
Convenor RCE Kyrgyzstan - Dr. Chinara Sadykova
Rapporteurs RCE Penang - Dr.Nooraida Yakob & Dr.Rabiatul Adawiah Ahmad Rashid
Committee members RCE Greater Western Sydney - Ms. Jen Dollin and Ms. Brittany Vermeulen
RCE Okayama- Ms. Sachie Kumano
RCE Srinagar - Mr. Neeraj Kumar Pal
RCE Tongyeong - Ms. Seo Bomyung
RCE Yogyakarta - Dr.Nanung Agus Fitriyanto
RCE Waikato - Dr.Betsan Martin
RCE Greater Phnom Penh - Dr. Jeeranuch Sakkhamduang
RCE Greater Gombak - Assoc Prof. Dr Zainal Abidin Sanusi
RCE Sundarbans- Prof. Dr. Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir
RCE Hyogo-Kobe - Dr. Mieko Kiyono
1. AP RCE Coordinating committee
Slate of the current AP RCEs Coordinating Committee Members (2021-2022)

6. 2. Regional Advisors
Asia–Pacific Ms. Kiran B. Chhokar
Ms. Eun-kyung Park
Africa Ms Akpezi Ogbuigwe
Americas Mr. Roger Petry
Europe Ms. Betsy King
The RCE Regional Advisors for the period from 2022 to 2023:

7. 3. Regional Youth Coordinator
Function
The Regional Youth Coordinators serve advisory and supportive functions to the regional and global RCE
community.
1. To provide advice to the Global RCE Service Centre on policy, strategic and operational matters to
strengthen meaningful youth engagement among the RCE community at the regional and global levels and
advocate for youth empowerment.
2. To coordinate or take the lead in organising youth-led and youth-focused initiatives at the regional and
global levels where young people are provided with an inclusive platform for dialogue, leadership and
actions.
3. To conduct outreach activities beyond the RCE community and actively disseminate information about
youth activities by RCEs in the designated region through the RCE bulletin, social media and other channels
through close communication with the Global RCE Service Centre to raise visibility.
4. To participate in meetings and conferences, upon invitation by the UNU-IAS Director, including the Ubuntu
Committee of Peers for the RCEs, Regional RCE Conferences, and the Global RCE Conference.
5. To provide a brief report on RCE activities in the designated region to the Global RCE Service Centre on a
regular basis.

8. 3. Regional Youth Coordinator
Appointment
1. A Regional Youth Coordinator is appointed by the UNU-IAS Director for a particular region, namely, Africa,
the Americas, Asia-Pacific or Europe, upon endorsement by the Ubuntu Committee of Peers for the RCEs.
2. The term of the Regional Youth Coordinator shall be two years, with the possibility of renewal. The
appointment is limited to a maximum of two consecutive terms.
Nomination
1. Upon request of the Global RCE Service Centre, the RCE Regional Advisors shall coordinate the consultation
process with RCEs in the respective regions and nominate one RCE youth representative to the Global RCE
Service Centre with justification.
2. If the nominated youth representative reflects a significant imbalance of gender, the Global RCE Service
Centre shall call for another nomination.
Nomination by 31 October 2021

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