Summary on the 12th Asia-Pacific RCE Regional Meeting Mr. Janne Leino, RCE Hangzhou 13th Asia-Pacific Regional RCE Meeting 1st Online Session, 10 September, 2020

1. Summary on the 12th Asia-Pacific RCE Regional
Meeting
4.-6.6.2019, Hangzhou, China
Janne Leino
Deputy Head of RCE Hangzhou
Chief Representative of Hanns Seidel Foundation Zhejiang Office
leino(at)hss.de

2. • Venue: Hangzhou Low Carbon Science and Technology Museum
• Theme: Enabling a Low-Carbon Society through Education for Sustainable
Development (ESD) (in conjunction with an youth event)
• 112 Participants from 10 Countries
• 20 Asia-Pacific RCEs and two Candidate RCEs
• Representatives from the UNU-IAS, UNESCO Bangkok, UNESCO Beijing, Germany, Canada

3. Summary
• 20 Lightning Presentations, 18 Case Presentations , 1 field trip
• 3 Break-out Sessions: Higher Education, School and Youth, Community Engagement
• 3 Parallel Thematic Workshops: ESD and rural Vitalization, Crafting your ESD Story, Reflection and
Planning for SDGs
• Reported by Zhejiang TV and other regional Media
• Based on the discussions: Declaration of six Chinese Regional Centers of Expertise on Education
for Sustainable Development. Suggested action fields for the new “ESD for 2030” framework
1. Awareness building: ESD remains widely unknown in the general population (ESD / Ecological Civilization)
2. Localized “Quality in Education”: Focus on upscaling local solutions together with policy makers
3. Emphasize linkage between ESD and the labor market: ESD as a method to deliver labor market relevant
competencies, not only a “Green Skill”

4. Follow-up
• Awareness building: ESD in Higher Education Institutes - increasing
attractiveness through environmental assesment
• UNESCO Bangkok and UNU-IAS: Workshop during the World Environmental
Education Congress, November 2019
• Upscaling localized ESD solutions
• Contributions to the UNU publication: RCE Contributions to a More
Sustainable World: Celebrating Five Years of Innovative Projects on
Education for Sustainable Development (2015-2020), Spring 2020
• Combining ESD and the labor market
• RCE Hangzhou, GIZ, German Chamber of Commerce: Webinar week with
enterprises and educators on “Powering the Circular Economy”, June 2020

5. Congratulations to
RCE Kyrgyzstan for
organizing the 13th
Asia-Pacific Regional
Meeting!