RCE London's stakeholder London South Bank University is offering Commonwealth scholarships for suitable distance learning applicants from the Caribbean, East & Southern African Commonwealth countries

Deadline: 12 May 2017, 23.59 British Summer Time on the CSC application portal

On March 6 and 7, the German RCEs met in Nuremberg to discuss the National Action Plan and topics such as :

Board Members of RCE Denmark have unanimously agreed to set up and fund the first established RCE Youth Network in Europe.

The Youth Network comprises of ten diverse and motivated youth from different parts of Denmark, they include four pupils from primary school, two students from high school, two craft apprentices and two other youth. RCE Denmark will support the Youth Network and would serve as mentor to the Youth with the help of NEXT, one of the largest educational institutions in Denmark and Europe.

RCE North Sweden is currently rethinking their vision, goals, strategies and activities. They would like to know: What is the value for continuing as an RCE? Why did you choose RCE as a platform? What have you benefited most from? What would you miss if you closed down your RCE?

Send your answers to Per-Daniel Liljegren from RCE North Sweden at: [email protected].

The Global RCE Service Centre has prepared a questionnaire for a preliminary documentation of RCEs' work on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and traditional knowledge (terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems). Please fill in all the activities (research, assessments, capacity development / training / education / awareness programmes, policy advocacy, projects) of all RCE partners.

All RCEs working in these fields are encouraged to fill out the survey. Results of this documentation will be shared with the network!

The need to develop sustainable ways of living that can reduce the ecological footprint and conserve precious natural resources for future generations is widely recognised as a critical concern of education at all levels.

The Global Festival of Ideas for Sustainable Development is the first in a series of annual forums, hosted by the UN SDG Action Campaign and supported by the Federal Government of Germany.

Leading thinkers, policy-makers and civil society, were joint together with gaming experts and policy simulators, to deliver the world’s first playable policy conference. 

The 5th ProSPER.Net Leadership Programme “Building transformational leadership towards the Sustainable Development Goals” will be held on 29 June – 5 July, 2017, at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

The Programme will provide participants with the necessary inter-disciplinary skills to lead sustainable development initiatives in local, regional or global contexts. The Programme has a special focus on collaborative efforts, leveraging networks and will involve multiple stakeholders.