RCE Tongyeong and the Municipal Government of Tongyeong established the ‘Sejahtera Forest for All’. ‘Sejahtera’, a Malaya word, means sustainability. RCE Tongyeong, Korea dedicated the three-story education centre, within a 200,000-meter square Eco-Park, to promote ESD and the Asian Pacific RCE network. Since its establishment, the Park has seen regular ESD Forums, this year being the 8^th gathering on 21-22 October 2016.

The Executive Director will have the following responsibilities:

Overall management of programs, operations and facilities of Tongyeong Education Foundation for Sustainable Development and of RCE Tongyeong Sejahtera Forest

Contribute to strengthening Asia Pacific Sejahtera Network and Sejahtera Centre for RCEs in Asia Pacific to serve as regional platform for education for sustainable development.

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) - 13th Conference of Parties (COP13) will be held in Cancun 4-17 December, 2016. An RCE side event 'Education through Multistakeholder Partnerships in implementing the Biodiversity Agenda' is planned during the first week of COP. The event is jointly organized by UNU-IAS, the Global RCE network and the UNESCO GAP programme.

Japan launched TICAD in 1993 in order to refocus international attention on the importance and urgency of African development issues. The Summit’s objectives are to promote high-level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners, and to mobilize support for African-owned development initiatives. The Summit is co-organized by the Government of Japan, the United Nations Office of the Special Advisor on Africa (UN-OSAA), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the African Union Commission (AUC) and the World Bank.

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Annual Conference and Expo was held in Baltimore, USA, 9-12 October. The theme of this year’s conference Beyond the Campus emphasized the service role higher education institutions play in their local/regional communities and in the global community in the production and dissemination of knowledge.

The 2nd IPBES Capacity Building Forum took place in New York on 23 September 2016. 

During the technical session of the IPBES* Capacity Building forum in the morning, participants discussed the Capacity Building Rolling plan at length. Apart from the IPBES Chair, the Secretary and IPBES taskforce members and members from the technical support units, various UN organizations and other stakeholder groups attended the meeting.

With the approval and start of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), with support from the government of Brazil, has recently held a Regional Symposium on the Integrated Approach for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Ahmedabad, India organized an International Conference on ‘Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) for Transforming Education for Children and Youth’ on 16-18 September, 2016 to discuss best practices of engaging youth in both formal and non-formal settings.

The Climate Chance Summit, the first meeting of its kind, specifically focused on non-state actors’ contributions to greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reductions and adaptation to climate change, was held on 26-28 September in Nantes, France. Among the 3,000 participants were city governments, sub-national governments, NGOs, the private sector, and universities.