DRAFT

RCE International Meeting Programme

2- 4 July 2008, Barcelona, Spain

The annual meeting of Regional Centres of Expertise in Education for Sustainable Development will this year be hosted by RCE Barcelona and the United Nations University at the Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.

Wednesday 2nd July

Time / Event
09.00 / Registration
09.45 / Welcome and introduction (Heloise Buckland, RCE Barcelona)
10.00 / Welcome Professor Zakri (UNU-IAU) and Miquel Barcelo (TechnicalUniversity of Catalonia: RCE Barcelona)
10.30 / RCE Vision from the Global RCE Service Centre: Mr. Yoshihiro Natori
11.00 / ESD Dialogue with Bernard Coombes, UNESCO, Mahesh Pradhan, UNEP, Rene van Berkel, UNIDO, (person in charge of Sustainable Consumption and Production and Youth) UNEP, facilitated by Zinaida Fadeeva(speakers to be confirmed)
11.45 / Video messages from RCEs Penang (Malaysia), (and other RCEs to be confirmed)
12.30 / RCE Speed Poster session
13.00 / Lunch
14.30 / RCE Operational issues (plenary)
Communication
  • Brendan Barrett (via video): 15 min
  • Sampreethi: 15 min
  • Prof. Uno on RCE Server: 10 min
  • Jos Rikers, Virtual office: 10 min
  • Q & A/ Discussions: 20 min
Evaluation and Reporting:discussion on the annual report/self-evaluation and introduction to afternoon discussions (Zinaida)
16.00 / Coffee
16.30 / Group discussions on communication, evaluation, reporting, marketing. Facilitators * Zinaida, Jos R, Adam, Nami, Jim, Mario, Valerie, Zainal, Jos H, Yoko
18.00 / Feedback of topic discussions to plenary.
18.30 / End day 1
20:30 / Dinner, with speech from Donna Goodman, UNICEF *by invitation only

Thursday 3rd July

9.00 / Introduction (Heloise)
915 / Learning and action session (Zinaida Fadeeva)
1030 / Coffee
1100 / Topic discussions 1. In each topic the discussion should centre around issues voted in survey (led by facilitator). These issues are: Partnerships, governance, evaluation, management, promotion, finance, marketing.
  • Sustainable Production & Consumption, emphasis on food (Zinaida Fadeeva)
  • Climate Change and Youth (Adam Cade and Heloise Buckland)
  • Health (RCE Penang representative or Yokohama)
  • Teacher training (Chuck Hopkins and Jim Taylor)
  • Biodiversity (RCE Pune, Yoshi Natori, Sampreethi)
  • E-learning (Harold Holt and Jos Hermans)

13.00 / Lunch (with think pieces)
14.30 / Topic discussions 2.
Continuation of topic discussions from morning, people can choose the same or a different topic. Facilitator remains the same to feedback morning discussions.
16.30 / Break (fill in feedback forms online)
17.00 / Feedback from sessions by facilitators (5 points on PowerPoint slide each, 5 minutes each and end with general discussion)
18.00 / End day *and more time for think pieces

Friday 4th July

9.00 / Introduction (Heloise)
9.15 / Continental discussions (Europe, Asia, Africa, Americas)
11.00 / Coffee
11.30 / Plenary: Evaluation of conference and suggestions for 2009
12.00 / Final reflections panel: One person from each continent, UNU-IAS, RCE Barcelona each to give 5-10 minutes final reflections on the conference, next steps, ways forward etc.
13.00 / Lunch (with group photograph)
1500 - 1900 / Informal activities
  • Visit to Terrassa Technology and ScienceMuseum
  • Walking tour of Barcelona medieval centre
  • Visit to Parque Güell, tour of Gaudi’s environmental design
  • Visit to Cosmocaixa museum