9th Asia Pacific RCE Meeting 30 June 2016 The 9th Asia Pacific Regional Center of Expertise (AP RCE) Meeting was held on the 30th of June 2016, hosted by RCE Cha-am at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park (SIEP) in Cha-am, Phetchaburi Province, Thailand. Together with the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (ICCBES) for Sustainable Development Goals: Policy and Practice on June 27-29 and the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES) Capacity Building Workshop on Policy Support Tools on July 1-2, as its back-to-back events, the 9th AP RCE Meeting was rendered more significant as it was within the celebration of the 5th Cycle Birthday Anniversary of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. Opening Programme The meeting started off with an opening remark by Dr. Munirah Ghazali, overall meeting facilitator. Dr. Sonjai Havanond, the Director of SIEP welcomed the participants. Dr. Havanond briefly emphasized that SIEP, the lead stakeholder of RCE Cha-am, needs the cooperation of the RCEs to implement its programmes, especially those related to the implementation of the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy of His Majesty the King of Thailand. Dr. Mario Tabucanon, speaking on behalf of the Global RCE Service Centre, reminded members of the RCE community’s support to the Global Action Programme (GAP) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) expressed during the 9th Global RCE Conference in Okayama, Japan. GAP and SDGs were therefore the focal discussions of the meeting. It was reported that the Global RCE community had grown to 146 members. With this, the network had to be strong and robust in its operation and in the conduct of its activities. This could be well-effected through self-assessment of RCEs. The output of the regional meeting was important since the outcome will be presented and followed up during the 10th Global RCE Conference in Yogyakarta. It was announced that Dr. Kiran Chhokar had been appointed as a new regional adviser of AP RCEs as of January 2016. Introduction of Participants The newly acknowledged RCEs in the Asia-Pacific region that were represented at the meeting were duly recognized. Participants made their self-introduction. Review of the 8th AP RCE Meeting Mr. Bernabe Mijares Jr. of RCE Bohol presented the highlights of the 8th AP RCE Meeting, held in the University of the Philippines, Cebu Campus, Cebu City on March 6-7, 2015 and in Bohol Island State University, Tagbilaran City, Bohol on March 8, 2015. The highlights of the review included the discussion on the strategic roadmap for promoting ESD beyond 2014 with ways for making substantial contributions to the Global Action Program on ESD. Progress of the Global RCE Network Ms. Kyoko Shiota of UNU-IAS reported on the progress of the Global RCE Network. The presentation mainly comprised two parts: (1) development of RCE Network and (2) overview of RCE-related activities, implemented since April 2015. The first part focused on the recognition of new RCEs in Asia-Pacific, Africa and the Middle East and the Americas. The addition of these newly acknowledged networks rendered a total of 146 RCEs Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the 391 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Proceedings of International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals : Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016 at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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