physically present, as she was attending to another joint project with RCE Greater Western Sydney. A video presentation on the Sejahtera Project of RCE Tongyeong was aired. Therein, it was explained what Sejahtera Project is, how other RCEs participated and could continue to participate with it and how RCE personnel and researchers could avail of the facility. Dr. Munirah informed the body that personnel from RCE Penang will visit Sejahtera Center. Ms. Byun further shared another undertaking for participants to possibly join. It was the International ESD Forum open to everyone who was interested but teachers were favorably encouraged to join since the themes would emphasize on schools. Ms. Byun expressed optimism that the conference will be a success. RCE Okayama representatives informed the participants on the Okayama Award. While flyers were distributed for detailed information, it was emphasized that those joining were required to present the project. There was only one award but which could be given to up to two groups. The deadline of the application was on July 29, 2016. Dr. Chhokar talked about the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace (MGIEP) and Sustainable Development. She announced that the institute invites participants to its peer to peer learning that focuses on digital learning. Accordingly, their projects were always linked with the curriculum. One that had already been done was about migration. The Sirindhorn International Environ- mental Park (SIEP) for its part played a video presentation to inform participants of the nature of their existence and their activities, including those that foster collaboration. Finally,a represe- ntative from UNESCO Bangkok talked about their programs and expressed interest to know more about what RCEs do for possible networking. They were currently collecting in Asia-Pacific good practices on community-based action for publication and dissemination and would encourage collaboration on this undertaking. Dr. Tabucanon pointed out that UNESCO ASPNet may be a good start to connect with schools which are closer in location to the individual RCEs. He further suggested that projects be developed around ESD so as to mobilize these schools to work with RCEs. Introduction to Break-out Session The primary aim of the sessions was to come up with an action plan at the regional level. Actions and action points applicable to all RCEs within the region would be identified from the action plan template distributed beforehand to individual RCEs and from the discussion. They would then be linked to the priority areas and presented during the plenary for comments as a regional action plan using the existing template. The draft regional action plan would then be circulated to the individual RCEs for further comments and therefrom be put together in a format for the Asia-Pacific Regional RCE discussion at the 10th Global RCE Conference. The following were the groups for the break-out sessions: Higher Education; Schools and Youth; and Community. Evaluating ESD in RCEs: The Start-up Tools The afternoon session of the conference took off with a discussion on evaluating ESD in the RCEs by Dr. Unnikrishnan Payyappallimana of UNU-IAS. In his presentation, he emphasized that the assessment is a self-reflection, that is, it is the RCE that is assessing itself, its collective identity. Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the 393 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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