Dear All,

RCE Global Service Centres is please to inform you that now we are calling for applications for new Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE) on Education for sustainable Development (ESD). We would greatly appreciate it if you could kindly disseminate this information to those who might be interested in becoming part of RCE networks for the enhancement of ESD around the world.

Those organisations who are interested in initiating the RCE process and applying for RCE status are requested to send expressions of interest to UNU-IAS by 15 April 2010. RCEs are then requested to submit an application and an application summary by 15 June 2010.

Attached please find a cover letter and guidelines for RCE applications for your reference. You can also find more details on our UNU-IAS website

http://www.ias.unu.edu/sub_page.aspx?catID=108&ddlID=258.

For further inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us at rceservicecentre@ias.unu.edu . Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you.

RCE Global Service Centre

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RCE Global Service Centre

Education for Sustainable Development Programme

United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS)   

1-1-1 Minato Mirai

Nishi-ku, Yokohama 220-8502 Japan

Tel: +81-(0)45-221-2300

Fax: +81-(0)45-221-2302 

E-mail: RCEServiceCentre@ias.unu.edu

URL: http://www.ias.unu.edu