The meeting of the African RCEs to discuss Education for sustainable Development (ESD) issues in Africa ahead of the annual RCE Global Conference which comes up in November 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya. The event was held at the NUC Auditorium on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 20th and 21st of August 2013.
The objectives of the RCEs are:
- To make universities the drivers of sustainable development for their local communities and globally in partnership with other stakeholders in education;
- To encourage the Universities to focus on training and research activities on issues that are crucial to national development and seek to find solutions for them
- For the Universities to create the necessary awareness that will drive the theme “ Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)”