EEA & National Curriculum Centre Task Team

Members:
Ntombenhle Dlamini – Senior Curriculum Designer , Maths/Science
Thembelihle Dlamini – Curriculum Designer, Science
Gcina Mabuza – Curriculum Designer, Social Studies
Musa Mkhatshwa – Teacher Education
Muzi Tsabedze – Teacher Education
Makhosazana Nyoni – Curriculum Designer, Practical Arts
Nomfundo Sukati – Curriculum Designer, Language Arts
Robert Khumalo – Curriculum Designer, Pre-Voc
Musa Hlophe – Curriculum Designer, Maths/Science/ICT
Gcina Dladla – Director Policy Research & Information
Calsile Mhlanga – Biodiversity Officer
Bongani Nkhabindze – Biosafety Registrar

   

Environmental days serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something to take care of the Earth or become an agent of change. That ‘something’ can be focused locally, nationally or globally; it can be a solo action or involve a crowd.

List of selected environmental days;

  • World Wetlands Day 2 February
  • International Day of Forests 21 March
  • World Water Day 22 March
  • Earth Hour (last Saturday of March)
  • International Day for Biological Diversity 22 May
  • World Environment Day 5 June
  • World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 17 June
  • International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 16 September

Regional Centres of Expertise

In 2002, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution announcing the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (UNDESD 2005-2014), based on the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation. The United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the lead agency for the UNDESD, stressed the need to reorient existing education towards sustainability.

In 2003, in response to the UN resolution on the UNDESD, the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) launched the ESD project, with funding support from the Ministry of the Environment, Japan. The ESD project designs and implements research and development activities through two flagship initiatives: a global multi-stakeholder global network of Regional Centres of Expertise on ESD (RCEs) and a network of higher education institutions called the Promotion of Sustainability in Postgraduate Education and Research Network.

Moving forward, UNESCO has now presented the Roadmap for Implementing the Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD with its five priority areas of action: advancing policy by mainstreaming ESD, transforming learning and training environments using the whole-institution approach, building capacities of educators and trainers, empowering and mobilizing youth, and finally accelerating sustainable solutions at the local level. At all levels of society, RCEs play a crucial role in implementing these goals using their local knowledge and global network.

As of January 2022, over 170 RCEs have officially been acknowledged by the United Nations University worldwide. The Global RCE Service Centre is headquartered at UNU-IAS, where it provides assistance to individual RCEs and facilitates their communication and networking.

RCE Eswatini whose secretariat is based at the Eswatini Environment Authority, cohosted with the University of Eswatini (UNESWA), Luyengo Campus and Eswatini Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise (ESWADE) The 9th African Regional Centres of Expertise Meeting. The theme of the three day meeting was: “Accelerating progress towards the achievement of sustainable development goals in Africa”. The other members of RCE Eswatini are Ministry of Education, The National Curriculum Centre, Eswatini National Trust Commission and the Matsapha Municipal Council.

Hon Minister of Tourism and Environmental Affairs (Moses Vilakati) with meeting delegates.