Challenges to Sustainability Addressed by the Regional Centre of Expertise Czechia Jana Dlouhá, Jiří Dlouhý, Laura Henderson, and Dana Kapitulčinová, RCE Czechia Europe Regional RCE Meeting 2018 28-31 August, 2018, Vannes, France

1. Challenges to Sustainability
addressed by
the Regional centre of expertise
Czechia
Jana Dlouhá, Jiří Dlouhý
Laura Henderson, Dana Kapitulčinová
Centrum pro otázky životního prostředí UK

2. Czech Republic – natural conditions
CR –
density of inhabitants

3. rce.czp.cuni.c
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Members
Charles University Environment Center Faculty of Humanities, Charles University
Charles University, Pedagogical Faculty,
Department of Biology and Environmetnal
Studies
Lifelong learning NGO (Životní Vzdělávání,
z.s.)
Department of Environmental Studies,
Faculty of Social Sciences, Masaryk
University
Edunika, z.s.
Faculty of Economics, University of South
Bohemia in České Budějovice
Society for Sustainable Living (SSL)
Faculty of Education, University of J. E.
Purkyně in Ústí nad Labem
Schola Humanitas - secondary school for
environmental protection and restoration
The Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký
University, Olomouc
Transdisciplinary Serendipity
SEVER – The Rýchory Centre of
Environmental Education and Ethics
Association for Creativity in Education
TEREZA educational centre 5 small businesses from South Bohemia
The Varianty Educational Program,
People in Need
Hogskulen for landbruk og bygdeutvikling,
Norway
UN Information Centre Prague
Education Committee, Government
Council for Sustainable Development

4. RCE Czechia – activities and
proceses
Project financing:
International projects;
Norway grants
Currently:
Technology Agency
of the Czech Republic
(applied
transdiciplinary
research scheme)

5. Transforming academia

6. Charles University for (E)SD
21.11. 2017 – Charles University conference
Universities and Sustainable Development

7. Interface theory & practice
• Charles University Innovation Network (UIS) –
knowledge transfer coordinators (in each faculty).
• UIS was established in 2014 (KREDO project)
in 2015 – funded by the Center for Knowledge and
Technology Transfer of the Charles University.
• Implementation period is from 1 February 2017 to
31 January 2020.
• Catalogue of Services
• For the RCE Czechia – plan of cooperation with
municipalities and local business

8. Agreement of 5 Prague Universities
• https://www.vscht.cz/?jazyk=en
• https://www.czu.cz/en/
• https://www.vse.cz/english/
• https://www.cuni.cz/UKEN-1.html
• https://www.cvut.cz/en

9. The COPERNICUS Alliance
network
of EU Higher Education
Institutions
Activities:
• annual conference
• micro-fund projects
• Webinars
• publications
• regular Newsletter

10. CA annual conference
2018
Future Forward Summit

11. Transdisciplinary
communication

12. Knowledge transfer
• Participatory research on ESD
• transformative education – principles &
pedagogies
• Knowledge transfer (Enviwiki, VCSEwiki)
• ESD national debate (theory & practice:
Envigogika journal)
• Open access approach – for all results

13. Outreach
• Innovation – tools & materials (teaching case studies,
case study teaching methodology)
• ESD supporting local & regional sustainable development
(developing actor analysis method, research &
publication on green bussiness competences…)
• Achieving policy impact – on (E)SD policies & institutions
(CR Agenda 2030 debate,…)
Publication:
competences & values
for entrepreneurship

14. RCE Czechia
project
2018-2020, Technology Agency CR
Partners:
• RCE + CUEC (lead partner)
• TEREZA educational centre
• Pedagogical Faculty Ústí nad Labem
• Pedagogical Faculty Prague
• UN Information Centre Prague support
Educational resource (Kapitulčinová, 2017):
Nutrition Footprint Calculator
http://udrzitelnastrava.cz/english/
“Responsible consumption – basis for sustainable lifestyle education”

15. Education for Sustainable Consumption
(ESC): SDG 4.7 for SDG 12.8
! Decoupling economic growth from natural resource use
Technological progress & economic regulations
à Lifestyle change (qualitative shift through education)
Project based on three pillars:
1. SC Theory – themes, strategies and assessment
2. Pedagogy – transformative learning & competences
3. Practice
• Tereza – Eco-school network (> 400 schools)
• methodics of 7 steps
TEREZA, Educational Centre
realized project Eat Responsibly!
http://terezanet.cz/_files/
userfiles/
metodika_Mnu_pro_zmnu.pdf

16. Projects starting 2019 – submitted
Cooperative projects on national level (TA CR):
1. Sustainable Development on Regional Level - Combination of
Theory and Practice:
à Capacities for Regional SD (jointly developed) with local actors
• CUEC + Economic Faculty University of South Bohemia + SSL
• National Local Action Group Network + UN Information Centre
2. Education for future
à Arts for sustainability in education
• CUEC + Association for Creativity in Education
3. Ensuring Quality of Open Education Resources

17. Thank you for attention
http://rce.czp.cuni.cz/
jana.dlouha@czp.cuni.cz
jiri.dlouhy@czp.cuni.cz