RCE Guatemala

Date of RCE Acknowledgement:
September, 2009

Description of RCE and Geographic Region:
RCE Guatemala is committed to the reorientation of the national education system, particularly in higher education, in order to incorporate the approach and contents of education for sustainable development in the curriculum. In ition, programmes and projects of innovative teacher training, research and publications favouring the Mayan cultural heritage studies and the local knowledge from indigenous peoples promote citizenship and build national identity. These programs and projects are also associated with actions related to environmental education, comprehensive risk management of disasters and climate change. Within its activities, REC Guatemala also offers spaces to Mayan undergraduate students so that they can be part of these pedagogical processes that can provide their perspective as Maya young, allowing them to strengthen the link between disciplines, cultures and experiences.

Organisation Hosting RCE Secretariat:
School of Training Middle School Teachers EFPEM at San Carlos University

Goals and Objective:
Vision:
We are a model of alliance of leader institutions in a plural society that collaborates continuously to extend a learning space on education for sustainable development, sharing and implementing strategies and better practices of education, research, training and communications that allows a better quality of life of the Guatemalan society.
Goals and objectives:
Incorporating education for sustainable development in the national education system, particularly in the curriculum of the University of San Carlos of Guatemala, as a tool of transformation for the educational system
Extend the approach of intercultural education, demonstrating the utility of the dialogue of knowledges
Use of indigenous knowledge in the curriculum of the educational system
Study of the biocultural diversity as a source of educational resources to promote its conservation and improve the quality of teaching

Key Partners:
Name of organisation: Community library network
Role: Promote the regular sessions, distribute educational materials and information on education for sustainable development
Contact name: Roberto Orellana
Contact email: redcomunitariabibliotecas@gmail.com
Name of organisation: Asociación Maya Uk’ux B’e
Role: Support the teaching from a perspective of indigenous peoples and the selection of mayan spiritual guides
Contact name: Leopoldo Mendez
Contact email: naqxitleopoldo_4mm@yahoo.es