Date of RCE Acknowledgement:
November, 2014
Description of RCE and Geographic Region:
Iskandar Malaysia covers an area of 221,634 hectares (2,216.3 km2), about three times the size of Singapore and twice the size of the Seoul Metropolitan Area. Strategically located at the southernmost tip of Mainland Asia to tap on a vast market of about 1 billion people, geographically, Iskandar Malaysia covers the entire Districts of Johor Bahru and Kulaijaya, and several sub-districts of Pontian. RCE Iskandar focuses a lot on Education for Sustainable Development, Low Carbon Society Awareness, Community Projects and Engagements, and Sustainable Development Goals.
Organisation Hosting RCE Secretariat:
Name of organisation: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Type of organisation: University
Name of organisation: Iskandar Regional Development Authority
Type of organisation: Regional/Sub-National Authority
Goals and Objective:
1) To promote Education for Sustainable Development to all stakeholders in Iskandar Malaysia; and
2) To disseminate best practices on Education for Sustainable Development to Asian countries.
Photo cr: RCE Iskandar
Key Partners:
Name of organisation: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Role: Coordinator
Contact name: Prof. Dr. Ho Chin Siong
Contact email: ho@utm.my
Name of organisation: Iskandar Regional Development Authority
Role: Co-Coordinator
Contact name: Mdm. Kamisah Mohd Ghazali
Contact email: kamisah@irda.com.my
Name of organisation: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Role: Secretariat
Contact name: Prof. Dr. Fatin Aliah Phang
Contact email: p-fatin@utm.my
Photo cr: RCE Iskandar
Current Activities:
Iskandar Malaysia EcoLife Challenge (IMELC)
Problem-Based Learning for Low Carbon Society
RCE Iskandar Sustainable and Low Carbon Schools Exhibition
Low Carbon Kawan Iskandar Malaysia
Low Carbon Rumah Iskandar Malaysia
Seminar Iskandar Puteri towards Low Carbon Society
Photo cr: RCE Iskandar
Achievements:
Outstanding Flagship Project (Climate Change) – RCE Global Award 2015
Okayama ESD Award 2018 – Global Prize
RCE Iskandar was launched by the Johor State Exco on Health and Environment in 2015
Received the Global RCE Award on Flagship Project (Climate Change) in 2016
Book is published on the ESD experts in schools in RCE Iskandar
One of the flagship projects (IMELC) is recognized at national level
More people are aware of ESD and LCS over the years
Awarded silver medal from ITEX 2017 (Photo source: RCE Iskandar)
Awarded bronze medal from Pecipta 2017 (Photo source: RCE Iskandar)
Group photo with VIPs and winners, IMELC 2017 Final Presentation (Photo cr: RCE Iskandar)
Upcoming Activities:
Urban Farming (Kebun Komuniti)
Low Carbon Society Community Hub
Nature-Based Solutions
Name:
Prof. Dr. Ho Chin Siong
Email:
ho@utm.my
General RCE email:
rceiskandar@utm.my
RCE Mailing ress for Correspondence:
p-fatin@utm.my
Email:
kamisah@irda.com.my
Name:
Mdm. Kamisah Mohd Ghazali
RCE Youth Coordinator:
Dr. Nina Diana Nawi
ninadiana@utm.my
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United Nations University
Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability
(UNU-IAS)
5‒53‒70 Jingumae
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8925
Japan
Tel: +81 3 5467 1212
Fax: +81 3 3499 2828
United Nations University
Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability
(UNU-IAS)
5‒53‒70 Jingumae
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8925
Japan
Tel: +81 3 5467 1212
Fax: +81 3 3499 2828
