RCE Tongyeong

Date of RCE Acknowledgement:
November, 2005

Description of RCE and Geographic Region:
RCE Tongyeong is located on the southern coast of the Republic of Korea. A fishing town with a population of about 130,000, Tongyeong City has a rich natural, cultural and historical heritage and comprises 151 islands, 41 of which are inhabited. Despite its fisheries-based economic growth, Tongyeong is faced with diminishing resources and population drain, which calls for a new breakthrough for development. Some of the world’s best oysters and pearls are produced in Tongyeong City, and it is a centre of tourism for these reasons as well as for its Marine National Park.
RCE Tongyeong dedicate the establishment of the Sejahtera Centre, a three-story education centre within 200,000m² RCE Tongyeong Sejahtera Centre, to serve the RCEs network in Asia-Pacific as the hub. The purpose of the Sejahtera Centre is to strengthen partnership among RCEs in Asia-Pacific and to contribute to the post UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. Currently, 23 RCEs in the Asia-Pacific region have made a commitment to participate in the Asia-Pacific RCE Sejahtera Network.

Organisation Hosting RCE Secretariat:
RCE Tongyeong Sejahtera Forest (local government-funded institute)

Goals and Objective:

Since 2005, we have been working hard to spread messages of sustainable development education in partnership with RCEs in the Asia-Pacific region, and we have launched the Tongyeong Education Foundation for Sustainable Development in 2010 – 5 years after becoming an RCE to sustain our efforts. To realize the ‘Sustainable future based on learning and sharing’, we support the individuals’ self-improvement and sharing efforts, explore how educational institutions can grow and flourish in affecting the ideal and hope to create a platform to serve ESD partnership in the Asia-Pacific region, as the efforts for sustainability education transcends the national border.

Key Partners:
Name of organisation: RCE Tongyeong
Role: Education team leader
Contact name: Ms LEE, Unji
Contact email: tyrce.ujlee@gmail.com
Name of organisation: RCE Tongyeong
Role: Executive Programme Designer
Contact name: Ms SEO, Bomyung
Contact email: tyrce.bmseo@gmail.com