Pre-Final Meeting“Promoting Teacher Education for Climate Change Education through Collaboration between
Asian Centres of Excellence on Education for Sustainable Development (ATECCE)”(Online, 21 February 2023)
Concept Note
1. Background
This international joint research project focuses on climate change in relation to all of sustainability
issues, and aims to develop an “Asian Framework of Teacher Education Programme for Climate
Change Education” and a guide for its dissemination through the collaboration of Asian centres ofexcellence on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Through the Japan Society for thePromotion of Science (JSPS) Core-to-Core Programme (FY 2017-2019) and Japanese Official
Development Assistance (ODA) Grants for UNESCO Activities (FY 2018-2019) organized by the teammembers of this research, several teacher education institutions in Asian countries have grown ascentres of excellence on ESD (See http://ceteesd.ed.okayama-u.ac.jp/). Each institution is ready todevelop teacher education programmes for climate change education. In addition, the numbers of young
researchers who will be key figures in the next generation, are growing in each centre of excellence,
allowing research teams to play a central role in programme development in this field.
2. Objectives
 To share the development, implementation, and evaluation of ongoing teacher education
programmes for climate change education at each institution and To identify success factors and challenges for developing an “Asian Framework of Teacher
Education Programme for Climate Change Education” and its Dissemination Guide.
3. Expected outputs
Reports on progress and lessons learned in incorporating climate change education into teacher
education programme, courses, modules, and other instructional materials.
4. Participants
The online meeting will bring together about 50 professors and many students from member
institutions and their cooperating institutions in nine Asian countries, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, the Philippines, and Thailand, as well as partner institutions in Europe
and other regions.
5. Time and venue
 Tuesday, 21 February 2023, 13:00-17:00 (Japan Standard Time) online via zoom
 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82411083619?pwd=T0FIWktBSGdDSWREalRNNUpTcW8xdz09
 ID: 824 1108 3619
 PW: ATECCE2022
6. Deliverables
Each institution’s delegation is asked to give a brief 15-minute presentation on the results of theresearch project in their respective countries.
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Pre-Final Meeting“Promoting Teacher Education for Climate Change Education through Collaboration between
Asian Centres of Excellence on Education for Sustainable Development (ATECCE)”(Online, 21 February 2023)
Tentative Programme Schedule
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
12:45 – 13:00 JST Participants check-in
Opening remark
13:00 – 13:10 JST Hiroki Fujii (Research Coordinator, Director, Okayama University ESD Promotion Centre at UNESCO Chair on Research andEducation for Sustainable Development)
Keynote Speech
13:10 – 13:40 JST(TBA)
Country report by institution (parallel sessions)Time
Room A
Room B
Room C
ThailandPhilippines (1)Philippines (2)13:40 – 14:00 JST(Chulalongkorn University)

14:00 – 14:20 JST
14:20 – 14:40 JST
14:40 – 15:00 JST
15:00 – 15:30 JST
15:30 – 15:50 JST(Capitol University)

Philippines (3)Mongolia (1)Mongolia (2)(Saint Louis University)(Mongolia National University of Education)(National University of Mongolia)

Malaysia (1)Malaysia (2)Malaysia (3)(Al Bukhary International University)(Universiti Sains Malaysia)(International Islamic University Malaysia)

Q&A Session

Q&A Session

Kazakhstan

Q&A Session
Coffee BreakJapan (1)(Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University)(Okayama University)(Miyagi University of Education)

Indonesia
15:50 – 16:10 JST(Indonesia University of Educationand Surabaya State University)

16:10 – 16:30 JST
16:30 – 16:50 JST

Q&A Session

16:50 – 17:00 JST(University of San Jose - Recoletos)

Japan (2)

IndiaChina(Centre for Environment Education)(Asia-Pacific ESD Institute)

Q&A Session
General Discussion

Closing remark
Kiichi Oyasui (Director, Educational Cooperation, Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO)Q&A Session