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In April 2005, the Faculty of Human Development and the Graduate School of Cultural Studies and Human Science at Kobe University, Japan, established the Action Research Centre (ARC) for human and community development. ARC is composed of six sections: informal education; adult education; health; child and family; social inclusion; gender issues; and general education. This academic and community collaborative effort is directed at enhancing human learning and providing policy makers with research evidence, in a range of domains by way of action research. The staff perform practical research in cooperation with faculty researchers in the university and external stakeholders, including non-profit organisations, businesses, and informal groups. The Asia-Pacific region is being confronted with new forms of social, economic and political pressures. This new concept of education and community partnership is a model that we hope to share with the world and this is our vision of education for sustainable development in the 21st century.