Reimagining Inclusive Economic Futures

Entrepreneurial Learning CitiesKEY AIM: The purpose of the PASCAL Learning Cities Networks (LCN) 'Reimagining Inclusive Economic Futures' is to create and support a network of cities and city-regions with a focus on developing a secure economy whilst working towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This unique network of cities and regions nationally and internationally will exchange knowledge and experience to improve the economy sits alongside the three other PASCAL Learning Cities Networks (Culture, Faith, and Remote Communities), and works closely with the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning.

The PASCAL model brings together the academic capacity of teaching and research alongside the public, private, and third sectors, This is all about impact: creating change within society and its communities. Bringing together academic knowledge and practitioner experience within a city region creates momentum toward sustainable economic renewal for the wellbeing of citizens.

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Reimagining Inclusive Economic Futures Brief

Posted September 16, 2020 - 08:50 by Judith James

Context & background

The Reimagining Inclusive Economic Futures network will focus on four areas:

  1. Creating an Entrepreneurship Ecosystem for enterprise start-ups and growth: embedding entrepreneurial learning and entrepreneurship training within a city-region ecosystem of finance, support, space, collaborative procurement, and underpinning technology.
  2. Visioning a new future of Work for Wellbeing: the potential for developing different spaces and ways of measuring employee contribution that is not place and time based and provide an equitable reward.  Altering the reward system to focus on well-being rather than income is a step toward narrowing income disparities. This calls attention to the importance of skills retraining and up-skilling, within employment and for a career change, and forms of successful adaptation to new ways of working.
  3. Visioning a new future of Not-Working for Wellbeing as a result of a changing economy and restrictions as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Lifelong learning enhances active citizenship, volunteering, and personal fulfillment in a different world of Not-Working.   
  4. Adjusting to an uncontrolled external environment- due to influences that may be: political, environmental, conflict, health, technology, and the development of Artificial Intelligence. Adapting to change, developing flexibility, enhancing resilience.

Judith James
Swansea University

PASCAL Briefing Paper 28 - Reimagining Inclusive Economic Futures

Posted June 24, 2024 - 11:44 by Shilpi Roy

We are pleased to make available the last PASCAL Observatory Briefing Paper from the Reimagining Inclusive Economic Futures, Learning Cities Network (LCN). It has been written by Shilpi Roy, University of Khulna and Michael Osborne, University of Glasgow.

Summary of Friday Forum - Lifelong Learning for Life and Work 22 September 2023

Posted October 23, 2023 - 15:21 by Leone Wheeler

This summary hgihlights two presentations at the Wyndham Learning City's Friday Forum from George Osborne, Advantages of extending the Learning City Approach into other areas of Local Government and beyond, and  Maren Klein, Learning and/or earning: Tensions between learning for the economic sphere (jobs) and learning for well-being/democracy.

Culture Based Development - OECD-Brett Centre Workshop on Influencing Youth Entrepreneurship Policy

Posted April 4, 2023 - 17:54 by Annie Tubadji

Do you want to give the youth in your city a fair chance to flourish with their ideas and entrepreneurial drive? Do you want to support young entrepreneurs as policy makers, and institutions, without stifling them with unintended but deep-seated social prejudices, so familiar as experience, but almost invisible to the eye, as everyday barriers for youth entrepreneurial development and success?

PASCAL International Observatory Discussion Movie

Posted October 21, 2021 - 15:07 by Annie Tubadji

Swansea University on behalf of the PASCAL Observatory is pleased to present to our subscribers a new video related to our work within the Learning Cities Networks (LCN): Reimagining Inclusive Economic Futures.The video includes many exciting contributions from members of our network and beyond.

Final Report - 2021 Wyndham Learning Festival

Posted October 15, 2021 - 15:10 by Jac Torres Gomez

Following the successful completion of the Wyndham Learning Festival 2021 from 1-5 September 2021 and the subsequent evaluation, the final report is now available.

Notes from the ninth meeting of the PASCAL Learning Cities Networks “Reimagining Inclusive Economic Futures” (RIEF) on 7 July, 2021

Posted July 30, 2021 - 11:07 by Judith James

Attendees: Annie Tubadji, Swansea University; Mike Osborne, Director of PASCAL ; Leone Wheeler, Lead for the Australian Learning Cities Network and PASCAL Board Member; Annina Martin, Education Department of Glasgow City Council; Jac Torres Gomez, Wyndham learning City and joint lead for the Global Learning Festival; Kristiina Erkkilä, Espoo Learning City and lead for the RIEF Entrepreneurial Learning Theme.

Learned Society of Wales awards Dr Annie Tubadji with the Dillwyn Medal

Posted July 5, 2021 - 07:37 by Judith James

We are delighted to announce that Wales’s premier scholarly body, the Learned Society of Wales, has awarded Dr Annie Tubadji with the Dillwyn Medal.

Notes from the eigth meeting of the PASCAL Learning Cities Networks “Reimagining Inclusive Economic Futures” (RIEF) on 9 June, 2021

Posted June 9, 2021 - 08:02 by Judith James

Attendees: Judith James, network lead; Rob Mark, Networks Coordinator, Pascal; Annie Tubadji, Swansea University, Wales UK; Kristiina Erkkilä, Espoo, Finland; Michelle Murphy, Derry and Strabane Learning City; Jac Torres-Gomez, Wyndham, Australia; Palmira and Robertus Jucevicienne, Kaunas, Lithuania; Nishat Tasnim Maria, of Khulna University, Bangladesh.

Notes from the seventh meeting of the PASCAL Learning Cities Networks “Reimagining Inclusive Economic Futures” (RIEF) on 11 May, 2021

Posted June 9, 2021 - 05:05 by Judith James

Attendees: Judith James and Chris Shepherd, co-leads for network; Rob Mark, Networks Coordinator, Pascal; Mike Osborne, Director of Pascal; Annie Tubadji, Swansea University, Wales UK; Kristiina Erkkilä, Espoo, Finland; Michelle Murphy, Derry and Strabane Learning City; Jac Torres-Gomez, Wyndham, Australia.

Apologies: Shilpi Roy, Khulna University, Bangladesh; Palmira Jucevicienne, Kaunas, Lithuania. Leone Wheeler, Australian Learning Communities Network; Diane Tabbagh, Wyndham, Australia; Bill Esmond, Derby University.

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