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UCLG and Barcelona Provincial Council launch their first online course for the SDG Localization

Posted February 24, 2021 - 10:07 by Roberta Piazza
Sep 1 2021
Europe/Madrid
*** ONLINE COURSE ***
Barcelona
Spain  Spain

Subscribers may be interested in an online course, free and available in English, French, and Spanish, that has been developed by the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments, UN-Habitat, UNDP-Art, and the Barcelona Provincial Council, and which is about the Localization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their implementation at the local and national level.

Embracing a culture of lifelong learning: A personal perspective by Peter Kearns

Posted February 23, 2021 - 11:03 by Peter Kearns

The excellent paper by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) Embracing a culture of lifelong learning (featured below and attached}, written as a contribution to the UNESCO Futures of Education initiative, merits widespread discussion. The paper combines vision and practical suggestions required in “reimagining knowledge, education, and learning in a world of increasing complexity, uncertainty, and depravity”.

Call for contributions | Special Issue of International Journal of Training and Development: “The impact of skills and training on local development”, guest editor Martina Fuchs

Posted February 23, 2021 - 10:48 by Chris Duke

Skills and training are key issues to improve local development, in the academic debate as well as in policy practice. This Special Issue focusses on vocational and professional education and training. These are activities relevant for business. They comprise technical and organisational skills and routines, social and self-competencies relevant to accomplish daily work tasks, and professional attitudes relevant for companies. Universities as sites of professional education play a role, as well as vocational schools and further public and private bodies.

Making Communities Livable for People of All Ages | Placemaking Weekly

Posted February 22, 2021 - 10:37 by Mike Osborne

This newsletter from the Project for Public Spaces connects people who share a passion for public spaces to ideas and issues, news, quotes, places, and events from the placemaking movement.

Link to PIMA Webinar on Climate Change, resource extraction and ALE – what are the links?

Posted February 21, 2021 - 12:42 by Chris Duke

This was the third in PIMA’s Climate Justice and ALE webinar series and was co-hosted by PIMA, CASAE, and SCUTREA. The webinar was recorded and the link is available https://www.casae-aceea.ca/webinars/.

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