PASCAL is pleased to feature the latest edition of the newsletter of the Global University Network for Innovation (GUNi):

The sixth in an international series of relevant discussions on the Learning Cities Networks (LCN) Inclusion theme has been conducted in Brisbane, Australia.  The topic was "Seniors as Lifelong Learners" and follows on from the recent "Gender Equity" forum run in Modi'in, Israel.  Included in the following report, you will see the sequence of Inclusion topics at venues around the world.

Recent global events – the Paris and Brussels bombings, the refugee crisis, the sustainability agreement, the rise of Trump-fuelled hate and more – have prompted me to ask whether PASCAL can and should have a much larger role in world affairs and, if so, what? Given the resources available to it centrally the answer must be no, but by mobilizing just a small amount of its vast member knowledge to think laterally there is a possibility of producing something that might make a difference.

The Israeli Center for Learning Cities in Modi'in is the initiator and leader of the first National Convention of the Israeli Forum for Gender Equality – Israel 2030, on behalf of PASCAL International Observatory's Learning Cities Networks (LCN) Workshop.