The Talloires Network of Engaged Universities is a global coalition of institutions collaborating with communities and partners to confront societal challenges such as disease, famine, structural racism, gender oppression, economic inequality, and climate change. We support university civic engagement in all its forms including community-based research, applied research, service-learning, extension, volunteerism, public service, policymaking, political activism, and social entrepreneurship. Though 2020 has been a challenging year for all of us, we are constantly invigorated by our members who are taking action, providing opportunity, and offering hope.

OECD has established a Centre for Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability, and Equal Opportunity (WISE). The WISE objectives have much in common with the priorities of the recent report on the  EcCoWell  Community Recovery Program. The note below discusses these common objectives.

From 1-4 September 2020, the City of Melton and the City of Wyndham co-led the inaugural Global Learning Festival (GLF) with over 20 other partners including the PASCAL Observatory and the Australian Learning Communities Network (ALCN) who helped bring this event to life.