This week, the Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning will meet to evaluate the progress of our work and provide guidance on the planning of upcoming activities. It is a moment to take stock. As for many, the year 2020 has been a challenging one for us due to the insecurities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. But it has also been a year full of opportunities to shape the future of lifelong learning and accelerate progress.

The OECD staff devoted to regional, urban and local development present a series of papers and indexes concerning local financing, SMEs, culture, entrepreneurship and regional development, classic PASCAL themes. Proves to show what teamwork can achieve using electronic communications only.

The University of Glasgow has advertised the following position, and we hope that it may be of interest to many within your networks. The post in the field of community development coheres closely with a number of foci of CR&DALL and invites applications from any part of the world:

Following on from the inaugural Global Learning Festival (GLF) offered from 1-4 September 2020, in late October 2020, core learning city participants in the GLF Working Group met for a reflections session, led by Dr Robbie Guevera, PASCAL Observatory Board member and Associate Professor,  International Development Program at RMIT.