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Ukrainian visitors embrace PASCAL Learning Cities Project as a way of strengthening social cohesion

Posted October 30, 2018 - 12:12 by Rob Mark

A group of professionals and students from Donetsk University have paid a weeklong visit to Glasgow to learn about how to improve their leadership structures and to find out more about the Learning City concept and how PASCAL Learning Cities can provide support. The visitors, who come from Donetsk State University which has been displaced from Donetsk City to the City of Mariupol as a result of political conflict in Eastern Ukraine.

Lifelong Learning and Innovation: UALL Conference 2019 - Call for papers

Posted October 30, 2018 - 12:00 by Alice Reynolds

Our 2019 Conference Lifelong Learning and Innovation, 10-12 April, 2019, is being held in Telford, the home of the Industrial Revolution. In keeping with this the conference will focus on these three themes:

Belarusian cities support a creative economy for sustainable development

Posted October 24, 2018 - 11:31 by Rob Mark

It was a great pleasure on behalf of PASCAL to speak at a conference focusing on the theme of ‘Learning cities for a creative economy and sustainable development’ held in the City of Vitebsk, the first officially designated Learning City in Belarus.

Reporting on UNESCO UIL International Consultative Meeting in Shanghai, 18-19 Oct, 2018 and the Opening of the 14th Lifelong Learning Week for All in Shanghai on 20 Oct, 2018

Posted October 22, 2018 - 08:41 by Balázs Németh

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) organised a special International Consultative Meeting on Lifelong Learning to discuss a coming Handbook on Lifelong Learning Policy and its four chapters, one of them on Learnnig Cities, with more than 30 invited experts on lifelong learning from 18 countries in plenaries and workshop dialogues.

Briefing prepared for the European Parliament on SDGs

Posted October 17, 2018 - 11:27 by Emma Shortis

Please find featured below and attached a briefing prepared for the European Parliament's ENVI Committee prior to the High Level Political Forum in July 2018 - Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF) , New York, 16 - 18 July 2018.

UN Habitat Synthesis Report for SDG 11

Posted October 17, 2018 - 08:51 by Gail Wilson

As part of the recent United Nations High Level Political Forum on sustainable cities, UN Habitat produced a synthesis report on SDG 11 ‘sustainable cities and communities’.  The report provides a good overview of progress made so far.

University of Bristol first in UK to launch ‘Science of Happiness’ course

Posted October 16, 2018 - 09:53 by Judith Squires

The University of Bristol has become the first UK university to launch a ‘Science of Happiness’ course, designed to teach students a set of science-based strategies for living a more fulfilling life.

Starting today, on World Mental Health Day [10 October], the course draws on the latest results in psychology and neuroscience to get to the root of what happiness is and how to achieve it, as well as teaching tangible practices which students can apply in their everyday lives.

Cultural Policy development in service of Social Justice

Posted October 12, 2018 - 21:08 by Catherine Lido

With increasing borders across Europe and globally, and rises in hate crimes and discrimination, it seems urgently necessary to understand the role of arts and culture in promoting inclusive societies, particularly in the integration and disintegration of societies.

#DATAFORCITIES - Celebrating Taipei

Posted October 11, 2018 - 09:05 by Mike Osborne

#DATAFORCITIES  is a bi-weekly publication of the World Council of City Data (WCCD) that highlights a data point from each of the WCCD Cities – and, more importantly, shows how each city is harnessing standardized data to build the sustainable, prosperous, smart, resilient and inclusive cities of tomorrow.

Summary of a joint seminar organised by the European Museum Academy (EMA) and PASCAL in Aarhus, Denmark, September 2018

Posted October 5, 2018 - 12:29 by Henrik Zipsane

As part of European Museum Academy Conference and award ceremony at the wonderful open-air museum Den Gamle By (The Old Town) in Aarhus, the Academy and PASCAL Observatory, l arranged a joint seminar for museum professionals and researchers.

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