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PASCAL - EMA Partnerships get off to a fitting start focusing on Cultural Learning & Literacies in Cities

Members of PASCAL recently participated in the first ever jointly badged event of European Museums Academy (EMA) - PASCAL Partnership. The event was the 2018 conference & Heritage in Motion (HiM) Ceremonies of the European Museums Academy.

Latest news on European Research in Learning and Work [L&W] - October 2018

In this edition of the L&W Newsletter you should note in particular several calls for papers relating to international conferences on Researching Work and Learning (RWL 11) in Giessen, Human resource development (UFHRD 2019) in Nottingham, HRD and workplace learning in Gothenburg, Lifelong learning and innovation (UALL 2019) in Telford (see Conferences) and on Career development (NICEC) in Manchester (see Networks and Organisations) and the Routledge handbook on organization and human resource management (see Publications). Also, registration is open for the EAPRIL 2018 conference in Portorož/Piran (see Conferences) and the Winter School 2019 on adult education & lifelong learning in Würzburg (see Programmes). And not to overlook: the Senior Researcher Position at SFIVET Bern (see Networks and Organisations)!

A report on the PIMA International Seminar on Lifelong Learning, Beijing, China, 3-4 September 2018

This 2-day seminar (3-4 September 2018), was planned and carried out by the PASCAL International Membership Association (PIMA).  It was hosted and partnered by the Institute for Lifelong Learning and Sustainable Development (Beijing Academy of Educational Sciences [BAES]) and the Beijing Adult Education Association.

ALCN report on the 2018 PASCAL Conference in Suwon - 30 August to 1 September, 2018

The conference was attended by over 500 delegates including a large international delegation from many countries in Asia, North America, Europe and Australia. I accompanied a delegation from Al Wakra City in Qatar. The Qatar delegation were the only representatives from the Middle East.

Delhi Government takes steps towards ensuring the workplace safety of informal sector women workers

Greetings from Martha Farrell Foundation! Our efforts towards prevention of sexual harassment in informal sector workplaces have been gathering momentum. Recently, on September 10, 2018, we successfully concluded our second in series of state level consultative workshops at India International Centre (IIC) in New Delhi.

Cultural Competence Resource

Australia is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 28% of residents were born in another country and almost 50% have at least one parent born elsewhere. The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio, online, and television network, has recently developed a Cultural Competence Program (CCP) online training course for individuals and organisations.

Obituary to Glen Postle

Toowoomba in the Darling Downs region of southern Queensland, the Australian community education and lifelong learning movement, and the global adult education and lifelong learning community, have lost a great leader and quiet achiever with the death this month of Glen Postle.

Glen made a huge and lasting contribution to our understanding of people living together across social groups, roles and especially generations, within the academic and locality-based communities, and across disciplinary and managerial boundaries and levels. His communications are peppered with wisdom drawn from many eras and cultures; yet his work evolved, was tested and applied on the ground, in the community, through conversation and joint action.

Launch of the EU Centre’s Sustainable Development Goals Network

On the 23rd July, the EU Centre was delighted to host the launch of Jean Monnet Network on the EU’s Role in the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in the Asia Pacific.

Jointly funded by a Jean Monnet Activities grant and RMIT University, the Network formalises the relationships amongst researchers, policy think tanks and Non-Government Organisations who share a primary interest in enhancing the effective contribution of the EU to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Asia Pacific.

Report on EcCoWell2 projects

Following a meeting during the recent 15th PASCAL Conference in Suwon, Denise has prepared a report on EcCoWell 2 projects. The EcCoWell 2 projects  were inaugurated in 2017 following a review of the EcCoWell experience for the PASCAL Board which added happiness and entrepreneurship to the objectives of EcCoWell.

A report on the 15th PASCAL Conference - Suwon, Korea, 30 Aug - 1 Sept 2018, by Josef Konvitz, PASCAL Chair

With expectations high, and a programme that filled three days from early morning until mid-evening, this conference was truly a journey.  As we shared experiences, as we learned more about how diverse learning city initiatives are around the world, as we deepened our understanding of the issues that define this moment in global history, we resolved to integrate lifelong learning into learning cities – not just to satisfy a constituency that needs to find its place in a crowded policy agenda, but as a means to a greater end, a more equitable, inclusive and sustainable pattern of development.

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