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Getting Started with the SDGs in Cities

Posted February 1, 2018 - 14:54 by Josef Konvitz

The German authorities have prepared a handbook as a guide to connect urban development and the SDG's . The purpose is to help actors  to consider all the complexity of urban topics and the multiple interactions across sectors and strata from the very beginning of planning. The target are both the local stakeholders and the national governments dealing with urban development issues.

UNESCO-UNEVOC Seminar on Greening Economies: How TVET Can Accommodate 21st Century Skills

Posted January 30, 2018 - 13:42 by Leone Wheeler

On Tuesday 23 January Dr Margarita Pavlova, UNESCO-UNEVOC Centre Director and Associate Professor International Education and Lifelong Learning, gave a presentation on Greening Economies: How TVET Can Accommodate 21st Century Skills.

Wider Benefits of Seniors' Learning

Posted January 23, 2018 - 16:20 by Frances Gaughan

A PASCAL Associate, Denise Reghenzani-Kearns, has written on the "Wider Benefits of Seniors' Learning" to address some of the policy and practice issues in implementing an age-friendly society that is inclusive in valuing and understanding the need to continue learning in later life. 

Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC) Newsletter: January 2018

Posted January 23, 2018 - 13:49 by Sarah Currier

This issue features the latest news about UBDC activities and opportunities:

Quality of Life in Adult Learning

Posted January 22, 2018 - 14:37 by Denise Reghenza...

The Adult Higher Education Alliance (AHEA), USA, announces its annual conference for 8-9 March 2018, Orlando, Florida with the theme: "Quality of Life in Adult Learning".  The purpose of this Alliance is to help institutions of higher education develop and sustain learning environments and programs suitable for adults. 

An insight into the extensive work of a community-driven initiative

Posted January 21, 2018 - 05:06 by Denise Reghenza...

Our meeting with Meiling and Haniff of the Multi-faith Multicultural Centre, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia provided an insight into the extensive work of this community-driven initiative linked to the Pure Land Learning College Association Inc., www.interfaith-harmony.org and https://www.facebook.com/MMC.Toowoomba/.

Adult educators and community activists step up dialogue for creating change in Eastern Europe

Posted January 13, 2018 - 20:25 by Rob Mark

In support of adult educators and community activists stepping up dialogue for creating change in Eastern Europe through non-formal lifelong learning activities based in communities, Dr Rob Mark, PASCAL Learning Cities Networks (LCN) Coordinator recently addressed the Insha Osvita open space forum known as Dialogue for Change.

A Learning City Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

Posted January 11, 2018 - 07:05 by Peter Kearns

Entrepreneurship is a subject of growing importance in learning city development. This was included as a new dimension for learning cities in the UNESCO Cork Call for Action on Learning Cities, and the PASCAL EcCoWell 2. The  paper below by Judith James - A Learning City Entrepreneurship Ecosystem - covers business development and university aspects of this subject.

Happy New Year from Place Partners: two Sydney case studies

Posted January 10, 2018 - 07:14 by Denise Reghenza...

Place Partners is an Australian group looking a improving physical space and place for people engagement and enjoyment.  Here are two case studies that demonstrate the place transformations achieved: Drummoyne Village and a Telco campus (Optus Centre), both in Sydney. 

2018 MacJannet Prize Call for Nominations!

Posted January 8, 2018 - 09:27 by Mike Osborne

The Talloires Network is proud to announce the ninth annual MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship. The prize will recognize exceptional student civic engagement initiatives based in Talloires Network engaged member universities around the world and contribute financially to their ongoing public service efforts.

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