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UNESCO GNLC Newsletter January-April 2017

Featured below, please find the latest UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities newsletter for January-April 2017:

Call for Applications: Shape the future of lifelong learning - CONFINTEA Scholarships and Fellowships 2017

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is inviting applications to its CONFINTEA (International Conference on Adult Education) Research Scholarship and CONFINTEA Fellowship programmes. Successful candidates will have the chance either to develop research which will inform policy and practice in Member States or to develop national strategies to shape adult learning and education in their home countries.

Europe's City-Regions: the Key Drivers for a Future Smart, Sustainable & Inclusive Europe

May 9 2017 12:30
Australia/Melbourne
Green Brain Conference Rooms, Level 7, Building 16 (Storey Hall)
RMIT City Campus, 348/336 Swanston Street
Melbourne
Australia  Australia

A Celebration of Europe Day 2017 / EU World Cities Project

For more than 40 years, the Europe Union (EU) has recognised that its city-regions all have different characteristics and assets that contribute differently to the development of the Single European Market and to the future of Europe. EU Regional Policy has been a central means of sharing resources for European regions to develop their competitiveness, strengthen their social cohesion and become more innovative.

Learning about other faiths in the city: New multifaith multicultural centre established in Australia's largest inland city

The Multifaith Multicultural Centre of the Pure Land Learning College Association (PLLCA) objective is to make Toowoomba a model city of peace and harmony. We wish to preserve and treasure the distinct features of each ethnicity and culture.

France's Political Turbulence

May 4 2017 18:00
Australia/Melbourne
RMIT City Campus, Seminar Rooms 1 & 2 (Storey Hall)
348/336 Swanston Street
Melbourne
Australia  Australia

On Thursday 4 May 2017, the Monash European and EU Centre, RMIT’s EU Centre and Centre for Communications, Politics and Culture are joining force to organise a panel discussion on the future of French politics, the implications for Europe but also the Western world, more broadly.

Featured Speakers at TNLC - Part Two

The following information has been released about the featured speakers at the upcoming Talloires Network Leaders Conference, which will take place at Universidad Veracruzana (UV), Mexico on June 21- 23, 2017, with site visits on the 24th.

NEXUS January - March 2017 - the Newsletter of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)

Please find featured below the latest issue of Nexus, the quarterly newsletter of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL).

Latest news on European research in learning and work [L&W] - April 2017

Particularly worth noting in this edition are calls for papers relating to the EAPRIL conference in Hämeenlinna, the EDI conference stream 'Inclusive working environment' in London (see Conferences), the CVER conference in London (see Networks and Organisations), the HRD 'Scholar-Practitioner' Writing Award of the International Journal of HRD Practice, Policy & Research, the special issue on 'Skills of adults' of the Journal of Contemporary Educational Studies and the thematic issue on 'Apprenticeship in Germany' (see Publications). Also to note: the positions offered for an international project at the Zurich University of Teacher Education (see Networks and Organisations).

The Geography of Populist Discontent - Josef Konvitz interviewed by Richard Florida in The Atlantic | Citylab

Josef Konvitz, Chair, PASCAL International Observatory was recently interviewed by Richard Florida, co-founder and editor at large of CityLab and a senior editor at The Atlantic:

Africa's Cities: Opening Doors to the World - World Bank

The World Bank has just released the Report “Africa's Cities: Opening Doors to the World” (festured below and attached). This study, coordinated by Somik Vinay Lall, J. Vernon Henderson, and Anthony J. Venables addreses the question why economic growth in in Sub-Saharan Africa cities has not kept pace with rapid population growth in urban centers.

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