PASCAL Director for Europe, Mike Osborne, and Associate Director for Europe, Roberta Piazza, were both speakers at a conference entitled, Learning City and Cultural Diversity hosted by Univerista degli Studi Roma Tre on 16 February 2017 under the patronage of the Italian Commission for UNESCO.

In the next issue of Adult Education and Development we look at the role adult education plays in building, fostering and understanding diversity. We are also curious how inclusion can be taught, if at all. If you are working with inclusion, or diversity, please write for us!

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning has announced the Irish city of Cork to host the 3rd International Conference on Learning Cities to be held 18-20 September 2017.  The conference promises to be another important step forward in placing lifelong learning at the centre of sustainable city development, especially inclusive and equitable quality education for all.  Earlier conferences were held in Beijing and Mexico City.

The Big Tent Consortium, a global network of universities and their community partners today issued a call to action to its members to oppose the Jan. 27 US travel ban, join with other worldwide protests, and create spaces for dialogue within universities and communities everywhere. The call was part of a Consortium statement that responds to the US ban targeting citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries and which provides the latest evidence of growing Islamophobia and exclusionary trends around the world.