Learning Cities 2030

Appreciating Urban India: Development Policies and Practices - PRIA Academy Urban School from 10-12 February, 2020

Posted January 22, 2020 - 14:41 by Rajesh Tandon
Feb 10 2020
Feb 12 2020
Asia/Calcutta
PRIA International Academy (PIA)
42, Tughlakabad Institutional Area
New Delhi - 110062
India  India

We are pleased to announce the First “Urban School” on “Appreciating Urban India: Development Policies and Practices” on 10-12 February 2020 at Society for Participatory Research in Asia – PRIA [42 Tughlakabad Institutional Area (near Batra Hospital on Mehrauli-Badarpur Road), New Delhi – 110062]. This workshop is being organised by PRIA International Academy (PIA) in partnership with INCLUDe (Indian NGOs for Community Led Urban Development).

Pécs is now formally a member of PASCAL’s Learning Cities Networks (LCN)

Posted January 14, 2020 - 18:37 by Josef Konvitz

We are very pleased to report that the city of Pécs, Hungary, is now formally a member of PASCAL’s Learning Cities Networks (LCN). It is one of the cities that we have worked with closely over a number of years, as is evident in the profile of Pécs written by Balazs Nemeth.

Are We Doing Enough to Adapt to a Disrupted World?

Posted January 7, 2020 - 09:16 by Mike Osborne
Jul 5 2020
Jul 9 2020
Asia/Singapore
Sands Expo & Convention Centre
10 Bayfront Ave
Singapore 018956
Singapore  Singapore

At World Cities Summit 2020, we will discuss how best to empower mayors and city leaders to use the right tools, the right way through collective actions by governments, businesses and the community. Further details, together with last years' Mayors' Report are featured below.

UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning | Bulletin December 2019

Posted December 16, 2019 - 13:01 by Susan Kelly

 Welcome to the newsletter of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) – the UIL Bulletin. With this Bulletin, we will inform you regularly about our work on promoting lifelong learning with a special focus on the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities, literacy, and adult learning and education.

DVVI Conference in Minsk with presentations by Heribert Hinzen, Mike Osborne and Sung Lee

Posted December 10, 2019 - 13:31 by Susan White

PASCAL Director, Professor Michael Osborne was one of the keynote speakers at a conference hosted by Deutscher Volkshochschul-Verband e.V International (DVVI) Belarus in Minsk on 5/6 December 2019. The event celebrated the 10th anniversary of DVV in Belarus, and also coincided with the 50th anniversary of DVVI itself and the 100th anniversary of Volkshochschulen in Germany as was recounted by another keynote speaker, Heribert Hinzen, formerly Director of DVVI, and also a PASCAL Associate.

Call for Journal Papers for Special Issue of Australia and New Zealand Journal of European Studies (ANZJES)

Posted December 8, 2019 - 13:16 by Gosia Klatt

This call for journal papers is for a Special Issue of the Australia and New Zealand Journal of European Studies (ANZJES) - “Critical Reflections on European Education” - Submission deadline: 28 February 2020.

C2UExpo 2020 | Culture, Place and Resilience - 12-14 May, 2020, Ontario, Canada

Posted December 4, 2019 - 12:36 by Susan White
May 12 2020
May 14 2020
Canada/Eastern
C2U Expo 2020
Sault Ste. Marie | Baawating
Ontario
Canada  Canada

NORDIK Institute, Algoma University, and Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig would like to welcome you to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada for the 8th C2UExpo (Community-College-University Exposition) on May 12-14. Please submit your call for proposals by January 8th. Registration will open shortly on the C2UExpo 2020 website.

REMINDER: Guest Lecture - The Future of Sustainable Neighbourhoods

Posted November 11, 2019 - 18:02 by Gail Wilson
Nov 20 2019 14:30
Nov 20 2019 14:30
Europe/London
University of Glasgow
Wolfson Medical Building, Yudowitz Lecture Theatre
Glasgow
Scotland  Scotland

in this guest lecture Josef Konvitz, Chair, PASCAL Observatory, Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow and former Head, Urban Affairs and Regulatory Policy Divisions at OECD, will explore how sustainable neighbourhoods might help cities respond to challenges of globalisation and widening inequality.

Smart City Expo World Congress, 19-21 Nov 2019, Barcelona

Posted November 1, 2019 - 21:34 by Mike Osborne
Nov 19 2019
Nov 21 2019
Europe/Madrid
Fira Barcelona Gran Via Barcelona
Av. Joan Carles I, 64, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
08908 Barcelona
Spain  Spain

Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) is the leading international event for the smart city sector, a key meeting point for experts and leaders of the world’s most innovative cities, companies, research centers, and international organizations. Over 25,000 professional visitors are expected, with over 1,000 exhibitors, along with high-level representatives from more than 700 cities and over 400 international speakers that will share their vision on how to build a more sustainable and livable urban future.

UNESCO Learning Cities Conference - 1-3 Oct, 2019, Medellin

Posted October 29, 2019 - 05:55 by Sergio Hernandez

From the 1st to the 3rd of October, the city of Medellin hosted the bi-annual International Conference on Learning Cities, with a focus on inclusion. More than 400 delegates were welcomed from approximately 150 countries to discuss the role of lifelong learning in meeting the 2030 goals for Sustainable Development. 

Two of the four background papers for the conference were chosen from PASCAL International Observatory associates, working at the University of Glasgow School of Education.

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