Learning Cities 2030

The European Museum Academy Reports on The Museum Temperature by the end of 2020

Posted February 8, 2022 - 08:32 by Henrik Zipsane

How are museums doing in Europe? The European Museum Academy Reports on The Museum Temperature by the end of 2020. The European Museum Academy is proud to present for the third year in a row the following more subjective inside views about how museums are doing and what the museums experience as their current challenges, be it political, financial, organisational or something else.

Museums as Agents in the New Age of Volunteering

Posted February 4, 2022 - 16:46 by Henrik Zipsane

The drive for volunteering has many roots in and impacts on societal development. It has been acknowledged as a variety of outcomes from volunteering. When the European Union by decision in 2009 made 2011 the European Year of Volunteering the objectives were set high:

Spirituality At Work – The Next Frontier of Workplace Wellbeing?

Posted February 1, 2022 - 12:03 by Susannah Healy

Depending on where you are in the world as you read this, the invitation to consider spirituality in the workplace may seem either foolhardy or prosaic.  Some readers may already enjoy places of prayer and meditation in their place of work while for others the topic may seem fraught with human and indeed potentially legal problems.

PASCAL participation in the Membership Jury for the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC)

Posted January 18, 2022 - 12:49 by Susan Kelly

Following the Introductory Meeting of the Membership Jury for the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities, we are pleased to announce that PASCAL Board member and convenor of PASCAL’s, Connecting Urban and Rural Learning Initiatives, Learning City Network, Dr Leone Wheeler has been elected as chairperson of the jury.

Finnish Professor of the Year 2022 - PASCAL Associate, Professor Jari Stenvall

Posted January 18, 2022 - 09:50 by Ilpo Laitinen

We are delighted to report that The Finnish Union of University Professors has chosen our friend and colleague professor Jari Stenvall, who is a professor of administrative science at Tampere University and a PASCAL Associate, as the Professor of the Year 2022. The nomination was announced at the Union’s Communicatio Academica event on Thursday, January 13, 2022, in Turku. The award amount of the Professor of the Year is €20,000. 

Save the Date! Urban-Rural Linkage Webinar in preparation of the 9th Session of the Africities Summit on 21st January 3-4:45pm EAT

Posted January 18, 2022 - 08:14 by Leone Wheeler
Jan 21 2022 15:00
Jan 21 2022 16:45
Africa/Nairobi
*** ONLINE WEBINAR ***
Nairobi
Kenya  Kenya

UN-Habitat and UCLGA are undertaking a series of dialogue on the issue of URL towards Africities summit, that will bring together more than 5000 representatives of local governments in Kisumu in May 2022. The overall purpose of the dialogue is to review policies and institutional frameworks supporting the integration of rural and urban continuum and its impact to establishing the foundation for local economic development and its’ ability to connect markets and systems of cities.

Cities & Education 2030_IIEP latest publications

Posted December 1, 2021 - 16:11 by Candy Lugaz

I am glad to share with you IIEP’s Policy brief on the research conducted by IIEP and partners on cities in France, as well as the survey implemented by IIEP, UIL and the Global Network of Learning cities.

Virtual Conversation - Making A Difference: Adapting Impact Measurement - 23 November 2021; 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm (Indian Time)

Posted November 23, 2021 - 13:27 by Rajesh Tandon
Nov 29 2021 16:00
Nov 29 2021 18:00
Asia/Calcutta
*** ONLINE SAMVAD ***
PRIA International Academy (PIA)
New Delhi
India  India

Impact means different things to different people. Donors, governments, non-profits, and communities often have different views on how to define the impact of a development intervention. A development intervention has different impacts on collaborating stakeholders, even if those are not tracked or measured. Most efforts at measuring impacts tend to ‘blur’ it with project evaluation. There is an emerging concurrence that the impact measurement is different from the evaluation.

17th International Conference on Knowledge Management 2022 “Knowledge, Uncertainty and Risks: From individual to global scale”

Posted November 12, 2021 - 13:34 by Waltraut Ritter
Mar 10 2021
Mar 11 2021
Europe/Berlin
University of Applied Sciences
Potsdam
Germany  Germany

The International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM) will be hosting the 17th International Conference on Knowledge Management 2022 “Knowledge, Uncertainty and Risks: From individual to global scale” on March 10-11, 2022 at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, Germany.

Potsdam is a science city, a UNESCO Creative City as well as a recently nominated Smart City under the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. How can we bring these concepts together for the transformation towards a liveable future?

Webinar: Healthy ageing in the UK and EU

Posted November 7, 2021 - 16:20 by Denise Reghenza...
Nov 22 2021 13:00
Nov 22 2021 14:30
Europe/London
*** ONLINE WEBINAR ***
International Longevity Centre UK
Vintage House
United Kingdom  United Kingdom

Here is a virtual discussion by leading speakers from the UK and Europe on Monday 22 November (1-2.30pm GMT).  Crucial to supporting ageing populations through city to national policy and practice, this webinar brings forward the most recent studies that can influence forward planning.

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