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PASCAL Learning Cities Networks (LCN) welcomes Villa Maria, Argentina

PASCAL Observatory is pleased to announce that the Latin American City of Villa Maria (Argentina) has become a member of the Learning Cities Networks (LCN) initiative.

Sherwan Ameen, PASCAL Learning Cities Networks Contributor imprisoned without trial in Iraq

Sherwan's predicament is part of what has been described by Amnesty International as human rights abuse in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. According to investigations by Amnesty International, ‘In mid-August 2020, widespread protests erupted in the KR-I, mainly in Sulaimaniyah, Duhok and Erbil, demanding an end to corruption, better public services, and the payment of overdue salaries of government employees'.

Learning Cities as Inclusive Learning Ecosystems

The UNESCO Futures of Education Commission in March 2021 issued a Progress Update on this initiative. A point of particular interest from the perspective of learning cities and communities was a comment on “The organisation and governance of education: building inclusive educational ecosystems” (UNESCO, 2021:13).

Workshop on Cultural Heritage and Impact Assessment: Report for the second online workshop, 19 May, 2021

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This joint meeting was the second online workshop and third cross-organisation meeting between PASCAL International Observatory (Learning City Network on Cultural Heritage Education), the European Museums Academy (EMA), and SoPHIA – a project aiming to further promote collective reflection with the cultural and political sectors in Europe on the impact and quality of interventions in the European historical environment and cultural heritage at an urban level to promote a holistic impact assessment model, indicators, and standards.

Transformation Through Empathy Partnerships Webinar | A report by Jac Torres-Gomez, Wyndham City Council, Australia and Yvonne Lane Learning Limerick, Ireland

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On Thursday 13 May 2021, Learning Limerick and Wyndham Learning City partnered to co-lead a webinar entitled: Transformation Through Empathy Partnerships. This was an initiative led through the PASCAL EcCoWell group, building on the paper developed by Peter Kearns in 2020.

Peter Kearns AM Australia Award

This week PASCAL Board member was invested by the Governor of Queensland, His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, with the Member of the Order (Australia) honour.  PASCAL International Observatory's Professor Mike Osborne recognised Peter's contribution and nominated him (supported by PASCAL's Josef Konvitz as a referee) for this advanced award.

Wyndham City Council - Learning Community Update

The team at Wyndham City Council, a member of PASCAL's Learning Cities Network, are excited to share our second annual Learning Community Update (featured below and attached), endorsed at this week’s Ordinary Council Meeting.

PASCAL joins with European Museum Academy to debate issues affecting impact of cultural heritage

The Social Platform for Holistic Heritage Impact Assessment (SoPHIA project) has hosted a virtual stakeholders conference 21-22 April to debate issues around measuring heritage and its impact in Europe. SoPHIA is an EU research and innovation Horizon 2020 funded project of which PASCAL  is a  member.

CeNS, Philippines, joins the PASCAL Learning Cities Networks (LCN) initiative

We are delighted to welcome the Centre for Neighbourhood Studies (CeNS) in the Philippines to PASCAL’s Learning Cities Networks. Inspired by its ‘mother’ Centre, the GCRF-funded, Centre Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC),

CeNS is an independent non-government, non-profit research and technology organisation that promotes, develops, and enhances research and development, capacity, and partnership-building in environmental and neighbourhood planning and other related fields of endeavour to achieve a smarter and sustainable neighbourhood.

Learning Festivals Taiwanese Style

Festivals are becoming an established way in which people in cities and local communities can engage in and celebrate new ways of learning.  They are said to have a positive effect on an individual’s well-being and having wider benefits for communities and society. 

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