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PASCAL International Exchanges (PIE)

Submitted by Peter Kearns on February 18, 2015 - 08:10

The PASCAL International Exchanges (PIE) project aims to broker and support exchange, on a bilateral or multilateral basis, between local, community and city agencies and organisations in different parts of the world. Its focus is connecting those with specific missions, including neighbourhood learning centres, libraries, and cultural and heritage institutes, that make a distinctive contribution to lifelong learning and building innovative learning communities that promote the well-being and quality of life of all citizens.

Worldwide

Link: http://pie.pascalobservatory.org/index.php

Decentralisation of national policy and practice...

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PASCAL International Exchanges (PIE)

Submitted by Peter Kearns on February 18, 2015 - 08:10

Worldwide

Link: http://pie.pascalobservatory.org/index.php

Decentralisation of national policy and practice...

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Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC)

Submitted by Mike Osborne on February 13, 2015 - 15:39

The Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC) was established by the UK Economic and Social Research Council to address social, economic and environmental challenges facing cities.

The UBDC brings together interdisciplinary expertise of urban social scientists and data scientists from the University of Glasgow and six partner universities of Edinburgh, Bristol, Cambridge, Reading, Sheffield and Illinois-Chicago to seek solutions in addressing such challenges.

We support strategies for urban planning and policy-making, business innovations, behavioural interventions for sustainable and engaged urban living, and advocacy and citizen participation relating to a wide spectrum of urban sectors such as economic development, transport, housing, education, environment and other areas.

United Kingdom

Link: http://ubdc.ac.uk/

From personal experience to public discourse: Analysis and action

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UN Sustainable Development

Submitted by Bruce Wilson on February 3, 2015 - 22:56

The Division for Sustainable Development (DSD) provides leadership in promoting and coordinating implementation of the sustainable development agenda of the United Nations. The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) which concluded on 22 June 2012, is been considered one of the largest conferences in the history of the United Nations. Governments renewed their strong political commitment to sustainable development and to promote integration and coherence of policies and the implementation of actions in the social, economic and environmental areas.

Worldwide

Link: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/