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Social Platform for Holistic Heritage Impact Assessment (SoPHIA) - Report on the online workshop, 28 April, 2021

Submitted by Henrik Zipsane on April 29, 2021 - 10:41

The European Museums Academy has teamed up with the Harnessing Museums, Heritage and Education Network of PASCAL on the 28th of April to organise a joint webinar on cooperation with the  SoPHIA- Social Platform for Holistic Impact Assessment.

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Planning in Scottish Cities: The Place Principle in Practice

Submitted by John Tibbitt on April 26, 2021 - 16:08

Increasingly, Government and local authorities are putting ‘place’ at the centre of their policymaking.  In Scotland, the Scottish Government along with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) has adopted the ‘Place Principle’ to underpin their policies.

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

Submitted by Henrik Zipsane on April 23, 2021 - 09:14

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.

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

Submitted by Rob Mark on April 14, 2021 - 06:34

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.

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Learning Festivals Taiwanese Style

Submitted by Marten Ma on April 13, 2021 - 15:12

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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UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning - Annual Report 2020

Submitted by David Atchoarena on April 12, 2021 - 10:45

Please find featured below and attached the 2020 Annual Report of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), also available online here.

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UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Bulletin, March/April 2021

Submitted by David Atchoarena on April 8, 2021 - 14:51

Gender equality in lifelong learning is still far from a reality for many women and girls around the world. For International Women’s Day 2021, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and its partners advocated for increased investment in educational provision to ensure that everyone is provided with equal opportunities to learn.

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Notes from the fifth meeting of the PASCAL Learning Cities Networks “Reimagining Inclusive Economic Futures” (RIEF) on 11 March 2021

Submitted by Judith James on April 7, 2021 - 10:13

Attendees: Judith James and Chris Shepherd, co-leads for the network; Mike Osborne, Director of Pascal; Rob Mark, Networks Coordinator, Pascal; Jean Preece and Annie Tubadji, Swansea, Wales UK; Kristiina Erkkilä, Espoo, Finland; Michelle Murphy, Derry and Strabane Learning City; Nishat Tasnim Maria, SHLC, Khulna University, Bangladesh; Jac Torres-Gomez, Wyndham, Australia.

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PIMA Bulletin No. 35 - March 2021

Submitted by Shirley Walters on March 30, 2021 - 16:19

This is the year of paradoxes. Everything has changed and maybe nothing has altered. The impossible is easy, the familiar impossible. Taboos become normal conduct, as the taken-for-granted slips away.

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An introduction to, and an invitation from, the SoPHIA project

Submitted by Henrik Zipsane on March 21, 2021 - 13:09

SoPHIA – Social Platform for Holistic Heritage Impact Assessment – is a project funded under the EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation scheme, led by Roma Tre University in collaboration with other six organizations in Europe.

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