Learning Cities 2030

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Join the 4th OECD Roundtable on Cities and Regions for the SDGs | 29-30 June 2021

Submitted by Josef Konvitz on June 8, 2021 - 03:41
Jun 29 2021
Jun 30 2021
Europe/Paris
*** VIRTUAL EVENT ***
OECD
Paris
France  France

The pandemic has set back parts of the progress made on the 2030 Agenda but also illustrated how powerful political decisions can be taken in exceptional circumstances. The SDGs offer a clear and stable framework to guide local and regional governments in shaping a transformative recovery from COVID-19.

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Building a Culture of Lifelong Learning as a Creative Learning Process

Submitted by Peter Kearns on May 11, 2021 - 14:36

Learning cities are challenged by a turbulent environment in which a number of mega changes have interacted to produce an uncertain future. While the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is centre stage, the looming impacts of ageing populations and the transition to a longevity society, and the impact on jobs of the technologies of the fourth industrial revolution, including artificial intelligence, have combined to challenge the foundations of our current society.

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Meeting Notes | Connecting Urban and Rural Learning Initiatives - 4 May, 2021

Submitted by Leone Wheeler on May 11, 2021 - 10:20

The third meeting of the Urban and Rural Learning Initiatives featured a presentation from Professor Idowu Biao, Professor of Lifelong Learning, Université d’Abomey Calavi, Benin, about Rural-Urban Migration and its Implication for Learning in Cities: the Case Study of Benin.

Attendees:

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Notes from the sixth meeting of the PASCAL Learning Cities Networks “Reimagining Inclusive Economic Futures” (RIEF) on 13 April, 2021

Submitted by Judith James on May 1, 2021 - 11:07

Attendees: Judith James and Chris Shepherd, co-leads for the network; Rob Mark, Networks Coordinator, Pascal; Annie Tubadji, Swansea, Wales UK; Kristiina Erkkilä, Espoo, Finland; Michelle Murphy, Derry and Strabane Learning City; Jac Torres-Gomez, Wyndham, Australia; Shilpi Roy, Khulna University, Bangladesh; Palmira Jucevicienne, Kaunas, Lithuania.

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PASCAL EcCoWell Network Webinar Invitation | Transformation through Empathy Partnerships - Empathy, Imagination and Wellbeing - 13 May, 2021

Submitted by Rob Mark on April 27, 2021 - 08:08
May 13 2021 18:30
Australia/Melbourne
*** ONLINE WEBINAR ***
RMIT
Melbourne
Australia  Australia

Wyndham and Limerick Learning Cities have come together with the PASCAL Learning Cities Networks to run an EcCoWell Webinar: Transformation through Empathy Partnerships - Empathy, Imagination and Wellbeing on Thursday 13th May at 6:30pm Melbourne time /9:30 am Dublin/London time.

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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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How can Hong Kong be a learning society?

Submitted by Josef Konvitz on April 22, 2021 - 09:33
May 6 2021 12:00
Asia/Hong Kong
*** ONLINE WEBINAR ***
Hong Kong

Education powers a better world. Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Education is the key to solving real challenges in Hong Kong such as the covid-19 outbreak, economic recession, unemployment in hard-hit industries, online education, climate change, poverty, and gender inequality.  

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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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Virtual lecture-discussion - “Innovative tools for measurement of regional economic development progression"

Submitted by Marius Venter on April 12, 2021 - 09:06
Apr 13 2021 11:30
Apr 13 2021 13:30
Europe/Vilnius
*** VIRTUAL LECTURE-DISCUSSION ***
Šiauliai Academy of Vilnius University
Lithuania  Lithuania

PASCAL Africa Associates, Prof. Daniel, and his wife Assoc. Prof. Natanya Meyer will be part of a webinar doing a presentation on: “Innovative tools for measurement of regional economic development progression”.

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