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Conference in India in January 2025 co-organised by ASEM Lifelong Learning Hub Regional Centre for South Asia

Call for Papers: Conference in India in January 2025 co-organised by ASEM Lifelong Learning Hub Regional Centre for South Asia

Release of a Declaration on Lifelong Learning for South Asian Stakeholders

Learning Festival Webinar - invitation

Learning Festival Webinar - invitation

This webinar aims to facilitate learning and the exchange of experiences among learning cities

UNESCO learning cities webinar: ‘How climate assemblies can support greening communities’

UNESCO learning cities webinar: ‘How climate assemblies can support greening communities’

Part of the webinar series: ‘Building green, inclusive and climate-resilient urban communities – the learning cities approach’

How I made the most of my visit to Tampere University | PASCAL Americas Director

How I made the most of my visit to Tampere University | PASCAL Americas Director

I recently had a productive visit to Tampere University in Finland, sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the Finland Fulbright Foundation

PASCAL Asia-Pacific center launched

PASCAL Asia-Pacific Center launched

This is the fifth PASCAL regional center established worldwide.

Gendered Journeys international and interdisciplinary project team met in June 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda

Gendered Journeys international and interdisciplinary project team met in June 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda

The Gendered Journeys project is GCRF-funded to explore gendered influences on the progress of students through higher education and into skilled employment in STEM fields

Delegation with the President of the University of Duhok and staff

University of Glasgow delegation visits University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Delegation with the President of the University of Duhok and staff

Report on the first Apprendi Festival - Verona, June 10, 2023

Report on the first Apprendi Festival - Verona, June 10, 2023

The one-day festival had the experimental goal of engaging the local community

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PASCAL International Exchanges (PIE) Events in 2013

2013 will be a big year for international and local development of directions for learning city. These events include the launch of the UNESCO Global Learning City Network in Beijing in November or December 2013, and the 11th PASCAL International Observatory conference Cities Learning Together in Hong Kong on 18-20 November, focussed on the following theme:

Local Communities in the Sustainable and Healthy Learning City


Living and Learning in EcCoWell Cities - Discussion Paper

These notes and questions have been prepared to promote discussion of the ideas set out in the clarifying paper Living and Learning in EcCoWell Cities. This paper has been prepared to provide a possible framework for further exchanges between cities participating in the PASCAL International Exchanges (PIE) that go in the direction of broader more holistic and integrated strategies.[1]


Building Inclusive and Sustainable Learning Cities

PASCAL International Exchanges - A Review

Cities across the world exist in an environment of escalating change and growing complexity.  At times governments seem powerless to respond adequately to the myriad of challenges they face.  This has been termed by Anthony Giddens a Runaway World[1].  Socio-economic shifts, in some cases with a weakening of traditional social bonds in a more individualistic society, have accompanied mounting inequality and exclusion of disadvantage groups.


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