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Promotion of Lifelong Learning in Japanese Municipalities

Japan amended its Basic Act on Education in 2006 to integrate the concept of lifelong learning which they defined as: Society shall be made to allow all citizens to continue to learn throughout their lives, on all occasions and in all places, and apply the outcomes of lifelong learning appropriately to refine themselves and lead a fulfilling life.[1]

A New Type of Learning Community for the American High School: The DCG Report

The main focus of the DCG is to promote student creativity in connection with public service, lifelong learning, and entrepreneurialism ( the development of innovative products and services).

The DeWitt Creativity Group (DCG) was founded in February of 2008 by two DeWitt High School teachers: Jason LaFay and Jeff Croley.  The formation of the group was inspired by the flourishing creative culture at DHS; thanks in large part to the continuous efforts of students, teachers, parents, and other district personnel. 

The Sustainable and Just City - RIO+20 in session

The Sustainable and Just City  is one of many add-on events concerned with cities and sustainability at the current RIO + 20 Conference. The abstract for the event indicates that the following speakers were expected to be on the panel:

Iida, Nagano Stimulus Paper

Quiet Dynamism of Local Communities -­ Restructuring of Grassroots Municipalities and Lifelong Learning in Japan...

Gaborone Stimulus Paper

Gaborone shares the challenges resulting from rapid urban growth of the other African cities in PIE, with Gaborone one of the fastest growing cities in the world. A point of particular interest in the Gaborone paper is the action taken by the University of Botswana in giving effect to its community engagement objectives...

Networks synergetic with Learning Cities

I am continuously finding networks with synergies to the work we are doing in Learning Cities. The following two are of interest:

Liveable cities - a Singapore based network.

Fundacion Metropoli, Spanish foundation focussing on city networks.

These came from a paper by John Matthews about cities as leaders of green transformation.

British Columbia, Canada, Social Innovation Council releases final report

The Government of British Columbia created a BC Social Innovation Council headed up by a senior community leader, a senior government member and a senior business person to look at how social innovation and social enterprise could be mobilized in support of the persistence of challenges in our communities.

Reflections on Untraditional Creative Partnerships

In today’s overly pragmatic neoliberal climate of technological and social rationalisation, worker ‘flexibility’ and employability competencies, and market-oriented competitiveness, the stories Zipsane shares in his article entitled Untraditional Creative Partnerships – Seven Wonders of Arts and Culture in Education gives one hope.

Beijing Stimulus Paper

Dr Yuan shows how learning city strategies can be applied successfully in a city as large as Beijing. He indicates that there is much in this Beijing stimilus paper that merits close study with a number of lessons that he believes are of value to learning city initiatives around the world.

George Osborne from Hume at 9th Lifelong Learning Festival in Cork

I have enjoyed an extraordinary time in Cork visiting a range of activities from their Lifelong Learning Festival (Féile Buan Foghlama) as well as guiding a discussion with council staff regarding EcCoWell.

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