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This section provides news about PASCAL together with significant developments in policy and research relating to the areas of interest to PASCAL. It is based on regular scanning of policy, practice and academic literature, including web-based sources.

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UN Habitat Synthesis Report for SDG 11

As part of the recent United Nations High Level Political Forum on sustainable cities, UN Habitat produced a synthesis report on SDG 11 ‘sustainable cities and communities’.  The report provides a good overview of progress made so far.

#DATAFORCITIES - Celebrating Taipei

#DATAFORCITIES  is a bi-weekly publication of the World Council of City Data (WCCD) that highlights a data point from each of the WCCD Cities – and, more importantly, shows how each city is harnessing standardized data to build the sustainable, prosperous, smart, resilient and inclusive cities of tomorrow.

Summary of a joint seminar organised by the European Museum Academy (EMA) and PASCAL in Aarhus, Denmark, September 2018

As part of European Museum Academy Conference and award ceremony at the wonderful open-air museum Den Gamle By (The Old Town) in Aarhus, the Academy and PASCAL Observatory, l arranged a joint seminar for museum professionals and researchers.

Introducing the new PRIA International Academy (PIA) page!

We are pleased to announce the launch of our brand new PRIA International Academy (PIA) microsite. The microsite now provides useful and easily accessible information about PIA programs i.e. Courses, Knowledge for Change (K4C),  Internships and recent Collaborative Research which PIA has undertaken with various institutions involved with different aspects of sustainable development. It also highlights PIA’s role as the UNESCO Co-Chair along with University of Victoria, to develop global standards of curriculum and pedagogy for training next generation of researchers in Community Based Research (CBR).

PASCAL - EMA Partnerships get off to a fitting start focusing on Cultural Learning & Literacies in Cities

Members of PASCAL recently participated in the first ever jointly badged event of European Museums Academy (EMA) - PASCAL Partnership. The event was the 2018 conference & Heritage in Motion (HiM) Ceremonies of the European Museums Academy.

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