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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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A report on the PIMA International Seminar on Lifelong Learning, Beijing, China, 3-4 September 2018

This 2-day seminar (3-4 September 2018), was planned and carried out by the PASCAL International Membership Association (PIMA).  It was hosted and partnered by the Institute for Lifelong Learning and Sustainable Development (Beijing Academy of Educational Sciences [BAES]) and the Beijing Adult Education Association.

ALCN report on the 2018 PASCAL Conference in Suwon - 30 August to 1 September, 2018

The conference was attended by over 500 delegates including a large international delegation from many countries in Asia, North America, Europe and Australia. I accompanied a delegation from Al Wakra City in Qatar. The Qatar delegation were the only representatives from the Middle East.

Delhi Government takes steps towards ensuring the workplace safety of informal sector women workers

Greetings from Martha Farrell Foundation! Our efforts towards prevention of sexual harassment in informal sector workplaces have been gathering momentum. Recently, on September 10, 2018, we successfully concluded our second in series of state level consultative workshops at India International Centre (IIC) in New Delhi.

Obituary to Glen Postle

Toowoomba in the Darling Downs region of southern Queensland, the Australian community education and lifelong learning movement, and the global adult education and lifelong learning community, have lost a great leader and quiet achiever with the death this month of Glen Postle.

Glen made a huge and lasting contribution to our understanding of people living together across social groups, roles and especially generations, within the academic and locality-based communities, and across disciplinary and managerial boundaries and levels. His communications are peppered with wisdom drawn from many eras and cultures; yet his work evolved, was tested and applied on the ground, in the community, through conversation and joint action.

Launch of the EU Centre’s Sustainable Development Goals Network

On the 23rd July, the EU Centre was delighted to host the launch of Jean Monnet Network on the EU’s Role in the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in the Asia Pacific.

Jointly funded by a Jean Monnet Activities grant and RMIT University, the Network formalises the relationships amongst researchers, policy think tanks and Non-Government Organisations who share a primary interest in enhancing the effective contribution of the EU to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Asia Pacific.

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