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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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Building age and culture friendly learning communities and cities for inclusion: Report on the learning forum held in Townsville, Queensland in may 2015

In May 2015, the library hosted a Learning Forum in Townsville.  About 40 government, business and community sector participants attended the forum.  The theme of the forum was social inclusion and participants reflected on the topic Building age and culture friendly learning communities and cities for inclusion.

Online Courses - PRIA International Academy

We are pleased to inform you that we have a range of courses (short and long term) for offering in an online and distant mode of learning. Please find below further information about our new courses, offered through PRIA’s International Academy.

Festschrift in honour of Heribert Hinzen published

DVV International under the editorship of Uwe Gartenschlaeger and Esther Hirsch have just published a Festschrift in honour of Heribert Hinzen, who amongst many things is one of our PASCAL Associates. Many colleagues in PASCAL have made contributions and you will find the PDF file of the publication featured below and attached.

The role of civil society in democratization processes

What do the Velvet revolution, the transitions in Baltic countries in the 1990s and the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul have in common? Prof. Donatella Della Porta is leading an ambitious project to compare the most relevant democratization processes led by social movements of the last 25 years.

Open Call for Applications: Are cities hubs for living history? - 19th ASEF Summer University in Pune, India, 9-21 August 2015

Explore the synergies between sustainable urbanisation and heritage preservation and join us for a dynamic 2-week programme of dialogue-sessions with leading experts, hands-on workshops and a hack-a-thon. Grab your chance to be part of a team of students and young professionals from 51 ASEM member countries and co-create digital and physical prototypes, business plans and social impact models in close collaboration with the local community. 

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