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Why learning is central to city futures - A policy briefing from PASCAL International Observatory

Over half of the world’s population now live in cities, and cities account for by the largest share of GDP.  Cities are recognised as the drivers of national and regional economies, and ensuring the resilience of cities in the face of the current economic downturn and the pressures of globalisation is a necessity for national governments and city and regional leaders as they strive to ensure competitive advantage, secure their place on the world stage and the prosperity and well-being of their communities.

11th PASCAL Conference - Cities Learning Together - Post-conference publications

Building on the RMIT European Union (EU) Centre’s industry networks, PASCAL’s extensive work around Learning Cities and in partnership with the host, Hong Kong Institute of Education, this global conference was unique in design being a practically-oriented dialogue between European Union and older OECD approaches and those of East Asia and other non-EU regions.

Interactive sessions were held on days 1 and 3, and opportunities for field investigations in Hong Kong took place on day 2. The conference focused on present and future action, mainly within local neighbourhoods in big cities, to build green, safe, healthy communities which are economically viable and sustainable.

Featured below and attached are a set of reports on the conference:

Learning Regions in Hungary - From Theories to Realities (LeaRn) research project (2012-2015)

The four year long research project (2012-2015) is led by Prof. Tamás Kozma and consists of five research groups. Each group is described briefly in the following sections.

Aim of the research: To investigate and analyze the factors (social, economic, political and cultural) which can contribute to the formation of learning regions. To analyze and compare the Hungarian regions in the aspects as possible learning communities and learning regions. To make deeper and more complex analysis of some selected regions.

EcCoWell Glasgow 5 December - Initial report

Despite demanding weather and travel conditions in Scotland, we were delighted to have been able to successfully run the second EcCoWell conference in Glasgow on 5 December.

A full report, all presentations and some videos of the event will be published in due course. For the moment attached are presentations made by PASCAL associate, Paul Benneworth, Rob Marks and Ade Kearns. They and other colleagues, especially those who travelled some distance in adverse conditions are thanked for their great efforts.

The Talloires Network E-Newsletter - December 2013

The Talloires Network is one of the partners with whom PASCAL collaborates. The Network enjoys a high profile and is among the several national and international bodies encouraging universities worldwide to adopt a more centrally-focussed universities' 'third mission' commitment to community service in its different senses and settings.

Here is a copy of Talloires Network E-Newletter for December 2013:

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