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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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Small Towns Reports - the role of City Regions in the economic development of the south of Scotland

With the emergence in the 1990’s of the City Regions concept in the Scottish/UK public policy arena, those involved in economic development in the south of Scotland (the South of Scotland Alliance), began to consider the implications of the roll-out of this policy for rural areas. The emergent view was that while the City Regions dynamic was understood and relevant, the suggested  primacy in public policy terms, somewhat undermined the significance of the town and its position and influence in rural and peri-rural economies.

European Week of Regions and Cities - October 2013

The 11th European Week of Regions and Cities will take place in Brussels from 7 to 10 October 2013. This is the largest annual event devoted entirely to regional policy is being once again jointly organised by the Committee of the Regions and the European Commission's Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, in partnership with 200 regions and cities from 30 countries. The partners list is now available on line. A hundred workshops and debates will be held in Brussels whilst another 200-300 local events are being organised all over Europe.

The Talloires Network E-Newsletter - April 2013

The Talloires Network is one of the partners with whom PASCAL collaborates, and which is a co-signatory to the September 23 2010 Communique "Enhancing North-South Cooperation in Community-University Engagement".

Newsletter for European Research in Learning and Work [L&W] - April 2013

This is the latest edition of the L&W Newsletter, which will reach you via a mailing list of over 1400 experts in and beyond Europe. As always, it focuses on transnational research activities in the field of human resource development (HRD) and vocational education and training (VET), centred on major categories: conferences, networks/ centres, programmes, projects and publications. Many thanks to all who contributed information for this edition of the Newsletter!

Call for Contributions - Cities Learning Together - 11th PASCAL International Observatory Conference

A set of Conference Readings or Precedings will be prepared to support the work of this Conference. The Planning Group invites short Contributions relevant to the main themes and panel sessions. These will be distributed electronically to participants in advance of the Conference, and also made available for use at registration.

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