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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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ALCN Ripples November/December Newsletter

In this newsletter, you can read about how libraries are leading the drive for learning cities in Australia; the success of the second Global Learning Festival; the contributions of our members to UNESCO's Global Network of Learning City international conference and publications, and most importantly the day to day work of ensuring citizens have access to relevant, quality lifelong learning opportunities.

NEP: New Economics Papers - Social Norms and Social Capital - Digest, Vol 133, Issue 2

In this issue we feature 9 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

The Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments’ yearly reports on SDG localization, available here!

United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), in collaboration with the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments, which gathers the 25 main networks of local and regional governments worldwide, has been producing the yearly reports ‘Towards the localization of the SDGs’ since 2017.

"BE A LEARNING CITIZEN" UNESCO Science Camp Budapest 29 November- 03 December 2021

The "V. Science Camp Budapest 2021" was held from 29 Nov- 03. Dec. 2021 with a focus on sustainability, learning communities and social innovation. The event was hosted by the prestigious adult education institute Kossuth Klub, in strategic partnership with PASCAL under the patronage of the Hungarian National Commission of UNESCO. Young innovators were challenged to create the pilot project: BE A LEARNING CITIZEN!

UNESCO Webinars - 2 and 9 December 2021

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL). On 9 December 2021, the UNESCO’s Section of Youth, Literacy and Skills Development, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, and the University of East Anglia (UK) will host a webinar on ‘Family literacy and indigenous and local learning’.

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