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CeNS, Philippines, joins the PASCAL Learning Cities Networks (LCN) initiative

We are delighted to welcome the Centre for Neighbourhood Studies (CeNS) in the Philippines to PASCAL’s Learning Cities Networks. Inspired by its ‘mother’ Centre, the GCRF-funded, Centre Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC),

CeNS is an independent non-government, non-profit research and technology organisation that promotes, develops, and enhances research and development, capacity, and partnership-building in environmental and neighbourhood planning and other related fields of endeavour to achieve a smarter and sustainable neighbourhood.

Learning Festivals Taiwanese Style

Festivals are becoming an established way in which people in cities and local communities can engage in and celebrate new ways of learning.  They are said to have a positive effect on an individual’s well-being and having wider benefits for communities and society. 

Cultivating Creative and Innovative Trailblazers

The University of Johannesburg supports World Creativity and Innovation Week/Day (15 - 21 April 2021 ) with a series of webinars under the theme: Cultivating Creative and Innovative Trailblazers.

 

UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Bulletin, March/April 2021

Gender equality in lifelong learning is still far from a reality for many women and girls around the world. For International Women’s Day 2021, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and its partners advocated for increased investment in educational provision to ensure that everyone is provided with equal opportunities to learn.

NEP: New Economics Papers - Social Norms and Social Capital - Digest, Vol 125, Issue 1

In this issue we feature 12 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

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