UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 2: May to August 2017

We are pleased to share the second issue of our newsletter for 2017.

Building a learning city is a collective and continuous journey. Amid various challenges, local governments are in the frontline of implementing education and lifelong learning, as well as achieving sustainable development for their communities. To reinforce our quest for local solutions, we are gathering with mayors, policy-makers and scholars at the forthcoming third International Conference on Learning Cities in Cork, Ireland, where we will also launch our latest publication Unlocking the Potential of Urban Communities. Volume II. Case Studies of Sixteen Learning Cities and confer the UNESCO Learning City Award 2017 on 16 cities.
 
The conference will involve speakers from all over the world, including important figures such as the President of the General Conference of UNESCO. Together with the participants, they will provide valuable insights and trigger important discussions on how lifelong learning can support implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals at local level. Unfortunately, registration has now closed, but we warmly encourage you to join the conversation on social media like Twitter using #learningcities2017 and to follow our conference live stream, through the website www.learningcities2017.org.
 
It is not only Cork that is in action, we are pleased to see many cities active in regional communication about the possibilities for transformation. The Villa María Declaration, consolidated during the event ‘Learning to Live Sustainably in Cities’, sheds light on regional approaches for learning cities in Latin America and the Caribbean, and similar events will be held in the Asia-Pacific region: Suwon will host a major international event on adult learning and education and Gwangmyeong is organizing a regional workshop on learning cities in October 2017.
 
Enjoy reading more about these and other developments in this newsletter.

Lea en español / Lire en français Dear Partners, Enclosed, please find the latest newsletter from the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities. Building a learning city is a collective and continuous journey. Amid various challenges, local governments are in the frontline of implementing education and lifelong learning, as well as achieving sustainable development for their communities. To reinforce our quest for local solutions, we are gathering with mayors, policy-makers and scholars at the forthcoming third International Conference on Learning Cities in Cork, Ireland, where we will also launch our latest publication Unlocking the Potential of Urban Communities. Volume II. Case Studies of Sixteen Learning Cities and confer the UNESCO Learning City Award 2017 on 16 cities.   The conference will involve speakers from all over the world, including important figures such as the President of the General Conference of UNESCO. Together with the participants, they will provide valuable insights and trigger important discussions on how lifelong learning can support implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals at local level. Unfortunately, registration has now closed, but we warmly encourage you to join the conversation on social media like Twitter using #learningcities2017 and to follow our conference live stream, through the website www.learningcities2017.org.   It is not only Cork that is in action, we are pleased to see many cities active in regional communication about the possibilities for transformation. The Villa María Declaration, consolidated during the event ‘Learning to Live Sustainably in Cities’, sheds light on regional approaches for learning cities in Latin America and the Caribbean, and similar events will be held in the Asia-Pacific region: Suwon will host a major international event on adult learning and education and Gwangmyeong is organizing a regional workshop on learning cities in October 2017.   Enjoy reading more about these and other developments in this newsletter.   UNESCO GNLC Coordination Team   Only 4 days left! President of the General Conference, UNESCO Mr Stanley Mutumba Simataa Learn more about the speakers of the Conference here. From the GNLC Team Just Published: Unlocking the Potential of Urban Communities. Volume II. Case Studies of Sixteen Learning Cities: Explore the unique approaches of 16 UNESCO 2017 Learning City Awardees to promoting education and lifelong learning in their communities. The official launch and presentation of the publication will take place at the forthcoming third International Conference on Learning Cities in Cork. Read more Learning to live sustainably in cities in Latin America and the Caribbean: Representatives of 40 cities from 20 countries took part in a UNESCO regional meeting on learning cities and education for sustainable development in Latin American and the Caribbean. The event, ‘Learning to Live Sustainably in Cities’, took place from 26 to 28 April in Villa María, one of the recipients of the 2017 UNESCO Learning City Award. The city is home to 77,198 people and is located in the region of Cordoba in Argentina. Read more Learning City Event: Smart City Expo LATAM Congress in La Puebla: The municipality of La Puebla, Mexico, held a ‘Smart City Expo LATAM Congress’ on 27 June, offering a great opportunity to exchange knowledge for developing sustainable and smart cities in Mexico in particular and Latin America. Read more Selected Publications Lifelong Learning in transformation: Promising Practices in Southeast Asia Read more Learning Cities in Action Gwangmyeong to host Asia-Pacific regional workshop on Learning for a sustainable future from 30–31 October 2017 Read more One of our 2017 Learning City Award recipients, Suwon, in the Republic of Korea, will host the Mid-Term Review of the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education from 25–27 October 2017. The theme of the conference is 'the Power of Adult Learning: Vision 2030'. Read More Our members How to become a member? Copyright © 2017 UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), All rights reserved.