Blogs by Theme - Learning Regions

The Learning City: Dead as a Dodo?

Posted August 1, 2011 - 20:48 by Martin Yarnit

Martin Yarnit

A common problem with books based on academic conferences is that the contributors, in their enthusiasm for their own specialist theme, sometimes seem indifferent to the big issues. Longworth and Osborne, tireless toilers for the concept of the learning city and region, pinpoint a vital truth that they, almost alone amongst the contributors to Perspectives on Learning Cities and Regions[1] are preoccupied with:

The R3L+ project: network and partnership quality in learning cities and regions.

Posted July 26, 2011 - 16:00 by Muir Houston

The purpose of this blog is to disseminate information on the R3L+ project. R3L+ is funded under the multilateral stream of the Grundtvig arm of the EU Lifelong Learning Programme.

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"Sviluppo, Innovazione e Conoscenza. Strumenti per un’economia mediterranea", a book edited by Giuseppe Pace

Posted May 4, 2011 - 08:51 by Giuseppe Pace

In recent years, Regional Sciences have helped us to understand the great transformations that involve at least three decades the world economic system and their effects on land and society. They also formed an important framework of analysis for other disciplines such as economic development, the economics of innovation and the knowledge economy.

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The X-ploit Network of Learning Cities

Posted January 3, 2011 - 15:01 by Mike Osborne

X-PLOIT is a European Project on Training and Lifelong Learning activities promoted by the European Commission within the Lifelong Learning Program and co-ordinated by the Aarhus Social and Health Care College, Denmark.

The main objective of the project is to create a Network of Learning Cities that, by sharing their experiences, tools and knowledge, will be able to promote a more effective and cohesive planning of lifelong learning initiatives and programs at a local level, to better meet the needs of citizens and to more efficiently allocate resources.

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Learning Cities for Migrants Inclusion

Posted January 3, 2011 - 14:55 by Mike Osborne

Learning Cities for Migrants Inclusion is a new project co-ordinated by Centro Italiano Opere Femminili Salesiane in Rome - see http://lecim.ciofs-fp.org/default.asp?p=homeLECIM for more details.