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Debating the 2014 Legacy: What will it mean for Glasgow?

What will Glasgow’s 2014 legacy be? While the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games are first and foremost a festival of sport and a showcase of the city and nation, the Games are underpinned by expectations that they deliver various long-term legacy outcomes.

Brittany/Cornwall: What relations?

The Centre de Recherche Bretonne et Celtique (CRBC’s) first Rencontres Bretagne-Monde Anglophone in 2012 marked the beginning of a series of biennial conferences that will continue until 2020.

UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education – “Preparing learners for the challenges of the 21st Century”, 2-4 December 2013

The UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education – “Preparing learners for the challenges of the 21st Century”,  was held form 2-4 December 2013 in Bangkok. As announced during the concluding session, most of the presentations (including both the plenary and the concurrent sessions) and a list of participants have been just uploaded to Dropbox.  

So for those of you who were not there Click here to view UNESCO Forum on GCE 2013 at Dropbox

Successful Town Centres

Please find featured below attached a recent piece of work for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which argues for a repositioning of the strategic focus of town and city centres more in line with their DNA or 'personality'. The report also offers the first ever National Framework for Town Centre Performance in the UK with a set of key performance indicators that favour a 'DIY' approach from communities empowering them to gather the data for themselves without any previous knowledge of market research.

Community is the Answer - Celebrating our Common Wealth - Glasgow 9-11 June 2014

This is an early announcement a major event being held next year in Glasgow. The event is a collaboration organised by the International Association for Community Development (IACD), the University of Glasgow and the Community Learning and Development (CLD) Standards Council for Scotland.

This major event will explore some of the most significant local and global questions we face today in the context of the answer: community.

 

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