Welcome to the first 2015 Newsletter of the Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC). We have started into a year in which we hope to see numerous fruitful events and milestones in enhancing lifelong learning in the world’s communities. 

Many thanks to all who contributed information for this edition of the L&W Newsletter! Particularly worth noting are six calls for papers including updates relating to: the "bac pro" Conference in Lille, RWL9 in Singapore (see Conferences), the HRD conference in Cork, the INAP conference in Ballarat, the ReNAdET conference in Cyprus (see Networks) and the HRDI Special Issue on Good Leadership (see Publications).