The Knowledge Cities Summit, held in Melbourne last week, was an important opportunity for academics, government and business to talk with each other about the emerging features of economic and social development, and the ways in which different kinds of knowledge contribute. As the ‘new club of Paris’ would say, it is the challenge of developing with the unlimited resources which knowledge offers.

PASCAL Observatory is a member of a the Consortium set up and led by our partners Research voor Beleid in the Netherlands that is the sole selected party for the Framework Service Contract LOT2 of the European Parliament (Tender No IP/B/CULT/FWC/2010-001). The framework concerns research and consultancy services for implementation of European policies on education. It concerns all educational sectors except higher education. The duration of the contract is one year, with the possibility of extension of a further 4 years.