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Placemaking Monthly | Five Inspiring Public Spaces

This newsletter from the Project for Public Spaces connects people who share a passion for public spaces to ideas and issues, news, quotes, places, and events from the placemaking movement.

NEP: New Economics Papers - Social Norms and Social Capital - Digest, Vol 100, Issue 1

In this issue we feature 9 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

Benchmarking regional engagement in Taiwan

In November 2018, Vice President Dr. Roland Tsai and Chief Officer of International and Cross-Strait Affairs Dr. Hsiao-Ling Huang, both of Yuanpei University of Medical Technology (YUMT), met with President Eugenia Chang of Datong Community College of Taipei City to initiate our assessment of practice of regional and community engagement.

New Service by UIL: The Lifelong Learning Alert

What is happening around lifelong learning these days? How are countries making lifelong learning a reality? What are the latest developments in policy and practice? The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning has launched the  UIL Lifelong Learning Alert.

Truly Civic: Strengthening the Connection between Universities and their Places

The final report of the UPP foundation’s consideration of the civic role of universities has just been published. Entitled “Truly Civic: Strengthening the connection between universities and their places’ it is featured below and attached.

 

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