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Education and Training Monitor 2014

Posted January 23, 2015 - 17:42

The European Commission's Education and Training Monitor 2014, which in its Volume 1 in three sections sets out the Case for Education, Qualifications and Competences and Education Policy Levers for Building Growth. A second volume provides 28 country reports for the member states. All the material can be found at this link, but for convenience we feature Volume 1 below and attached.

New report - Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Integration: Achieving a better balance between the economic, social and environmental dimensions

Posted January 22, 2015 - 18:42

It has been mandated that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) currently under negotiation at the United Nations should achieve an appropriate balance between the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.

As a timely contribution to the post-2015 development agenda negotiations taking place at UN Headquarters in New York this week, Stakeholder Forum, in a study commissioned by the German Council for Sustainable Development, has examined integration in the proposed SDGs.

NEP: New Economics Papers - Social Norms and Social Capital - 19-01-2015

Posted January 21, 2015 - 18:15

In this issue we feature 10 current papers on the theme of social capital:

Bristol - A Learning City

Posted January 18, 2015 - 19:20

Subscribers may be interested in learning city development in the city of Bristol in the West of England. 'Bristol: A Learning City', has been developed by organisations and businesses across the City and administered by Bristol City Council. It follows a Mayor's Commission for Education and Skills, chaired by Ron Ritchie, which aimed to: