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This section provides news about PASCAL together with significant developments in policy and research relating to the areas of interest to PASCAL. It is based on regular scanning of policy, practice and academic literature, including web-based sources.

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Final Report of PASCAL PURE CDG, July 2013 visit

Posted November 30, 2013 - 11:23

The most recent region to participate in the PURE project has been the Darling Downs and South West Queensland region in Australia. It is a large and very diverse region which has very significant agricultural and mineral resources within its boundaries.

International Conference on Learning Cities / Conférence internationale sur les villes apprenantes / Conferencia Internacional sobre Ciudades del Aprendizaje

Posted November 29, 2013 - 11:32

Following the discussions in the Drafting Committee and their adoption in outline form at the final plenary session, we have finalised the Beijing Declaration on Building Learning Cities, Key Features of Learning Cities: Introductory Note and the Key Features of Learning Cities (attached). Please disseminate these documents in your constituencies/networks. We hope that these documents will help you to develop strategies that promote the building of learning cities.

11th PASCAL Conference - Image Gallery

Posted November 21, 2013 - 10:58

The 11th PASCAL Conference has just finished, here is a selection of images from the event in Hong Kong:

Social capital: New calls for papers, courses, job openings and publications

Posted November 19, 2013 - 09:07

This is to let you know about the following interesting news, new courses and job openings on the theme of social capital:

Balancing Scientific and Community Interests in Community-Based Participatory Research

Posted November 18, 2013 - 15:15

This essay from the National Institutes of Health (NIU) explores conflicts that arise between scientific and community interests during community-based participatory research. The authors suggest that potential conflicts can be managed through written agreements between investigators and community partners at the beginning of a study, sometimes with the help of a third party. In certain situations, it may even be useful to publish a dissenting opinion when researchers and community partners cannot agree on an interpretation of findings.

 

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