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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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Australian Minister refutes pessimistic regional investment report - Crean vs Grattan Institute

Posted June 1, 2011 - 17:44

Minister for Regional Australia, Simon Crean, said that a report released by the Grattan Institute talks down the benefits of regional investment and does not recognise challenges and circumstances facing people in the regions.

See Mr Crean's statements on the Australian government website here.

The Grattan Institute report appears below:

Regional Development and Higher Education - the Next Decade

Posted May 31, 2011 - 13:46

What have universities and other institutions of higher education (HEIs) contributed to the development of regions, in Europe and worldwide, in recent times? What may we expect of the HEIs, and about the development of regions, during the current decade? This follows the global financial crisis – the GFC - in a context of continuing ecological stress and continuing environmental degradation. What part do leading intergovernmental organisations play in all of this – and how about relations between Europe and other parts of a rapidly changing world?

Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication

Posted May 26, 2011 - 07:50

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has welcomed a new Green Economy Report by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) entitled ‘Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication’.  The ILO was closely involved in the preparation of the UNEP Green Economy Report on the prospects for a more sustainable world, drawing contributions from a wide array of technical fields and experts within the Office.  This effort was made in order to articulate the implications of setting and achieving environmental goals for the labour market – fo

Low-Carbon Economy and Sustainable Development: Social Contract for Sustainability

Posted May 26, 2011 - 02:34

On April 7, the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) submitted the new report "World in Transition - A social contract for sustainability" to the German Federal Ministers Dr. Norbert Röttgen (environment) and Dr. Annette Schavan (research).

Flagship Report 2011

German Advisory Council on Global Change

The Talloires Network E-Newsletter - May 2011

Posted May 3, 2011 - 07:49

The Talloires Network is one of the partners with whom PASCAL collaborates, and which is a co-signatory to the September 23 2010 Communique "Enhancing North-South Cooperation in Community-University Engagement".

 

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