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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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Museums as Agents in the New Age of Volunteering

The drive for volunteering has many roots in and impacts on societal development. It has been acknowledged as a variety of outcomes from volunteering. When the European Union by decision in 2009 made 2011 the European Year of Volunteering the objectives were set high:

NEP: New Economics Papers - Social Norms and Social Capital - Digest, Vol 134, Issue 6

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”):

Research assistant (0.5 FTE, 2 years) on resourcing international organizations - deadline 10 February

I'd like to circulate this call for applications for a research assistant position (0.5 FTE for 2 years) in my research project on the effectiveness of earmarked funding in international organizations.

Spirituality At Work – The Next Frontier of Workplace Wellbeing?

Depending on where you are in the world as you read this, the invitation to consider spirituality in the workplace may seem either foolhardy or prosaic.  Some readers may already enjoy places of prayer and meditation in their place of work while for others the topic may seem fraught with human and indeed potentially legal problems.

Spotlight on Education and Learning from Urbanet

The latest issue of the Urbanet newsletter which is a Spotlight on Education and Learning we hope will be of interest to PASCAL subscribers. Urbanet is a product of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

 

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