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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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Josef Konvitz, Chair of PASCAL International Observatory, has been appointed to the Scientific Committee of the WHO European Healthy Cities Network

Posted March 9, 2021 - 14:48

Josef Konvitz, Chair of PASCAL International Observatory, has been appointed to the Scientific Committee of the WHO European Healthy Cities Network. During the next four years, he will be responsible for several cities and a national network in the programme.

How to Nurture Flourishing Cultural Hubs | Placemaking Weekly

Posted March 8, 2021 - 14:56

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 124, Issue 1

Posted March 7, 2021 - 14:58

In this issue we feature 10 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

UNESCO UIL Publication - Embracing a culture of lifelong learning

Posted March 5, 2021 - 15:08

Drawing on the input of 12 distinguished experts from different countries and disciplines, a report just published by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), entitled Embracing a culture of lifelong learning: Contribution to the Futures of Education initiative underlines that creating a global culture of lifelong learning will be key to addressing the challenges humanity is currently facing; ranging from the climate crisis to technological and demographic change, not to mention those posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the inequalities it has exacerbated.

Meeting Notes | Connecting Urban and Rural Learning Initiatives

Posted March 4, 2021 - 15:48

This was the inaugural meeting of the network. The first matter discussed was the aim of the network and suggested topics (see http://lcn.pascalobservatory.org/networks/urban-rural).

There was a general discussion about the suggested topics. The two topics that were of most interest to follow up on were:

  1. Regional Economic Development: Strategies that focus on promoting employment, entrepreneurship, and small business start-ups and development, and
  2. Measures to combat changing demographics due to COVID-19 migration.

 

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