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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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Learning Cities and Communities nurturing Wellbeing and Democracy - joint Finnish and Japanese research

Posted December 5, 2024 - 14:43

Learning Cities and Communities nurturing Wellbeing and Democracy is the title of our joint research that I have been undertaking with Professor Yukiko Sawano from the Sacred Heart University in Tokyo. We are both members of the ASEM Lifelong Learning Hub, Research Network 6 for Learning Cities and Communities, that promotes research activities on the topic between Asia and Europe.

Ten cities receive UNESCO Award for their outstanding achievements in lifelong learning

Posted December 3, 2024 - 12:35

We are very pleased to report news concerning the ten cities who received the UNESCO Learning City Award 2024 at the opening of the Sixth International Conference on Learning Cities in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 2 December 2024.

CBE Staff Member Receives Honourary Fellowship

Posted November 27, 2024 - 17:08

Congratulations to Prof Marius Venter on receiving an Honourary Fellowship and being a CBE globalisation ambassador questing the United Nations SDGs.

Knowledge Democracy and Higher Education: An Exciting New Course for Higher Education Leaders - details

Posted November 26, 2024 - 15:25

Please find the details of course modules and duration for the Knowledge Democracy and Higher Education programme, an exciting new course for Higher Education Leaders, led by the UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education based at the University of Victoria (UVic) and the Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) in Delhi. The PASCAL Observatory is pleased to support this programme.

UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities Collection on Lifelong Learning for Climate-Action

Posted November 21, 2024 - 09:43

The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities Collection on Lifelong Learning for Climate-Action has just been launched, and shows how UNESCO learning cities from around the globe use the transformative power of lifelong learning to combat the climate crisis.

 

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