You are invited to participate in a day of presentations and dialogue exploring: Cultural Policies and Activities for Sustainable Learning Cities, Communities, and Regions. Hosted by Glasgow Life, the workshop will discuss the impact and follow up on cultural aspects of the Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow in 2014 and access and participation policies to progress the democratisation of culture in Glasgow’s development.

The day will consist of two sessions, morning and afternoon, featuring a combination of presentations and provocations which delegates will respond to through round table discussions. Presentations on the day will include:

• Mike Osborne, Head of Social Justice, Place and Lifelong Education, Research and Teaching Group, Glasgow University; and Director of PASCAL Observatory, will present an overview of the Learning Cities Networks, feedback from the Ostersund workshop held in February, looking ahead to the PASCAL conference being held in Glasgow in 2016.
• Mark O’Neill, Director of Policy and Research, Glasgow Life, will give an overview of the strategy and evaluation outcomes for the Commonwealth Games Cultural Programme.
• Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games’ Host City Volunteer programme – this presentation will review the learning from the Commonwealth Games experience.How do we utilize this model without falling into the trap of perceiving this resource as a ‘bank’ of people; how do we balance the tension of requiring dedicated volunteer support staff with the need to embed this in everyone’s practice?
• A joint presentation on Glasgow Libraries’ new vision process and Glasgow Communities Cultural Hubs pilot – exploring what this means for local planning and community input; how do we manage long term sustainability without defaulting to traditional decision making by ‘authorities’?
• David Gaimster, Director of the Hunterian, Glasgow University, will speak about the Hunterian’s academic and public engagement offer at the new Kelvin Hall redevelopment.

Each speaker will offer a question to the room as a provocation for the workshop element, hosted by Lynette Jordan, Lecturer in Community Development, Glasgow University as a series of round table conversations. We are seeking a range of voices to participate in these conversations to share knowledge, experience, and ideas.

This Rolling Workshop programme between Ostersund, Glasgow, Catania, Pecs, during the period February – May 2015 is a collaborative activity of the Harnessing Cultural Policies Network set up under the PASCAL Learning Cities Networks program. This program has been implemented by the PASCAL International Observatory to examine key issues in building sustainable learning cities for the future.

RESERVE YOUR PLACE: The workshop is free of charge but booking is required. Please contact Helen Chalmers at Glasgow Museums by emailing [email protected].