Recently, the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Tony Fitzgerald, invited PASCAL Board member Peter Kearns OAM FACE, to a civic reception at which he presented Peter with a citation for his contribution towards Cork as a lifelong learning city and their UNESCO 3rd International  Conference on Learning Cities in 2016. 

The Lord Mayor also commended Peter's leadership efforts in launching his concepts for an integrated learning city (EcCoWell, a PASCAL PIE initiative and more recently a PASCAL Learning Cities Networks principle theme) and Learning Neighbourhoods in Cork (comprehensively covered by PASCAL LCN). 

Representatives from Cork's Learning City and Lifelong  Learning Festival were in attendance:

The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Tony Fitzgerald, presents PASCAL Board member Peter Kearns OAM FACE, with a citation for his contribution towards Cork as a lifelong learning city and their UNESCO 3rd International Conference on Learning Cities in 2016

The Citation itself

PASCAL Board member Peter Kearns OAM FACE, the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Tony Fitzgerald & Dr Denise Reghenzani-Kearns

The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Tony Fitzgerald and PASCAL Board member Peter Kearns OAM FACE signing the visitors book in the Lord Mayor's Chambers

Back row L to R : Siubhán Mc Carthy (Cork Lifelong Learning Festival), Denis Barrett (Learning Cities) Tina Neylon & Willie McAuliffe (Chair.Cork Lifelong Learning Festival); Front L to R : Dr Denise Reghenzani-Kearns (PASCAL Associate), Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Tony Fitzgerald & Peter Kearns (PASCAL Board member)