The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and PASCAL International Observatory cordially invite you to the fifth joint webinar within a series of five on “Learning Cities: COVID-19 recovery, from research to practice”, to be held on 21 October at 1300 CET. The webinar will focus on the Community-Based Participatory Research & Learning Cities.

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The GNLC cluster on citizenship education is organizing a virtual conference on 12 and 13 November 2020. The coordinating cities Larissa (Greece) and Yeonsu-Gu (Republic of Korea) are pleased to invite all members of the Learning Cities network and everyone interested in the topic to join the event and learn about how to strengthen citizenship at local level.

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Please join me for the free premiere of our documentary Cuba & COVID-19: Public Health, Science & Solidarity which will be screened at 6pm on Wednesday 11^th November as part of the ESRC’s Festival of Social Science.

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On Saturday 31 October a great Scotsman died. Professor Jim Gallacher, for some four decades, was a driving force in the widening of access to higher education in Scotland, and in fostering the development of research in lifelong learning. He was a close personal friend and colleague of mine for over 30 years, and it is with great sadness that I write this account of his work.

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I was delighted to present on behalf of PASCAL my presentation at the European Platform for Adult and Lifelong Education (EPALE) Seminar: Education for the future: EPALE and the challenges of learning in adulthood.

The seminar, entirely online, scheduled for 4, 5, and 6 November, outlined the state of the art of adult education in Italy from a European perspective, starting from the privileged observatory that the EPALE platform constitutes.

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SHLC Bulletin - Your update of SHLC publications and events as well as news from the sustainable communities sector...

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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.

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High investment, high involvement’ workplaces have the best outcomes for workers and employers according to a recent large-scale survey of company practices across Europe. Just 20% of EU organisations fall into this category – bundling practices that increase employee autonomy, facilitate employee voice and promote training and learning.

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In this issue we feature 21 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

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On 22 October, heads of state and government, ministers from over 70 countries and international partners adopted a Declaration to protect education finance and accelerate progress towards SDG 4 on education during the current pandemic and beyond.

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The European Union Centre of Excellence at RMIT University invites you to this seminar on Geographical Indications (GIs) and rural development in Australia.

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The OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Korea are pleased to invite you to the '2nd OECD Roundtable on Smart Cities and Inclusive Growth: Measuring smart cities’ performance: Do smart cities benefit everyone?', taking place on 3 December 2020, 13:00 – 15:30 (CET) as a virtual event (Zoom).

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