We are now over five years since the global financial crisis (GFC) of 2007-08 plunged the world (and UK) economy into recession, and just over half way through the five year term of the UK coalition government that began in May 2010. In this period the previously-accepted orthodox local economic development models – international, national and local – have been super-ceded by new agendas and approaches. However, a return to long-run sustainable growth and development seems elusive, and the optimum role and functions of LAs in this process remains ‘work-in-progress’.
As part of the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in association with the ACCCRN partners in India is organizing an Workshop on ³Resilient Cities- Experiences from ACCCRN in Asia and Beyond² under the aegis of the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS)-TERI¹s flagship international annual event wherein TERI engages global partners to build bold visions for a development paradigm that calls for sustainability across the present and futur
This PASCAL Policy Insight paper has been submitted in response to a stakeholder consultation by the EU Committee of the Regions on an EU policy paper on Rethinking Education:
Abstract: Whilst there are unresolved debates about the best way of calculating levels of youth unemployment, there is general consensus that rates are rising, and particularly so in those countries seriously affected by the current financial crisis, to the point where a ‘lost generation’ is at risk of being denied access to employment and to other aspects of adulthood and citizenship . There is no clear policy response from national governments beyond the extension of the repertoire of measures which have been tried with little success to date. Nor is there a clear perspective from research about ‘what works’ among the approaches currently on offer.
