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UNESCO GNLC Coordination Team |
Dear partners, Welcome to our first issue of the Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) Newsletter. Since the first International Conference on Learning Cities in Beijing, not only has the UIL team been striving to expand a global network of learning cities, but several cities have also been taking actions towards becoming learning cities. From now on, we will publish quarterly newsletters to share progress and developments in the GNLC and provide you with insights into the actions that cities have taken to become learning cities. In this newsletter we present an interview feature with Ms Angela Brown Burke, Mayor of Kingston, Jamaica, on the importance of becoming a learning city. We will also share internal developments regarding the network, present actions taken in some cities since the conference and feature upcoming events. We invite you to submit your city news regularly to [email protected] Yours sincerely, UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities Coordination Team |
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The Importance of Building Learning Cities, A Dialogue with Ms Angela Brown Burke, Mayor of Kingston, Jamaica
Ms Angela Brown Burke, Mayor of Kingston, Jamaica, who acted as Chair of the Drafting Committee at the first International Conference on Learning Cities, was interviewed by UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities Coordination Team on 11 April 2014. In the interview, Ms Brown Burke shared her insights on the importance for cities to become learning cities. more
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Conference Report Published
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has published the Report on the International Conference on Learning Cities, which took place from 21–23 October 2013, in Beijing, China. more |
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Hai Duong – Building a Learning Society from Vision to Action
UIL, UNESCO Ha Noi Office and the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) co-organised a Workshop on Promoting Learning Cities in Viet Nam in Hai Duong City on 19 December 2013. In recognition of the city’s learning heritage, Hai Duong City was nominated as the first pilot city for the project of Building Learning Cities in Viet Nam by the National Ministry of Education and Training. m ore
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Ybycui, Paraguay’s first Learning City
City authorities in Paraguay decided that Ybycui will be the first city in Paraguay to become a learning city. Ms María del Carmen Díaz (Municipal Intendant of Ybycui) has undertaken important efforts to establish the Learning City Project: “Ybycui learns and develops".
Horacio Cartes (President of Paraguay), Marta Lafuente (Minister of Education and Culture), representatives of the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI ), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning as well as state agencies and civil society organizations participated in the launch as witnesses of honour. m ore
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Cork Organised the 11th Lifelong Learning Festival
The 11th Cork Lifelong Learning Festival took place from Monday April 7 to Sunday April 13, 2014.
The festival promotes and celebrates learning of all kinds, across all ages, interests and abilities, from pre-school to post retirement. The festival’s motto is Investigate, Participate, Celebrate, and the public can do that by watching demonstrations, trying out skills, and seeing others, from the young to the old, show off what they are learning. m ore
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Symposium on Entrepreneurial Learning City Regions in Swansea
 To keep up the momentum generated at the first International Conference on Learning Cities, Swansea Bay City Region will focus its work upon creating a distinctive “Entrepreneurial Learning City Region”. Against this background, Swansea University is hosting a symposium on The Entrepreneurial Learning City Region. The symposium will be held in Swansea on Wednesday, 21 May 2014, as part of a Festival of Entrepreneurship. m ore
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ALCN Regional Conferences
 In May 2014, The Australian Learning Communities Network (ALCN) is going to organise two regional conferences.
The first conference is on May 1 in the city of Frankston. The one-day event is for practitioners and community members with an interest in lifelong learning, community education, training and community development. m ore
The second conference will be held in the city of Townsville on May 8. The theme of the conference is building a learning community to foster economic sustainability and community cohesion. more
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