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Learning Cities 2020 - PASCAL will pursue four strands of activity

Following the success of the Cities Learning Together conference, PASCAL with partners aims to develop four strands of activity in the future, under the overall banner of Learning Cities 2020. They are as follows:

Final eBook release of Cities Learning Together Precedings

The Cities Learning Together conference was convened in Hong Kong in November 2013, by the EU Centre at RMIT in conjunction with PASCAL International Observatory and the Hong Kong Institute of Education. Together with seven other partners, the conference was designed to focus on major challenges facing cities and communities within cities, and to explore the ways in which learning can assist in addressing those challenges. The concept of ‘learning cities’ has been the focus of this kind of thinking for some time, initially in Europe, with strong support from the OECD and the European Union, and more recently in Asia. The PASCAL International Exchanges (PIE) program has been one site where these ideas have been explored directly, while UNESCO conducted the International Conference on Learning Cities in October 2013 in Beijing, China.

Final Report of PASCAL PURE CDG, July 2013 visit

The most recent region to participate in the PURE project has been the Darling Downs and South West Queensland region in Australia. It is a large and very diverse region which has very significant agricultural and mineral resources within its boundaries.

11th PASCAL Conference - Image Gallery

The 11th PASCAL Conference has just finished, here is a selection of images from the event in Hong Kong:

Big Tent V Declaration - Third Draft: Learning to Build Inclusive Cities with the joint-effort of community, city government and higher education.

More than half the population of the world is now living in urban habitats. Asia is the fastest growing region in urbanization with inequalities, poverty, insecurity and exclusion amidst abundance and prosperity. In the past decade, nearly half a billion Asians have moved to urban habitations, and the trend continues. Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have historically been recognised to serve public goods, with unique social responsibilities in producing knowledge for societal development.

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13th PASCAL International Observatory Conference - Glasgow

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