The aims of this webinar series are first to highlight important and challenging aspects of learning city development, drawing on recent research and development work in PASCAL and UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, and second to demonstrate the practical application of successful approaches in learning cities to address the issues described by offering a conceptual dialogue. In so doing, the intention will be to build the capacity in learning cities to take forward their own responses and approaches to the challenges they face.

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The second stimulus paper for the PASCAL EcCoWell 2 Community Recovery Program is now available. This is on “Mental health and well-being”, featured below.

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UN Habitat are conducting a series of Webinars on Urban Rural Linkages. The aim of these Webinars are to ‘exchange information and learn from the efforts of different actors to overcome this crisis and enhance post-crisis recovery actions by bringing a focus to urban-rural linkages and integrated territorial approaches.’

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The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) cordially invites you to a webinar on new partnerships in education governance during COVID-19:

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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. Last week, 25 million Americans returned to public life. As more and more governors in the US relax their stay-at-home orders and restrictions on businesses, that number will only grow, even as coronavirus cases around the country remain higher than public health experts would prefer. We are at a precarious moment as a country, where we must balance safety and recovery.

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Diane and I are pleased to invite you to our free Virtual Learning Community Forum taking place online between 3:30pm and 5pm on Tuesday 23 June 2020 (AEST). The forum will be showcasing good practice in the area of learning transitions. The work of The Smith Family Partnerships for Education Initiative, will be the focus, highlighting innovative practice in Wyndham, Australia including replicable work to other learning contexts globally.

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A recent brief investigation of the work of some learning cities in the Republic of Korea indicates that they have been engaged in a variety of ways in supporting the COVID-19 prevention campaign. I discovered amongst other activities:

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UNESCO and the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) continue to support Member States during this time of crisis to ensure that learning does not stop. During the past month, UNESCO learning cities have shared their experiences in facing current challenges through webinars on issues such as distance education, refugees and migrants, and health, as well as through video interviews.

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It is with great pleasure that I attach the Australian Learning Community Network Annual Report 2019-2020. In particular, I  highlight the activities of our learning communities. For example, read about:

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From 2018–20, the Jean Monnet Sustainable Development Goals Network Seminar Series will address each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Each seminar focuses on an individual Goal, offering an opportunity to explore the intent of the Goal, its targets, and some of the initiatives being undertaken to deliver on them.

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