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PASCAL
International Conference
Making
Knowledge Work
Building
Sustainable Communities through Partnerships in:
Place Management, Social Capital and Lifelong Learning
University
of Stirling
25 -28 October 2005
Stirling, Scotland
This third international conference to be hosted by the PASCAL
Observatory on place management, social capital and learning
regions provides an opportunity for all with an interest in
policy and programme development to share their knowledge
and experiences in policy-making, community-building, regeneration
and sustainability projects with others from a wide range
of fields at local, regional, national and international level.
The conference aims to examine the implications for policy
and practice of contemporary research in different models
of place management, the role of social capital and the development
of learning regions, and to raise fresh questions from practice
for further research.
Conference themes
Within the three broad themes of place management, social
capital and learning regions, submitted papers, demonstration
projects and roundtables will be grouped into
sub-themes as follows:
• Policy makers and researchers working together
• Current reforms and new community priorities in the
public, local and regional sectors
• Public/private and voluntary partnerships for community
development
• Creating and managing linkages across levels, portfolios
and sectors
• Rural and remote communities and engagement in their
futures
• Sustaining economic development and active citizenship
in the third age
• Social capital and lifelong learning
• Social capital and social cohesion as the role of the
elderly
• Developing the Learning Region as concepts and realities
• Stakeholder and Communities of Practice roles in Learning
Cities and Regions.
Follow
the link to learn more on conference themes.
Submitting an abstract
Follow
the link to learn how to submit abstracts for individual
papers and demonstration projects illustrating good practice
which are focused on one or more of the Conference themes.
The deadline for abstracts submission is Friday 29 April 2005.
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