The UNESCO Learning City Award 2017 has opened for applications. This Award will be conferred on cities that demonstrate exemplary commitment to promoting inclusive education and lifelong learning at the local level. While learning cities...
The thirteenth Cork Lifelong Learning Festival took place in April 2016. Cork, which received a UNESCO Learning City Award 2015, has been promoting lifelong learning since 2004. Focusing on participation, celebration and fun, the festival works with partners and communities to host over 500 free...
Learning cities in Japan: Okayama joins the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities and reinforces its partnership with the UNESCO Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development.
Okayama is inspiring learning cities in Japan and worldwide by putting education for...
Serres is the second city in Greece that has joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities. It has followed the Greek city of Larissa in joining the Network.
The city has enjoyed a rich history since its foundation long before the Trojan War. Despite the financial crisis of the...
Learning cities in Brazil are flourishing. Contagem is one of the first cities in Brazil to become a member of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities . As a city that favours inclusion, Contagem seeks to create learning spaces throughout the...
Bristol, one of the pioneering learning cities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, has joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities. By joining the Network, Bristol has reaffirmed its commitment to making its citizens’ lives fairer and more prosperous by...
Bristol, one of the pioneering learning cities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK), has joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities . By joining the Network, Bristol has reaffirmed its commitment to making its citizens...
Learning cities in China are taking innovative steps to promote sustainable development through learning and education. For example, Hangzhou’s strategy for building a learning city that involves all its citizens is based on a commitment to the ‘3 Ls’ of learning: lifelong, life-wide and life-...
The 3rd Shanghai Forum on Lifelong Learning brought together national and international experts to share their experiences and evaluate new approaches to developing and monitoring learning cities. The forum, which was held on 14 and 15 December 2015, was organized by the Shanghai Municipal...
Cork City received the UNESCO Learning City Award at the 2nd International Conference on Learning Cities, which was held in Mexico City in September 2015. This makes Cork the first city in Ireland to receive the Award. On 17 December 2015, the Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Chris O’Leary, held a...
