Bristol , in the South-West of England, has recognised that learning is at the heart of its success in addressing challenges within the city.City leaders, the local government, the private sector, universities, schools and community organisations have started working...
The Government of Mexico City and UNESCO deeply regret to announce that the 2 nd International Conference on Learning Cities (ICLC) will be rescheduled. The Conference was to be held in ...
Hangzhou , capital city of China’s Zhejiang province, has made significant progress in developing a Learning City since the...
The 2 nd International Expert Meeting for preparing the 2 nd International Conference on Learning Cities (ICLC) was held in Hangzhou , China, on 3 and...
In a podium discussion at the world’s largest and Germany's most important trade fair for education, the Didacta, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) presented the Learning City Concept and introduced the Global Network of...
GNLC team: What were your motives for initiating the process of building a learning city?
Sampo Suihko: When I was elected to this position back in 2012, the new Mayor had already started a new strategy for the city of Espoo . In cooperation...
The date of the 2 nd International Conference on Learning Cities (ICLC) has now been jointly fixed by the co-organisers, UNESCO and the Government of Mexico City: it will take place from 7 to 9 May 2015 in...
A workshop was held in Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia, on 28 November 2014 to discuss the working strategies of initiating and implementing the learning city project in Bahir Dar city. Twenty-eight Learning Community Project staff participated...
At the Kominkan-CLC International Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (Okayama, Japan, 9-12 October 2014), UIL staff presented the...
In August 2014, the first Chinese national official policy paper on learning cities, entitled “The Decision on Promoting Building Learning Cities” was jointly issued by the Ministry of Education and six other Chinese central government ministries. It will serve as the guideline for the...
