Transcript Constructing Learning Cities and Regions
The Road to Kaunas
19 nationalities Senior representatives of Local Government Regional Government National Government International Governmental Organisations Universities European Professional Associations Town planners, LG administrators,, academics, economists, adult educators etc,
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A POTTED HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN JOURNEY TOWARDS CREATING LEARNING CITIES AND REGIONS Professor Norman Longworth University of Stirling
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Dia Viou Paedaeia
The purpose of Education as a means to enable citizens to contribute to the life and growth of the city
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Damascus Venice Paris Gdansk (Danzig)
The Road to Kaunas ‘we are witnessing a rebirth of an age-old concept of the "city-state" or more precisely, the "region-state." These new quasi-governmental entities, like the ancient city-states of Athens, Sparta and Rome, have the power -- some would call it innate sovereignty -- to control their future in this new world order....’ John M Eger: Building Smart Communities: A New Framework for an Americas Information Initiative
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1990 – 1996 The Age of Innocence •
Key Conferences
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1992 Gothenburg Learning Cities (IAEC)
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1995 Rome (ELLI and WILL)
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1990 – 1996 The Age of Innocence •
Key Conferences
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1992-95 ELLI Devts - Charter etc
A Learning Cities Charter
WE RECOGNISE THE CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING AS THE MAJOR DRIVING FORCE FOR THE FUTURE PROSPERITY, STABILITY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR CITIZENS. We declare that we will invest in Lifelong Learning within our community by: 1. DEVELOPING PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN ALL SECTORS OF THE CITY FOR OPTIMISING AND SHARING RESOURCES, AND INCREASING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL 2. DISCOVERING THE LEARNING REQUIREMENTS DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY WELL-BEING OF EVERY CITIZEN FOR PERSONAL GROWTH, CAREER 3. ENERGISING LEARNING PROVIDERS TO SUPPLY LEARNING GEARED TO THE NEEDS OF EACH LEARNER WHERE, WHEN, HOW AND BY WHOM IT IS REQUIRED, LIFELONG.
4. STIMULATING DEMAND FOR LEARNING THROUGH INNOVATIVE INFORMATION STRATEGIES, PROMOTIONAL EVENTS AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF THE MEDIA 5. SUPPORTING THE SUPPLY OF LEARNING BY PROVIDING MODERN LEARNING GUIDANCE SERVICES AND ENABLING THE EFFECTIVE USE OF NEW LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES 6. MOTIVATING ALL CITIZENS TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR OWN TALENTS, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ENERGY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CARE, COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, SCHOOLS AND OTHER PEOPLE 7. PROMOTING WEALTH CREATION THROUGH ENTREPRENEUR DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANISATIONS TO BECOME LEARNING ORGANISATIONS 8. ACTIVATING OUTWARD-LOOKING PROGRAMMES THEIR OWN, AND THE GLOBAL, COMMUNITY TO ENABLE CITIZENS TO LEARN FROM OTHERS IN 9. COMBATTING EXCLUSION THE LIFE OF THE CITY BY CREATIVE PROGRAMMES TO INVOLVE THE EXCLUDED IN LEARNING AND 10. RECOGNISING THE PLEASURE OF LEARNING THROUGH EVENTS TO CELEBRATE AND REWARD LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT IN ORGANISATIONS, FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS
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1990 – 1996 The Age of Innocence •
1992 OECD Gothenburg Conference
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1992-95 OECD City Strategies for LLL
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1992-95 ELLI Devts - Charter etc
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1996 European Year of Lifelong Learning
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The Changing Paradigm
The Road to Kaunas - out and out focus on the needs and demands of the learner - Giving the learner a true ownership of his/her own learning - Using the tools and techniques of Lifelong Learning - personal learning plans, personal requirements audits , - mentoring programmes, access to electronic networks , - individual targets
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The Finnish National Lifelong Learning Strategy Document
‘The Joy of Learning
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1996 – 2000
The Age of Experimentation
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National Learning City Networks (UK, Finland, Sweden etc)
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1996 – 2000
The Age of Experimentation
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National Learning City Networks (UK, Finland, Sweden etc)
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Strategies and Project Development
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The TELS European Project (80)
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Information, Communication Access Partnerships and Resources Learning City Leadership Including the Excluded Environment and Citizenship
TELS Project Domains
Technology and Networks Learning City Commitment Celebration and Family Mobilisation, Contribution, Participation Wealth Creation and Employability
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National Learning City Networks (UK, Finland, Sweden etc)
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Strategies and Project Development
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The TELS European Project (80)
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Learning City/Region Conferences
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Launches (Glasgow, Liverpool, Espoo etc)
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Learning Festivals (Sapporo, Glasgow etc)
The Sapporo Learning Festival
Sapporo Learning Festival
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2001 – 2003
The Age of Advance
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Lisbon Agenda
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European Policy Paper on the local and regional dimension of lifelong learning
The Road to Kaunas Cities and regions in a globalized world cannot afford not to become learning cities and regions. It is a matter of prosperity, stability, employability and the personal development of all citizens European Commission Policy Paper on the Local and Regional Dimension of Lifelong Learning (N Longworth author)
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Lisbon Agenda
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European Policy Paper
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OECD European Regions Project (Jena, Oresund, Vienne, Kent, Andalusia)
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While tertiary education remains important, secondary education appears to be the most important for regional economic performance . Higher Education is clearly essential in terms of innovations, but secondary education instils the intermediary skills, which are also crucial to the new industrial know-how and ‘learning-by-doing’.
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High levels of individual learning in themselves do not contribute to economic growth before it has been applied to the production of goods and services. It is important therefore to stress the practical application of learning and to encourage creativity at all levels of education .
OECD – Cities and Regions in the New Learning Economy
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Lisbon Agenda
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European Policy Paper
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OECD European Regions Project
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CEDEFOP Learning Regions Project
The Road to Kaunas One major objective of regional management is to develop a means by which educational and other organizations have a common purpose. – each one learning from each other and each one learning with each other – in planning and implementing social and economic innovations. When this happens societies are able to innovate because they have the capacity for collective learning about how to develop new knowledge and, in particular, practical ‘know-how’ type of knowledge. CEDEFOP Study of Learning Regions
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The Age of Advance
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Lisbon Agenda
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European Policy Paper
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OECD European Regions Project
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CEDEFOP Learning Regions Project
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German Learning Regions
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Victoria, Australia (All)
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China
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The Age of Advance
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Lisbon Agenda
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European Policy Paper
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OECD European Regions Project
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CEDOFOP Learning Regions Project
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City Consultations
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German Learning Regions
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Victoria Australia
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IDEOPOLIS
The Road to Kaunas IDEOPOLIS ‘A City or Region whose economy is driven by the creative search for, and the application of, new ideas, thinking and knowledge, and which is firmly rooted to the creative transfer of ideas, to opportunities, to innovation, and eventually to production.’ Cannon, Nathan and Westwood
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European Projects and Programmes
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FRAMEWORK
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EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND
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EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND
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SOCRATES
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LEONARDO
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OTHERS
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STAKEHOLDER AUDITS (Understanding Institution as a Learning Organisation in a Learning City) LOCAL AUTHORITIES UNIVERSITIES SCHOOLS SMEs ADULT VOCATIONAL COLLEGES
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STAKEHOLDER AUDITS (Understanding Institution as a a Learning Organisation in a Learning City) LOCAL AUTHORITIES UNIVERSITIES SCHOOLS SMEs ADULT VOCATIONAL COLLEGES
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LEARNING NEEDS AUDITS (LILARA) LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES SCHOOLS UNIVERSITIES SME’s
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STAKEHOLDER AUDITS (Understanding Institution as a a Learning Organisation in a Learning City) LOCAL AUTHORITIES UNIVERSITIES SCHOOLS SMEs ADULT VOCATIONAL COLLEGES
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LEARNING NEEDS AUDITS (LILARA) LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES SCHOOLS UNIVERSITIES SMEs
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LEARNING MATERIALS (LILLIPUT) 14 Learning Modules on most aspects of Learning Cities and Regions
The Road to Kaunas Lilliput materials 14 modules, 59 topics, 190 lessons Mod 1: Introduction to Learning Regions - why, what, where, when, how Mod 2: The Individual and the Learning Region Mod 3: Adult Education in a Learning Region Mod 4/5: The Community in a Learning Region Mod 6: Politics of the Learning Region Mod 7: Economics, Technology, and Sustainability of a Learning Region Mod 8/9: The Workplace in a Learning Region Mod 10: Language Learning in a Learning Region Mod 11: The Law and the Learning Region Mod 12: Schools in the Learning Region Mod 13: The Family and the Learning Region Mod 14: Higher Education in the Learning Region WWW.APPUI.ESC-TOULOUSE.FR
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STAKEHOLDER AUDITS (Understanding Institution as a a Learning Organisation in a Learning City) LOCAL AUTHORITIES UNIVERSITIES SCHOOLS SMEs ADULT VOCATIONAL COLLEGES
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LEARNING NEEDS AUDITS (LILARA) LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES SCHOOLS UNIVERSITIES SMEs
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LEARNING MATERIALS (LILLIPUT) 14 Modules on most aspects of Learning Cities www.longlearn.org.uk
(self-study modules )
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The Age of Understanding
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European Projects and Programmes
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European R3L Programme (18)
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European R3L Programme
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Crossborder Regions
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Smart Cities and Regions
The Road to Kaunas SMART CITIES AND REGIONS Communities using information technology as a catalyst for transforming life and work to meet the challenges of the new millennium Smart Cities network
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The Cybergrannies of Craiglockhart
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The Road to Kaunas FLORIDA AND DIVERSITY ‘ A place’s diversity, its level of tolerance for a wide range of people is key to its success in attracting talented people. Diverse inclusive communities that welcome unconventional people – gays, immigrants, artists, and freethinking ‘bohemians’- are ideal for nurturing the creativity and innovation that characterise the knowledge economy.’ Florida and Gates
Routes to Learning Cities and Regions IDEOPOLIS AND DIVERSITY ‘ the vital buzzword is diversity: diversity of lifestyles and housing, diversity of ambitions, skills and career opportunities, and diversity in social and cultural life. It is whether all these diversities can co-exist in an area that decides whether the society of a region becomes a people-smart, socially responsible and culturally diverse space or a ‘bad neighbourhood.’ Cannon, Nathan and Westwood
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All regions seek to sustain economic activity through various combinations of lifelong learning, innovation and creative uses of information and communication technologies.
OECD Learning Regions project
The Road to Kaunas IDEOPOLIS ‘ A City or Region whose economy is driven by the creative search for, and the application of, new ideas, thinking and knowledge, and which is firmly rooted to the creative transfer of ideas, to opportunities, to innovation, and eventually to production.’ Cannon, Nathan and Westwood
MAWSON LAKES VISION
Create a 21 st Century Region, oriented outwards towards the rest of the world, which successfully integrates all its economic, educational, social and environmental strategies – Live, learn, work and celebrate – An integrated, harmonious, safe and ecologically and economically sustainable region
Building 21st Century Learning Communities?
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The Village of Eus, France
Mount Canigou
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Schools Adult and Community Education Higher Education Profess Ional Assoc iations Sports & Voluntary Organis ations Individuals And Families Cultural Services MUSEUMS LIBRARIES etc Local Govt Admin SME’s Large Companies
Opera
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How will we know when we have created a learning region?
The Road to Kaunas As in the drive for Total Quality Management during the 1990s, quality will not pervade unless every person in the organization has been immersed into the concept. So it is in the administration departments of a budding learning city. Each person will need to know at least the basic principles of the learning region and each department will have its own particular orientation towards implementing them. Learning Cities, Learning Regions, Learning Communities
Overview of Learning Needs – Stirling City 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 % H 61 63 37 79 88 44 53 51 45 48 66 M 82 80 74 72 63 79 94 77 85 74 77 L C 44 45 76 35 36 60 35 55 54 60 41
When, of the first ten people we speak to in the street, 7 can describe what a learning city or region is When the major topic at the half-time break at a football match is what I learned last week.
When the Sun newspaper has 4 readers instead of 4 million.
When …………………..
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A travail Zu Arbeit To work
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• EMPOWERMENT
The Consultation Ladder
Citizens as DECIDERS/ MANAGERS IMPLEMENTERS
• PARTICIPATION • • MOTIVATION • • • ENGAGEMENT • • DISCUSSION • • INFORMATION
PROVISION LEARNERS PARTNERS CONFIDANTS SUBSCRIBERS
Stakeholder Capital Human Capital Technology Capital Economic Capital Investment Capital Financial Capital Community Capital Citizenship Capital Environmental Capital
Educational Capital
Diversity Capital A TOUR OF THE LEARNING CAPITALS Social Capital Cultural Capital Intellectual Capital Location Capital
European Commission Socrates R3L Programme
A Stakeholder Audit
Schools
(full version) A tool to enable schools to analyse and respond to a changing educational world in which lifelong learning is predominant and cities and regions are in the process of becoming ‘ Learning Cities ’ and ‘ Learning Regions ’