MellearN | Felsőoktatási Hálózat az Életen Át Tartó Tanulásért

In association with the Municipality of Pécs and EAEA, MELLearN – Hungarian Universities LLL Network, the University of Pécs, the Learning City-Region Forum of Pécs and ASEM LLL Hub Research Network on Learning Cities and Regions are organising a special event called International Learning City Talks for 19. September 2024, on the theme of:

Theme: Learning Cities Learning from Each Other

Effective and Inclusive Knowledge Transfer in Communities for Sustainable Quality Lifelong Learning

Venue:                House of Civic Communities – 7624 Pécs, Szent István Square 17. – Hybrid event

Date:                    19^th of September, 2024                              10.00am – 3.30.pm CET

Programme

10.00.-10.20.am Welcome addresses:

Csilla Vincze – Director of House of Civic Communities in Pécs, Hungary

Raul Valdes-Cotera – Chief Programme Co-ordinator at UNESCO UIL in Hamburg, Germany

Uwe Gartenschlaeger – Director of DVV International in Bonn, Germany/ President of EAEA

István Tarrósy – Director of International Centre at the University of Pécs, Hungary

Péter Várnagy – Vice-Dean for Foreign Affairs at Faculty of Humanities-University of Pécs, Hungary

10.20. – 11.20.am Round-table on Adult Learning Trends, WPL and WBL focuses and Community-Learning Developments in Pécs

Éva Farkas – Adult Education Expert and Chair of IACE HOF: Key Trends and Recent Developments in Adult Learning and Education in Europe

Gábor Erdei – University of Debrecen, Hungary/ ASEM LLL RN2: Bridging Workplace Learning and Learning Cities 

Carmel Berendi and Balázs Németh – Pécs Learning City Programme, Hungary: UNESCO Learning City Pécs – Choices and Limitations of Sustainable Community Collaboration and Development

11.20-11.30pm Coffee-break

11.30. – 12.30am Learning Cities Track 1 – Asian Learning Cities Developments

Yukiko Sawano – Department of Education of University of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo, Japan: Citizen’s Learning Together — Some cases of “Citizen’s University” and nonformal learning organizations in Japan

Suwithida Charungkaittikul – Non-formal Education Division at Department of Lifelong Education, Faculty of Education of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand: Current practices and the future strategies to create more lifelong learning cities in Thailand

Tarra Ann M. Pagdanganan – City Education & Excellence Development Office in Balanga, Philippines: How Balanga Built a Sustainable Future through Education

Prof. Dato’ Dr. Norazah Mohd Nordin – The National University of Malaysia at Bangi – Selangor, Malaysia: Malaysian experience on Learning City

12.30. – 1.30pm Lunch Break 

1.30. – 3.30pm EPALE – Learning Cities Track2 – European Learning Cities Reflecting Sustainable Communities

Aziz Orfia – Neighbourhood Services Department of the City of Lausanne, Switzerland: Lausanne Learning City: Organization, Action Plan and Current Projects. The Case of ‘Participatory Budget’

Victoria Furhalo – City Institute of Lviv, Ukraine: Non-formal Education in Libraries – Cases from Lviv Learning City, Ukraine

Denis Barrett – City Council of Cork, Ireland: Multi-stakeholder approaches to addressing climate challenges at local level through lifelong learning – perspectives from Cork UNESCO Learning City

Roberta Piazza – University of Catania, Italy: Learning from each other. The case of Italian learning cities

Marta Jendeková – Akademia Istropolitana-AINova, Slovakia: Case of Slovakia – Learning City of Trnava to Inspire Bratislava as Capital City of Slovakia

In case you decide to participate our Programme on-line, please join our zoom-link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83754592385?pwd=fPlGzOC3wpodCHyhskjoChPJ56d7In.1

Meeting ID: 837 5459 2385

Passcode: 786893                                                                                                         

Further information can be accessed here: www.ptf.ckh.hu and www.mellearn.hu

Partners: PASCAL Int. Observatory and its Learning Cities Network, Pécs Learning City Festival, Educators’ House Association-NHE, IACE HOF Europe, Erasmus+ LEAP II Project, EPALE Hungary and Pécsi Civil Pályázati Alap/ Civic Programme-Grant of the Municipality of Pécs

„A MELLearN Felsőoktatási LLL Egyesület ’International Learning City-Region Talks’ konferenciáját Pécs Megyei Jogú Város Önkormányzata támogatta a Pécsi Civil Pályázati Alap terhére”