Conference themes
PASCAL is interested in research and evaluation work, applied and theoretical, concerning policy and programmes for sustainable community development, especially involving a 'whole of government' (or linked-up) approach .
PASCAL exists to learn, improve and exchange knowledge about ways of planning that succeed in building and supporting social capital and lifelong learning together with sustainable prosperity.
The broad themes of the conference are those of PASCAL, namely place management, social capital and learning regions.
We invite contributions to conference themes from a range of discipline areas and multi-disciplinary contexts including architecture, planning, urban and rural development, education, community learning and social policy. In addition to the conference proceedings, papers will be considered for a proposed book based on the themes of the conference.
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: the role of the elderly
- Developing the Learning Region: concepts and realities
- Stakeholder and Communities of Practice roles in Learning Cities and Regions.
The following questions provide guidance on the issues to be addressed:
- What kinds of interventions work most effectively in achieving which goals?
- What are the implications of different kinds of partnerships for the effectiveness of various interventions?
- Are different kinds of interventions more appropriate for influencing some economic and social objectives rather than others?
- What lessons can be learned about the effectiveness of initiatives, which have both economic and social objectives?
- What is 'joined-up' government and is it important?
- How do initiatives allow for, or provide for, 'joined-up' government?
- What is the best model for 'joined-up' government?
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