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MAKING KNOWLEDGE WORK - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Building Sustainable Communities through Partnerships in:
Place Management, Social Capital and Lifelong Learning (PASCAL)

Tuesday 25 to Friday 28 October 2005

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

Following the success of the last conference held in Australia in October 2004, organised jointly by PASCAL and the Australian Institute of Public Administration, this third international conference, hosted by PASCAL, is on Making Knowledge Work.  The conference is designed to further develop the international dimension of PASCAL's work and to deepen our understanding of the issues associated with policy and programme development around the world.  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, e.g. 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.

The conference provides an opportunity for all with an interest in policy and program development to share their knowledge and experiences in policy making, community building, regeneration and sustainability projects with others from a wide range of fields at local, regional, national and international level.

The conference aims to examine the implications for policy and practice of contemporary research in different models of place management, the role of social capital and the development of learning regions, and to raise fresh questions from practice for further research.

Parallel sessions of presented papers, demonstration projects which illustrate good practice, and roundtable discussions will allow for debate and discussion on a range of topics within the broad themes of Place Management, Social Capital and Learning Regions.

This international, residential conference will be relevant to Public policy-makers and managers, community development leaders, academic researchers, stakeholders and partners from all sectors working in the fields of place management, social capital and lifelong learning particularly those with an interest in:
        *       Sharing success with other policy makers and practitioners from across the world
        *       Learning how to create constructive partnerships at local, regional, national and international level
        *       Demonstrating the value of policy makers and practitioners from public, private and NGOs working with academic institutions
        *       Networking with people tackling similar community development issues
        *       Facing the challenges of changing demographics
        *       Disseminating applied research findings to end users
        *       Demonstrating engagement with community networks for social change
        *       What research can tell us about place management, social capital and lifelong learning in building strong and sustainable communities

We welcome submission of abstracts for individual papers and demonstration projects illustrating good practice which are focused on one or more of the Conference themes. These may include reporting on policy development, innovative practice, research in progress or completed research, methodological issues, theoretical issues or conceptual issues. We particularly welcome papers which have an international comparative dimension.

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS:         Friday 29 April 2005

For further information visit the NIACE website: http://www.niace.org.uk/Conferences/PASCAL.htm
 Or contact Gurjit Kaur on tel: 0116 2042833 Email: [log in to unmask]