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Latest Newsletter: NOPROS News 1 - April 20106th Jun 2010
Life Long Learning is considered a ‘public good’ and a public responsibility with a cultural mediation role and a support to the growth of social capital in terms of increase in citizen participation. ...more
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Life in the UK Becoming Lonelier
9th May 2010 A study commissioned by the UK finds that community life in Britain has weakened substantially over the past 30 years...more Tenants Extra 23rd Jan 2010 Mainstream stereotypes portray "council house tenants" as an undifferentiated, feckless, dysfunctional lot. Recent social policy tends to be underpinned by the idea that social housing is a trap, and a barrier to aspiration and social mobility. So it's refreshing to read a study which questions both those assumptions. ...more Collective Urban Living for the 21st Centuary 17th Jan 2010 Kurt McCulloch investigates the idea of urban developments that could help foster social capital. ...more How Rich are we Social Capitalwise? 17th Jan 2010 An interview by the Sunday Time with Dr. Nishadi Somaratne, about her research that investigates social capital in rural villages in Sri Lanka. Dr Somaratne’s work concludes that rural communities would do well to interact with those from outside their close knit communities if they want to prosper and invest in community wellbeing. ...more 2009 Reflections & 2010 Predictions 17th Jan 2010 The global economic recession, which peaked in 2009, led many to question neo-liberal/neo-classical capitalism. Well, it’s perhaps more accurate to say that it initiated conversation that was not before very present amongst civil society, markets, the media, Royalty, and even government....more More news here (archive) |
We - A Luxury In Today’s World: Sustainability & Social Capital
6th Jun 2010 The 6th Ministry of Life is Local Agenda 21 Summit, in cooperation with the federal states of Austria....more Enhancing Human & Social Capital through Life Long Learning 6th Jun 2010 An opportunity to discuss issues of importance and relevance to advancing knowledge and democratising education, with a common focus to enhance human and social capital through lifelong learning....more Java World Congress 2010 8th May 2010 The World Congress on Integrating Open Source Java Technologies to Build Social Capital...more More events here (archive) |