World symposium on Lifelong learning and sustainable development
The University of Malta is hosting the world symposium on Lifelong learning and sustainable development until 4 March. It is being jointly organised by the University of Malta’s Centre for Environmental Education and Research, Manchester Metropolitan University, the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) and the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme, in cooperation with various UN bodies, government offices and authorities, universities, enterprises, NGOs and grassroots organisations from across the world.
Following the adoption of a new sustainable development agenda at the UN Sustainable Development Summit held in New York in September 2015, the world sym- posium on Lifelong learning for sustainable development will address the perceived need to explore and present concrete case studies that illustrate how effective lifelong learning for sustainable development can be attained. The symposium will offer an excellent opportunity for debate, networking and sharing of best practice in the field.
The world symposium has brought together scholars from Europe, Asia, South America, North America and Africa and will feature the participation of some of the most renowned academics in the field. The participating presentations shall be compiled into a multi-volume publication, Handbook of Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development, edited by Walter Leal Filho, Mark Mifsud and Paul Pace.
This publication will be a further volume in the award-winning, World Sustainability series published by Springer, which since its creation in 2015 has become the world’s leading book series on sustainable development.
The world symposium on Lifelong learning and sustainable development shall be among the largest events in the field of sustainable development and lifelong learning held during this year. It is being held at the Valletta Campus until 4 March and will include presentations from local and international academics and a number of workshops. For further information contact Dr Mark Mifsud on mark.c.mifsud@um.edu.mt