"In times of transition what are our responsibilities to each other and our communities? How can individuals and communities take positive action to generate economic development and create employment opportunities? Rather than throwing ourselves on the mercy of the global marketplace, what can we do to make the economy more democratic and accountable to its citizens? One way of addressing these challenging conditions is by providing greater support for the education, training and career development of those most affected. (1998).

An OECD spotlight: a series of articles which examine the relationship between public governance and public trust, and how modern governments are responding to demands for more open and transparent government. (November 2005).

This evaluation assesses the effectiveness of the World Bank's support for development approaches that involve community participation. It concludes that the link between CBD/CDD projects and social capital and community empowerment is weak, and urges the Bank to exercise caution with future CBD/CDD projects. (November 2005).

Two major themes are addressed in this book. The first one is on Active Civic Participation. This is considered an increasingly important aim both for public governance and for the renewal of civil society. The contributions on this topic deepen our understanding of the reasons why civic participation is relevant as an answer to present day societal challenges. They also improve our insight in the factors that stimulate or inhibit such participation. The second theme is about European Citizenship and Multiple Identities. It helps to understand the evolution of citizenship and identities in the context of European integration and enlargement, of globalisation and glocalisation, of migration, etc. The book holds a selection of papers presented at the Connections Conference, organised at the university of Leuven in Belgium in September 2003. (2005).

"As the world becomes more and more globalized, education is increasingly crossing borders - be they national, regional, sectoral or institutional. This new book from UNESCO examines the way in which educational systems must respond to profound changes, such as the explosion of knowledge and the development of information and communication technology (ICT)." The present volume deals with distance higher education systems — especially those designed for lifelong learners — in the context of these changes. (2005).

The Sagurao Seminar: Civic Engagement in America project at Harvard University has collected together a number of articles and discussions relating to the impact of Hurricane Katrina and 9-11 on social capital in American life.

The Innovating Regions in Europe (IRE) network is the joint platform for collaboration and exchange of experience for regions that are developing or implementing regional innovation strategies and schemes.

"This paper argues that the demise of 'learning economies' as a normative policy framework will be explained as a problem of 'asymmetric knowledge' among producers and users of the most important contemporary public good, which is knowledge, whether symbolic, synthetic or abstract in the creative, applied or scientific fields. by Phillip Cooke."

European Planning Studies, Volume 13, no. 2, March 2005, pp. 333 - 349. "This article is concerned with regional disparities, the innovation gap and the polarization effects of innovation. The article proposes elements of an inclusive model of innovation. This involves a systemic view of innovation, learning and interactivity. It includes the concepts of learning, trust and social capital in the context of a dilemma between innovation and polarization at the territorial level." by Michael Guth