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This monograph provides a report on a conference held in Jena, Germany in 1998, on learning cities and regions. It focused on economic and cultural transition in Eastern Germany and on Jena as a learning city. Other conferences have taken place in France and Denmark/Sweden and more are planned. Jena is revealed as a city in the process of change, following the massive closures in its manufacturing base and the development of a new high technology industry. Part One contains a summary report from the Jena seminar; Parts Two and Three contain papers on economic and cultural transition and learning in general and specific papers on Jena. They emphasise the importance of a knowledge-based economy, the development of a learning society, the encouragement of cooperation between central governments, local governments, the private sector and civil society as a whole.