The Mayor of Rivas Vaciamadrid, Mr. Pedro del Cura, has presided over the opening ceremony and has welcomed the attendants. Late on, there has been a Roundtable of Local Authorities under the title “Educating Cities: 25 years of commitment with equality, participation, solidarity and democracy”. The Roundtable with the participation of the Mayors of Avilés, Ms […]
The Spanish Network coordinating city for the period 2013-2015 has prepared a complete program with activities such as: The Panel “Educating Cities: 25 years of commitment with equality, participation, solidarity and democracy” with the participation of the Mayors of Avilés, Granollers, Málaga and Zaragoza. The Assembly of the Spanish Network (during which a new coordinating […]
The Award has been created with the aim of recognising and giving international visibility to the work being carried out by the Educating Cities to improve the quality of life of their cities, in accordance with the principles of the Charter of Educating Cities. The idea is that the Award could be delivered every two […]
The International Congresses are one of the main activities of our Association: it is a great opportunity to exchange experiences and programs, to carry out proposals for joint projects and to share ideas. For the organizing city, the Congress offers the opportunity both to give an impulse to its actions and initiatives as an Educating […]
Through the Focus Experience we bring you one of the more than 1.000 BIDCE’s experiences from different issues such as citizenship participation, leisure, lifelong learning, community development, sustainable development, intergenerational relationship, etc. The previous editions of the section Focus Experience are available here. We invite you to forward good practices of your city to the […]
The Mayor of Almada, Mr Joaquim Judas, presided over the Opening Ceremony which had as well speeches by the Deputy Mayor on Education, Culture and Sports of Almada, Mr António Matos, and the IAEC General Secretary, Ms Marina Canals. During the 3 days of work there were some outstanding moments such as the Rountable of […]
According to the UN Millennium Development Goals report, the number of newly HIV infected people dropped a 40% from 3,5 million to 2,1 million between the years 2000 and 2013. Despite there seems to be a stabilization in most regions and more people survive the illness, there is still people that do not know how […]
The aim of this manifesto was to reach agreement on the Educating Cities’ concept and to suggest guidelines for action. The Charter celebrates now its 25th Anniversary. During this period of time, the Charter has stimulated a process of wide and democratic debate; it has given rise to proposals and mobilization at local level and […]
