Three innovative experiences from three IAEC member cities will be awarded. The cities of Espoo (Finland), L’Hospitalet (Spain) and Saha-gu (Republic of Korea) were awarded in 2016 for their good practices on Living Together. The theme proposed for this year’s edition is: “Civic Education through Participation”. We live days in which citizens claim for a […]
The International Congresses are one of the main activities of our Association. They are a great opportunity to exchange experiences, to carry out proposals for joint projects and to share ideas. For the organizing city, the Congress offers both the opportunity to give an impulse to its actions and initiatives as an Educating City as […]
The Executive Committee of the IAEC, in its meeting of March 2017, gave green light to the creation of this Network with now 18 members. The City of Godoy Cruz has been selected as the coordinating city of the Network and will count on the support of the cities of Río Cuarto, San Justo and […]
The cities of Brussels, Espoo, Helsinki, Katowice, Munich, Tampere and Goteborg have participated in the meeting. The program has included the study visit to two initiatives of the host city within the Equal Gothenburg Program, which seeks to reduce disparities in living conditions and health among the population and ensure a socially sustainable development. The […]
The current increasingly globalised and diverse world has raised questions about what constitutes full citizenship as well as its global dimensions. Local governments, because they are close to the people, they are able to better respond to the needs of their citizens and specifically to promote the emergence of a global citizenship. The main objective […]
Ms. Dinah Zekcer, City Councillor of Santo André, Ms. Laura Alfonso, Director of the Latin American Delegation and Mr. Paulo Louro, representative of the Portuguese Territorial Network participated in the meeting. In this meeting Vitória has been chosen as the new coordinating city of the Brazilian Network, with the support of a commission made up […]
The aim of this monographic issue is to highlight the active role that cities play from an educational perspective, fostering a better living together and social cohesion. Today’s world is shaped by many events at an international scale that show worrisome signs of fragmentation, isolation and social disengagement. However, in recent times we have also […]
According to United Nations, Youth are 18% of the World population. That is 1,200 million people. 87% of them live in developing countries. Its aspirations energy and aims are essential for the development of their societies. At the same time, Youth face daily challenges such as the limited access to education, Health, occupation, housing, etc. […]
The inauguration was carried out by the municipal president Mr. Héctor López Santillana, who took the opportunity to remind the members of the administration that he directs the main purpose of transforming the Mexican municipality. Dr. Joan Manuel del Pozo, University of Girona, then gave the lecture “Educating City and Local Governance”. Later, the participants […]
