Principle 5 of the Charter of Educating Cities affirms that “municipalities shall undertake to exercise their powers effectively in matters of education. No matter what the scope of these powers may be, they shall put forward a broad and integrated education policy, in order to include all the modalities of formal, non-formal and informal education […]
In 2006, the City Council of Paredes decided to take action in the area of education. Why? When we decided to launch the Paredes Education Charter, education was in poor shape in the city. In 2006 we ranked ninth from the bottom in the country in terms of educational performance, and today we are amongst […]
The good practices are the Youth Alternative School Cooperative of General Alvear, which promotes the team building, mutual help, the effort and solidarity, and Building the best neighbourhood, an initiative of Changwon which promotes the participation of citizens in the design and development of actions to improve the quality of life of their neighbourhood.
Included at the 2017 IAEC Action Plan, the Study visit is offered to IAEC political representatives as well as IAEC city staff having an expertise on the area or cities dealing with diverse and multicultural societies. Please find here attached the provisional programme, a document of background information on the good practices to be visited […]
The Mayor of the City, Mr. Juan Manuel Llamosas, began the works of the first day with an opening speech. After that, the Director of the IAEC Delegation for Latin America, Ms. Laura Alfonso, presented the IAEC to an audience composed of municipal workers of Municipalities of the region, education agents, NGOs, social organizations, foundations, […]
In order to contribute to the conceptual analysis and debate on the constitutive elements of identity, the thematic axis which will guide the sessions of the 7th Congress are: Citizenship Urban spaces The role of Culture and Identity of cities The host city has prepared an agenda with keynote lectures by Portuguese and International speakers, […]
The day began with an opening address by the Mayor of San Justo, Mr. Nicolás E. Cuesta, and the presentation of the International Association of Educating Cities and the Principles of the Charter of Educating Cities, by the Director of the IAEC Delegation for Latin America. Later on, Dr. Silvia Serra (National University of Rosario […]
The current edition of Focus Experience introduces the Makerspaces at the Espoo (Finland) City Libraries, collaborative work sites where people of different ages and interests help each other by sharing the facilities and tools, as well as knowledge, experience and ideas. Through Focus Experience we bring you one of the more than 1.000 BIDCE’s experiences […]
Local government have a relevant role so as to give answers to the challenge of “Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages” stressed by the Sustainable Development Goal – SDG 3 of United Nations. Here attached you will find a selection of good practices from member cities that deal with the […]
