This initiative aims to encourage and disseminate the work of new playwrights and young actors, to enable them to advance in their goal of becoming professionals in the field. To this end, professional theatre directors are also involved in the project. The project proposes the creation of small-format theatrical performances of short duration around a single thematic axis, developed freely by the authors and performed in a […]
The IAEC, together with Barcelona City Council, the Institute for Children and Teenagers and Born Cultural Centre, organises a workshop to share ideas and experiences on how to transform our cities by dedicating public areas to play, reinforcing the use of school playgrounds as learning outdoor spaces and making public spaces in the city available for children. […]
Since a better city for children is a better city for all its inhabitants, the event will feature the thoughts of many experts and the presentation of projects on issues such as: public space and learning, games in the city, the role of the school as a community space and the need for an urban […]
Crowdfunding is an established form of financing projects, where people gather to support an initiative that will respond to an issue relevant to them. To do so, they contribute small amounts of money so that the project can get started. In the Crowdfunding Tampere model (inspired by the London Crowdfund programme), the local government participates as one of the donors of the community-led projects. In addition to […]
Civil engineer by profession and politician by vocation, he led the opening of the city towards the river and the modernization and decentralization of municipal management. In addition to bolstering to the Delegation of Educating Cities for Latin America, he promoted international dialogue with many cities and networks such as UCLG, Metropolis or CIDEU. The […]
The IAEC Secretariat is kindly requesting member cities to submit experiences on childhood participation. As you know, the revamped Charter of Educating Cities highlights the need to grant civil and political rights of children, teenagers and young people, using quality participatory methods. In particular, Principle 8 of the Charter on Governance and citizen participation states that: […]
Educating cities promote reading as a key factor to develop critical thinking, and to read and reread the city and the world we live in. This enhanced critical thinking becomes even more necessary in a global world where new technologies have made available information which is not always true or reliable. But in addition to […]
An iniatitve that promotes the social and solidarity economy in order to foster socio-economic inclusion through the self-managed employment of people and groups in vulnerable situations, by way of training and support for their entrepreneurial projects:
The 16th Congress “Shaping the future of education: innovation, tradition and inclusion” seeks to exchange best practices on how to build sustainable Educating Cities where the past, present and future coexist, based on a holistic understanding. The value of education lies in properly understanding human nature and guiding people to develop their full potential and to […]
