Educating Cities Award

Philippe Meirieu has worked as a primary school teacher, a secondary school teacher, a sixth-form teacher and a vocational education teacher; he is currently an honorary professor of educational sciences. Throughout his career, he has maintained a direct involvement with young people. Among his roles, he has served as editor-in-chief of the ‘Cuadernos Pedagógicos’, head of an experimental school, director of the National Institute for Educational Research (INRP), director of the University Institute for Teacher Training (IUFM) of the Lyon Academy, and vice-president of the Rhône-Alpes region responsible for lifelong learning. He is currently president of a popular education movement in France, the CEMEA.

His research initially focused on issues related to peer interactions, later on differentiated pedagogy and learning situations; today, it mainly focuses on the philosophy of education, the history and present of pedagogy, as well as the relationships between education and politics. His latest published works include “What the School Can Still Do for Democracy” (Autrement, 2020), “Unexpected Dictionary of Pedagogy” (ESF, 2021), “Growing in Humanity,” with Abdennour Bidar (Autrement, 2022), and “Who Still Wants Teachers?” (Seuil, 2023).

Her current field of work focuses on the analysis of educational public policies and teacher training in programs for the construction of Peace, Citizenship, Human Rights, and Conflict Resolution. She is a Visiting Professor in Master’s and Doctoral programs in Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Bolivia. As a European citizen, she is a member of the European Union – EU – team in Education for Citizenship, performing tasks as an instructor at universities and research centers in Spain, Switzerland, Italy, and the United Kingdom.

She served as the Director of the IAEC Delegation for Latin America from 1997 to 2005 at the International Relations Department of the Municipality of Rosario, Argentina.

He was a co-founding member and has served as the director of the Observatory of Applied Ethics to social, psychoeducational, and socio-healthcare action. His research focuses on Cicero, around whom he has published various works. Among his publications are the essay “Educacionari,” published by Ed. 62, an invitation to think and feel about education through sixty concepts; and the essay on urban ethics titled “Cities of values, valuable cities,” published by Ed. Barcino. He maintains an active role as a lecturer in various countries on topics related to education, philosophy, ethics, and politics.

In his political career, he served as a Member of Parliament in the Congress and the Parliament of Catalonia, Deputy Mayor of the City Council of Girona, and as a councillor for Education and Universities. He also held the position of government councillor for the Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. In the university, among other roles, he served as the Vice-Rector for Research and Knowledge Transfer and as the University Ombudsman.

Organizing education in more than a hundred educational institutions covering levels from preschool, primary, secondary, higher and social promotion education, both in French and Dutch. This involves nearly 6,000 collaborators and around 35,000 students.

Jennifer Duvinage’s role is to develop and implement the department’s strategic plan. The General Administration consists of approximately fifteen direct collaborators and is responsible, among other things, for the development of innovative multidimensional projects (civic, sociocultural, philosophical, reflective, multilingual, sports-related, etc.), supporting the implementation of management plans and objectives in schools, legal management of the department, well-being within institutions, communication, and specific projects related to Brussels’ overall policy program.

He represents the municipality in the International Association of Educating Cities and in the Portuguese Network of Educating Cities.

She is a doctoral student in School Management and Administration Policies, in the third year of her thesis.

Between 2008 and 2015, she worked as a Senior Technician in the Department of Education, Educational Intervention Division of the Cascais Municipality, in the area of educational intervention and the development of projects in education and vocational training.

She has taught at the higher education level, worked as a trainer in the behavior field, and participated as a speaker in various scientific actions/meetings.

She has attended various training courses in the areas of Education Sciences and Educational Psychology, as well as other training courses in the Management/Leadership area. She has also completed a course in Public Management in Local Administration. Additionally, she is a certified trainer by the Conselho Científico-Pedagógico de Formação Contínua – Ministry of Education, with extensive experience in educational and community training.