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Cascais

The municipality of Cascais is located in the greater metropolitan area of Lisbon, where most of the country’s population live. It has 205,113 inhabitants and a population density of 1,943 inhab./km2.

Cascais

Contact details

Country
Portugal
Number of inhabitants
205,113

Mayor

Name
Sr. Nuno Piteira Lopes
Address
Largo 5 de Outubro
Experiences

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Training for formal and informal caregivers for people with various types of dementia

Cascais (Portugal)

Training for formal and informal caregivers for people with various types of dementia

In Portugal, 153,000 people suffer from dementia, including 90,000 with Alzheimer’s. A project seeks to improve care and reduce caregiver burnout through training workshops.

Competence Program

Cascais (Portugal)

Competence Program

The “Competences Program” addresses difficulties in classroom management and child discipline through a guide with 40 practical sessions, focusing on emotional and psychosocial development in early childhood education.

“Social Culture” Youth Volunteer Programme

Cascais (Portugal)

“Social Culture” Youth Volunteer Programme

This is a summer volunteer programme that tries to offer alternatives to fill the free time of young people (between 15 and 25 years old) living in the municipality, and which contributes to their personal development.

“Maré Viva” Youth Volunteer Programme

Cascais (Portugal)

“Maré Viva” Youth Volunteer Programme

This is an inititiative that promotes free time alternatives that could contribute to the personal development of young people. The programme is carried out during summer vacation and is addressed to young people in the municipality from the ages between 15 and 21.

“Nature Observation” Youth Volunteer Programme

Cascais (Portugal)

“Nature Observation” Youth Volunteer Programme

It is a youth volunteer programme in the environmental and nature conservation area. The Project arose from the need to have an overall plan for preventing problems and consolidating strategies and methodologies.

Creating More Natural, People-Friendly Outdoor Spaces at Schools

Cascais (Portugal)

Creating More Natural, People-Friendly Outdoor Spaces at Schools

The City Hall of Cascais understands the need to adapt the municipal primary school playgrounds and transform them into more natural, people-friendly spaces in order to make the most of their potential as an educational space.

Neighbourhood Guardian

Cascais (Portugal)

Neighbourhood Guardian

The work of the neighbourhood guardians consists in reporting on the status of the public spaces in their area of residence, acting also as educational and awareness agents on environmental issues and other matters vis-à-vis the other citizens.

Cascais Congress 2018
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15th International Congress of Educating CitiesCascais 2018

The City Belongs to its Citizens
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Cascais para o Dia Internacional da Cidade Educadora 2017 (CA)

Cascais – Dia Internacional das Cidades Educadoras – Assembleia de Jovens (CA)

15th IAEC presentation

Cascais on occasion of the International Day of Educating City

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