{"id":11046,"date":"2015-08-27T12:23:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T10:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/news\/the-northern-europe-member-cities-met-in-helsinki\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T10:53:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T08:53:37","slug":"the-northern-europe-member-cities-met-in-helsinki","status":"publish","type":"edc_news","link":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/the-northern-europe-member-cities-met-in-helsinki\/","title":{"rendered":"The Northern Europe member cities met in Helsinki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the meeting,there was a welcoming speech by the Deputy Mayor of Helsinki, Ms. Ritva Vijanen, and a Introductory Plenary Speech by the Director of Youth Affairs of the City of Helsinki, Mr. Tommi Laitio, under the title \u201cCities are learning environments of (young) people\u201d.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later on, there was a session of exchange of experiences of each member city around the theme &#8220;The city as a school&#8221;. 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