{"id":11501,"date":"2018-10-23T11:31:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T11:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/news\/lagoa-algarve-hosts-the-first-meeting-of-educating-cities-of-the-algarve\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T05:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T03:56:24","slug":"lagoa-algarve-hosts-the-first-meeting-of-educating-cities-of-the-algarve","status":"publish","type":"edc_news","link":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/lagoa-algarve-hosts-the-first-meeting-of-educating-cities-of-the-algarve\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagoa (Algarve) hosts the First Meeting of Educating Cities of the Algarve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first day of the meeting was addressed<b class=\"b1\">\u00a0<\/b>to Lagoa&#8217;s educational community. It aimed at reflecting on the progress made in the construction of Lagoa, Educating City. The round table: &#8220;<em>Educating City &#8211; a Network Challenge<\/em>&#8220;, included the participation of the Mayor of the city, Mr. Francisco Martins, the\u00a0President of the Municipal Assembly, Mr. Jos\u00e9 \u00c1guas da Cruz, a representative of the Portuguese Network, Mr. Paulo Louro and other municipal political and technical delegates.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The programme on 3rd October, with the theme <em>&#8220;Creating Educating Cities in the Algarve&#8221;<\/em>, brought together political and technical delegates from the cities of Lagoa, Lagos, Loul\u00e9 and Albufeira, and also representatives from other non-member cities.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Deputy Mayor, Mr.\u00a0Lu\u00eds Encarna\u00e7\u00e3o, opened the second day. Next, Mr. Paulo Louro, Technical Staff in the Office Lisboa Educating City presented the evolution of the educating cities&#8217; project and the advantages of working in network. Mr. Nelson Dias, from the Network of\u00a0Participatory Municipalities\u00a0(RAP) focused his presentation on participation as a basic feature of Educating Cities and on how to develop\u00a0participation mechanisms.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The municipalities of Loul\u00e9 and Lagos also had the opportunity to present projects of their cities.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The programme ended with a visit to the art school\u00a0Mestre Fernando Rodrigues, where participants could learn more about the use of art as en educating tool and to promote social inclusion.<\/p><section id=\"edcities-news-gallery-gblock-block_ceb29e3ce245f418299e5afc58e4bc30\" class=\"edcities-news-gallery-gblock edcities-gblock alignfull\"><div class=\"edcities-news-gallery-gblock__inner\"><div class=\"edcities-news-gallery-gblock__media-column edcities-news-gallery-gblock__media-column--lightbox-gallery\"><div class=\"edcities-news-gallery-gblock__lightbox-gallery\" 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