{"id":79354,"date":"2026-05-13T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/news\/executive-committee-meeting-prior-to-the-xviii-international-congress-of-educating-cities\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T18:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:47:08","slug":"executive-committee-meeting-prior-to-the-xviii-international-congress-of-educating-cities","status":"publish","type":"edc_news","link":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/executive-committee-meeting-prior-to-the-xviii-international-congress-of-educating-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive Committee meeting prior to the XVIII International Congress of Educating Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Executive Committee<\/strong> of the International Association of Educating Cities (IAEC) held its <strong>preparatory meeting for the XVIII International Congress on May 12<\/strong>. The Congress will take place from May 26 to 29 in Granollers. During the session, President-Delegate Sara Belbeida highlighted the network\u2019s \u201cparticularly stimulating moment,\u201d reflected in the receipt of 19 nominations for the renewal of the Executive Committee, from which 11 will be elected for the 2026-2030 term. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting also addressed the final preparations for the International Congress, including information on the program\u2019s various sessions and workspaces, exhibitions, local initiatives, simultaneous interpretation, and other organizational matters.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, the proposal for a new International Thematic Network, promoted by Rosario and focused on \u201cAI in Local Governments,\u201d was presented. This network will be launched shortly as a pilot project between the congresses.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, possible initiatives to be carried out within the framework of the celebration of the International Day of the Educating City 2026 were discussed, whose motto will be \u201cEducating Cities: cultivating critical thinking, democratic values \u200b\u200band the fight against disinformation\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":79353,"template":"","edc_news_cat":[2289],"edc_news_tag":[],"edc_minisite":[],"class_list":["post-79354","edc_news","type-edc_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","edc_news_cat-committee-2"],"acf":{"edcities_scope":["global"],"edcities_related_city":null,"edcities_related_network":null,"edcities_related_minisite":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Executive Committee meeting prior to the XVIII International Congress of Educating Cities - Edcities<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/executive-committee-meeting-prior-to-the-xviii-international-congress-of-educating-cities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Executive Committee meeting prior to the XVIII International Congress of Educating Cities - Edcities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Executive Committee of the International Association of Educating Cities (IAEC) held its preparatory meeting for the XVIII International Congress on May 12. 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