{"id":79363,"date":"2026-05-26T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/news\/the-xviii-international-congress-of-educating-cities-begins-today\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T18:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:51:26","slug":"the-xviii-international-congress-of-educating-cities-begins-today","status":"publish","type":"edc_news","link":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/the-xviii-international-congress-of-educating-cities-begins-today\/","title":{"rendered":"The XVIII International Congress of Educating Cities begins today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the theme <strong>\u201cEducation and Culture in the City: Community, Critical Thinking, and Creativity\u201d,<\/strong> the city in the Vall\u00e8s region will become a global meeting point for four days to share experiences, projects, and public policies aimed at building more inclusive and participatory cities.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day includes various study visits around <strong>Granollers<\/strong>, designed to showcase local projects related to education, culture, and citizen participation. In the afternoon, the opening ceremony will welcome delegations from numerous countries and highlight Granollers\u2019 history within the Educating Cities network. The organizers emphasize the collaborative approach taken in preparing this edition, with the involvement of educational institutions, cultural organizations, citizens, and local governments.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The congress faces an <a href=\"https:\/\/iaec2026granollers.com\/es\/congres-aice\/programa\/The congress faces an intense program over the next few days with the participation of leading figures in education, philosophy, urban planning, art and contemporary thought.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">intense program<\/a> over the next few days with the participation of leading figures in education, philosophy, urban planning, art and contemporary thought.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":79362,"template":"","edc_news_cat":[2288],"edc_news_tag":[],"edc_minisite":[],"class_list":["post-79363","edc_news","type-edc_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","edc_news_cat-congress-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>The XVIII International Congress of Educating Cities begins today - 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\/the-xviii-international-congress-of-educating-cities-begins-today\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The XVIII International Congress of Educating Cities begins today - Edcities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Under the theme \u201cEducation and Culture in the City: Community, Critical Thinking, and Creativity\u201d, the city in the Vall\u00e8s region will become a global meeting point for four days to share experiences, projects, and public policies aimed at building more inclusive and participatory cities. 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