{"id":22661,"date":"2026-03-17T17:04:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/educating-cities-award\/2022-prize\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:46:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:46:36","slug":"2022-prize","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/educating-cities-award\/2022-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Educating Cities Award<\/h1>

2022 Edition: Award for Best Practices in Promoting Care in the City<\/h2><\/div>

The Educating Cities Award aims to recognise and give international visibility to the work that Educating Cities carry out, as well as to highlight best practices that can inspire other cities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Awarded Projects<\/h2>

The awarded experiences of the fourth edition of the Educating Cities\u2019 Award to Best practices for the promotion of Care in the city are: Climate Shelters in schools (Barcelona, Spain), Embroidering Resistances: Embroiderers from Alto Alegre (Horizonte, Brazil) and Rivers with Life (Loures, Portugal).<\/p>\n

Congratulations to everyone involved in the projects!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Climate Shelters in schools<\/h3>
\n \n \n<\/svg><\/div>BARCELONA (SPAIN)<\/span><\/div>

The Climate Plan is the strategy of the city of Barcelona to face climate change, with actions to mitigate it, proposals for adaptation, climate justice and the promotion of citizen participation in the playground.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

View the project<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Embroidering Resistances: Embroiderers from Alto Alegre<\/h3>
\n \n \n<\/svg><\/div>HORIZONTE (Brasil)<\/span><\/div>

The economic needs together with the desire for empowerment made the activity practiced on a daily basis by some residents of the community a promising project.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

View the project<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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R\u00edos Con Vida<\/h3>
\n \n \n<\/svg><\/div>LOURES (Portugal)<\/span><\/div>

Rios Com Vida makes the connection between the past and the future of water, showing the population the natural wealth and the work of regenerating the rivers, through active citizenship in its protection, under the motto \u201creturn the rivers to the population\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

View the project<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n
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Finalist projects<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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Esposende (Portugal)<\/p><\/div>

Generation S: Food Sustainability Programme<\/h3>

The project, implemented in all schools of Esposende, is based on a food sustainability plan that seeks to promote a change in attitudes and behaviors among the new generations in the face of global environmental problems.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a>

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Guimar\u00e3es (Portugal)<\/p><\/div>

The Ave for Everyone in Guimar\u00e3es<\/h3>

The project was born with the objective of promoting citizen participation in the conservation and improvement of the Ave River, and proposes a multidisciplinary and dynamic approach to empower the citizens of the municipality in the management of their own water resources.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a>

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Mislata (Spain)<\/p><\/div>

Inclusive Playgrounds: Co-Ed Playgrounds\u00a0<\/h3>

The project sets out to create school spaces for harmonious living, which do not exclude students based on age, sex or gender expression.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a>

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Rosario (Argentina)<\/p><\/div>

Doing Economics Together: Empowering Women from the Social, Solidarity and Popular Economy\u00a0<\/h3>

This is an educational programme aimed at female entrepreneurs from the social, solidarity and popular economy, whom Rosario City Council has been mentoring in recent years on how to boost their projects by providing educational tools, technical assistance and\/or marketing advice.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a>

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S\u00e3o Paulo (Brazil)<\/p><\/div>

There’s a Way Out Programme\u00a0<\/h3>

The programme sets out to achieve financial independence for women who live in the city of S\u00e3o Paulo and who are experiencing situations of gender-based violence, supporting them to get a job that lets them become financially independent.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a>

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Barcelona (Spain)<\/p><\/div>

The Sun Factory: Municipal Environmental Education Facilities<\/h3>

A public equipment of environment education addressed to all the citizenry and to other social groups such as entities, students, companies, etc. that wish to learn about the resources and best practices to be applied in the face of the challenges of sustainability.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a>

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Villa Carlos Paz (Argentina)<\/p><\/div>

Co-caring in Villa Carlos Paz: The right to care in equality\u00a0<\/h3>

The project is committed to reducing gender gaps and others, so that people in their different life cycles can access care and development, managing care integrally with a community and equitable sense, both privately and publicly.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n

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Jury<\/h2>

The jury of the 4th edition of the \u201cEducating Cities Award to Best Practices for the Promotion of Care in the City\u201d is composed by 2 experts (Yayo Herrero and Rodrigo Perp\u00e9tuo), the cities of Seville and Tampere in representation of the IAEC Executive Committee and CGLU\u2019s Social Inclusion Commission.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Ms. Yayo Herrero <\/h3>

Consultant, researcher and lecturer in the fields of political ecology, ecofeminism and education for sustainability<\/p>

\n \n \n<\/svg><\/div>Spain<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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Mr. Rodrigo Perpetuo<\/h3>

Executive Secretary of ICLEI South America<\/p>

\n \n \n<\/svg><\/div>Brazil<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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Ms. M. Jos\u00e9 Castillo <\/h3>

Degree in Social Work<\/p>

\n \n \n<\/svg><\/div>Spain<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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Ms. Amanda Flety <\/h3>

Executive Coordinator of the Social Inclusion Committee<\/p>

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Mr. Lauri Savisaari<\/h3>

Director of Education, Culture & Leisure Services, Tampere City Council<\/p>

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