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Educating Cities Award<\/h1>

2018 Edition: Award for Good Practice in Civic Education through Participation<\/h2><\/div>

The second edition of the Educating City Award on Good Practices on Civic Education through Participation was called with the aim of recognising and providing international visibility to the initiatives that the IAEC cities carry out to include citizen participation as an educating and structuring element of the local policies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Awarded Projects<\/h2>

The awarded experiences of the second edition of the Educating Cities\u2019 Award are: Gunsan\u2019s (Korea) Urban Regeneration Plan of the Historic Centre, the Women Free of Violence Networks, from Le\u00f3n-Guanajuato (M\u00e9xico), and the initiative Our neighbourhood, our city, from Set\u00fabal (Portugal).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Urban Regeneration Plan of the Historic Centre<\/h3>
\n \n \n<\/svg><\/div>GUNSAN (South Korea)<\/span><\/div>

The Korean city of Gunsan is located on the banks of the river Geum, approximately 200km south west of the capital, Seoul. Currently it is notable for being an industrial city of high technological manufacturing and an important port of international trade. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Women Free of Violence Networks<\/h3>
\n \n \n<\/svg><\/div>LE\u00d3N-GUANAJUATO<\/span><\/div>

The Mexican city of Le\u00f3n is located in the State of Guanajuato, 384 km from the country\u2019s capital. The municipality has 1,500,000 inhabitants, making it the most populous city in the State. Thanks to its leather and shoe industries, the city is known as the \u201cShoe Capital of Mexico\u201d. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Our Neighbourhood, Our City<\/h3>
\n \n \n<\/svg><\/div>SET\u00daBAL (Portugal)<\/span><\/div>

The Portuguese city of Set\u00fabal has a population of 121,185 inhabitants and belongs to the metropolitan area of Lisbon. Its main economic activities are industry and commerce. The programme is implemented in Bela Vista, a depressed area of the city, made up of a total of 5 neighbourhoods in which 5,769 inhabitants reside. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Finalist projects<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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Barakaldo (Spain)<\/p><\/div>

Giltzarri Participation Platform<\/h3>

This platform was set up as a space through which to channel the participation of the adolescent and youth population of the city, fostering self-leadership and co-responsibility, in order to break with the stereotyped negative image of young people.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a>

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Medell\u00edn (Colombia)<\/p><\/div>

Children and Youth Citizen Participation Nurseries<\/h3>

Training processes addressed to children, young people and their families are established in all the districts of the city in order to foster skills that help optimize democratic citizen participation, through social dialogue and community interaction, among others.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a>

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L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Spain)<\/p><\/div>

Artistic Expression: Strategies for Getting along in the classroom<\/h3>

The “Artistic Expression” project promotes intercultural coexistence in secondary schools through music, theater and new technologies, promoting creativity, integration and values \u200b\u200bof respect, also involving teacher training.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a>

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R\u00edo Cuarto (Argentina)<\/p><\/div>

Urban Recylers Program<\/h3>

It is an initiative that helps to improve the quality of life of urban recyclers through a comprehensive focus.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a>

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

The Abre Plan at Rouill\u00f3n and Segu\u00ed: Participation as a tool for the collective habitat construction<\/h3>

A comprehensive intervention to improve the quality of life, social harmony and the safety of the citizens residing in neighbourhoods whose residential environment has deteriorated and where the social exclusion risk indicators are high.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a>

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

Educational Innovation Network<\/h3>

Schools, local administration, families and companies united to improve education through information and communication technologies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a>

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Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain)<\/p><\/div>

Citizens Open School<\/h3>

To build a citizenry committed to their community through training in the skills necessary for people to participate, publicizing channels of participation, and bringing the City Council closer to its citizens, in order for the latter to play an ever-greater leading role in municipal policies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n

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Jury<\/h2>

The Jury for the 2nd edition of the Educating Cities\u2019 Award on good practices on Civic Education through Participation was composed by two experts from the academia, three member cities of the Executive Committee (Changwon, Lisbon, Torino) and a representative of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Mr. Joaquim Brugu\u00e9 i Torruella<\/h3>

PhD in Political Science and Public Administration from the Autonomous University of Barcelona<\/p>

\n \n \n<\/svg><\/div>Spain<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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Mr. Stephen Osborne<\/h3>

Director of the Centre for Service Excellence at Edinburgh Business School<\/p>

\n \n \n<\/svg><\/div>United Kingdom<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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Sra. Maria Manuela Raimundo<\/h3>

Bachelor of Public Administration<\/p>

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Mr. Fernando Santomauro<\/h3>

UCLG Training Advisor<\/p>

\n \n \n<\/svg><\/div>Brazil<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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Sra. Jiyeong Jeong<\/h3>

Changwon City Council official <\/p>

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Sra. Giovanna Garrone<\/h3>

Advisor to the Councillor for Education, Federica Patti <\/p>

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