Prémio Cidades Educadoras
2016 Edition: Award on good practices for better living together in our cities
The 1st Edition on the Educating Cities’ Award focused on best practices for better living together in our cities along the line the theme of the 14th IAEC Congress which took place in Rosario (Argentina) in June 2016.
Projetos vencedores
The winning projects of the 1st edition of the Educating Cities’ Award are the Opinmäki Learning Centre of Espoo (Finland), the service-learning as a tool for living together, social cohesion and participation of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Spain) and the regeneration of Gamcheon into a cultural village of Saha-gu (Republic of Korea).
Gamcheon Cultural Village
Local government, town planners, artists and residents collaborate on the cultural regeneration of a marginalized area, transforming it into an active village full of life.
Boosting Learning-Service as a tool of living together, social cohesion and participation
More than 2,000 students participate in Learning-Service activities for approximately 70 entities in the city. With a population of more than 260,000 living in just 12.4Km2, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat is the second most populated city in Catalonia. It borders on Barcelona and is characterized by being a city that has welcomed large numbers of immigrants.
Opinmäki Learning Centre
Municipal facility designed with the active participation of the citizenry that provide a wide range of educative activities and opportunities for people from 0 to 100 years old.
Projetos finalistas
Passo Fundo (Brasil)
Prisma Espaço Geek
Espaço disruptivo de aprendizagem criativa, leitura e autoria, do impresso ao digital, abrangendo literatura, educação, cultura, artes, tecnologia e jogos, que surge para consolidar Passo Fundo como pólo regional de cultura, educação e de inovação.
Lisbon (Portugal)
BIP/ZIP Lisbon Program – Local Partnerships
A priority intervention program developed in neighborhoods and zones of Lisbon that seeks to implement actions to improve life’s conditions through the active participation of local associations and the citizenry living there, with financial and technical support of the City Council.
Pontevedra (Espanha)
Metrominute: a map for encouraging pedestrian mobility
An easy-to-read map that was born in the Spanish city of Pontevedra in order to encourage pedestrian mobility. With a design inspired by metro-maps, it gives information to people about distances and time between different points of the city.
Rivas Vaciamadrid (Espanha)
Public Children’s Parliament
The Convention on the Rights of the Child promotes children’s participation in public policies. In Spain, Public Hearings have been held for children to give their opinion on coexistence, urban mobility and the media.
Torres Vedras (Portugal)
Torres in the Centre
Renovation and restoration of the historical centre in order to make the city an urban and environmental benchmark space, attractive from the social, economic and cultural point of view.
Júri
The Jury for the 1st edition of the Educating Cities’ Award on good practices of Living Together in our cities was made up of the member cities of Rosario (Jury President), Granollers and Tampere. The Jury also had the aid of two experts from the academic world and a representative of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG).
Head of International Relations at Barcelona City Council
Graduate in Geography and Modern History from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She has been the Director of International Relations of the City Council of Barcelona and the General Secretary of the Pyrenees-Mediterranean Euroregion. She is now the coordinator of the Forum of Regions of UCLG.
“Coexisting is living together by creating spaces of confluence and shared interests in the spirit of diversity that can guarantee equality for all citizens.”
Councillor for Education and Children’s Services at Granollers Town Council
Graduate in Sociology and Master’s in Marketing and Communication Management. City Councillor for Education and Childhood of the City Council of Granollers since June 2015; a post he combines with his corporate communications company, founded in 2007.
“When I think about living together, I imagine citizens who are committed, cooperative and possessing the spirit of solidarity with the people around them in order to make a more cohesive, just and egalitarian society possible.”
Senior researcher at the Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra
Graduate in Architecture and Doctor in City, Territorial and Environmental Planning from the University of Florence. He is now senior researcher at the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra. His main research target is the participatory budget. He collaborates with local government organisations such as UCLG, the Association of Portuguese Municipalities and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP).
Director-General of the Delegation of Educating Cities for Latin America
Graduate in Bio-chemistry and Pharmacy. She is now the General Director of the IAEC Delegation for Latin America. She has also held the posts of General Sub-secretary, Social Action Sub-secretary and General Director of the Municipal Centre of the Southern District of the Municipality of Rosario.
“The great challenge facing our societies is finding new and better paths to better living together. If we learn together, our cities will have a future. For local governments it is a priority to take on the leading active role in the development of public policies for living together.”
Purchasing Manager for the education sector
Manager for the areas of education, competition and economic development of the City Council of Tampere.
”Living together is the most important social learning that our cities have. We must bear it in mind in all the activities we carry out; especially in the all educative activities we organize.”
PhD in Political Science and specialist in education and immigration policy
She is a member of the Institute of Government and Public Policy (Autonomous University of Barcelona) and the Institut of Childhood of Barcelona.
“Living together at one and the same time the purpose and instrument in the fight against segregation and social exclusion as well as the fight for an effective equality of opportunities.”
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