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Learning cities in Italy: Turin just joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities
Learning cities in Italy are experiencing an exciting development as Turin becomes the country’s first city to join the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities. Turin is committed to creating a widespread culture of learning and favoring learning in families and communities, fostering the use of modern learning technologies and enhancing a sustainable use of resources. Turin has been promoting educational initiatives through the ‘Educating City Initiative’ since 1995 and is currently working to streamline lifelong learning in its development towards a sustainable learning city.
Turin underwent major urban regeneration in the mid-1990s, which led to a cultural and economic renaissance in the city. However, the repercussions of the 2008 global financial crisis slowed down Turin’s economic development. To alleviate the effects of the crisis, Turin...learningcities.uil.unesco.org/news-and-events/news…
Learning cities in Italy: Turin just joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities
Learning cities in Italy are experiencing an exciting development as Turin becomes the country’s first city to join the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities. Turin is committed to creating a widespread culture of learning and favoring learning in families and communities, fostering the use of modern learning technologies and enhancing a sustainable use of resources. Turin has been promoting educational initiatives through the ‘Educating City Initiative’ since 1995 and is currently working to streamline lifelong learning in its development towards a sustainable learning city.
Turin underwent major urban regeneration in the mid-1990s, which led to a cultural and economic renaissance in the city. However, the repercussions of the 2008 global financial crisis slowed down Turin’s economic development. To alleviate the effects of the crisis, Turin developed the Metropolitan Torino 2025 Strategic Plan, which sets out plans for twenty-nine projects focusing on empowering citizens, promoting inclusion and boosting cultural and economic prosperity. These projects involve close cooperation between the city’s municipalities and local and international organizations from both the public and private sectors.
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UNESCO Learning City Award 2017 open for applications
Urban populations have been growing more rapidly than ever in recent years: more than half of the world's population nowadays lives in cities, and the…