20Nov

Ponte Sor municipality pioneers the integration of ISEC Lisboa's UNESCO Chair

On December 13, at the Ponte de Sor School Group, it took place the short initiative "Ponte de Sor: The City that Educates and Transforms: Citizenship Challenges and Active Citizen Participation". This event, organized in partnership with the municipality, the AEPS and the Prof'Sor Training Centre, was attended by Professor Isabel Baltazar, Coordinator of the Chair.

As this was the first municipality in the country to formalize this integration, it was a privileged moment to confirm the importance of inclusion in a project such as the UNESCO Chair "The City that Educates and Transforms" led by ISEC Lisboa.

With this partnership, the Municipality of Ponte de Sor is committed to spreading the objectives of this project, namely:

  • the promotion of an integrated system of research, training and documentation activities in the area of Educating Cities and the dissemination of knowledge on the concept of an educating city, in order to enable governance models in line with the SDGs;
  • research and reflection on practices based on governance models inspired by the concept of Educating Cities and their responses to the emerging problems of societies, especially from the perspective of consolidating democracies;
  • the creation of a knowledge network that enables local governments to offer a diverse range of equitable and fair responses to the problems of contemporary society;
  • cooperation and collaboration in building knowledge societies through different educating cities strategies;
  • short courses for teachers and awareness-raising activities in schools and municipalities for active and sustainable citizenship.