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Watch, Listen, Ask, Imagine, Create
Under the theme of “reconquering public space”, Placemaking Latinoamérica was held from November 6th to 10th in Valparaíso, as part of the…
Announcement
Early Childhood Development and the Future of Latin America
The early childhood development agenda just received a major boost in Latin America. On November 15 and 16, the First Latin American…
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Activating urban public space with the help of PLAYBOXes
I’m Dounia Belmazouar and I’m working on a PLAYBOX for toddlers at Cultureghem with the support of the Bernard van Leer Foundation’s…
Q & A
Managing Urban95 in Tel Aviv-Yafo: An interview with Bosmat Sfaadia-Wolf
Bosmat Sfaadia-Wolf manages the Urban95 programme in Tel Aviv-Yafo, and has been employed by Tel Aviv-Yafo municipality since May 2017. In this…
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Playgrounds: more than just grounds to play on?
Playgrounds. I learned so much about them over the last couple of days. To be honest, it turned out that I have…
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Global Teamwork – An interview with Joan Lombardi
Read the interview with Joan Lombardi, international expert on child development and social policy, for the Global Practices issue of NAEYC’s Young…
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Beschuit met muisjes! A paternity leave breakthrough in the Netherlands
“Beschuit met muisjes” is the typical Dutch treat to celebrate the birth of a child in the Netherlands. They are crackers topped…
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Let’s hear it from the children: How engaging young children, parents and caregivers in city building means creating better cities for all
Think about your city. What if the needs of young children and their caregivers were prioritised (not just considered) in city decision…
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95 cm: the city at toddler level – how focusing on young children is changing my perspective on urban planning
From October 10 to 14, urban experts and trend setters from all over the world were gathered in Amsterdam at the annual…
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How cities can use dashboards to make better decisions about early childhood
One of the tools used by cities as they collect more data is a “dashboard”: a tool for collating and sharing data…
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Games and art bring Bogotá community together
The first Urban95 Crezco con mi barrio (“Growing with my neighbourhood”) experimenting exercise took place on Sunday October 1, with the purpose…
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Coaching and connecting – how we’re getting cities interested in Urban95
I started working with the Bernard van Leer Foundation’s Urban95 initiative earlier this year after leaving KaBOOM!, the US-based non-profit I had…