Program

Meeting point: Palau d'Esports de Granollers

Route 1 Natural Sciences Museum la Tela – Children's Congress / Escola Ponent – Music to grow at Pereanton – Intergenerational More information

Route 2: Popular University – Internet University – Children's Congress/Ferrer i Guàrdia School – GRID/Reanimate Antoni Cumella Institute – Children's Congress/Giravoltes School More information

Route 3 Panoràmic – Libèlia – Sardanista Association (Tarafa Hall) – Children's Congress/El Teler School More information

Route 4: School Cooperatives – Children's Conference/Escola Quatre Vents – Bigues i Riells/ Sant Miquel del Fai More information

Route 5: Equality in sport – Dimas – Centre Vallès – Children's Congress/Escola Camins (Les Franqueses) More information

Title: The cities that teach us to think

Marina Garces
Professor of Contemporary Philosophical and Scientific Thought at the Open University of Catalonia More information
Philippe Meireu
Professor of Educational Sciences at Lumière University–Lyon 2 More information

Thematic area Critical sense

Title: The voices that make a city

Eliane Brum
Journalist, columnist and documentarian, co-founder of the SUMAÚMA platform More information
Souleymane Bachir
Director of the Institute of African Studies at New York University More information

Thematic area Community

Citizen participation in the transformation of our cities (ES/EN/FR/PT/KR). Moderated by: Javier Martínez

• Ravenna: You work for the council. More information
• Almada Community in action More information
• Andong: Leaders More information
• Barcelona: Let's transform the courtyards More information
• Medellín: Medellín is like you More information

Lifelong learning and the promotion of intergenerational relationships (ES/EN/FR/PT). Moderator: Maria Silvia Bacila

• Santa Fe Embracing Roots: An Intergenerational Education Project More information
• Vitoria-Gasteiz PLATIKA: Dialogues for a Better Society. A Space for Collective Construction. More information
• San Justo Accompany Programme: Lifelong Learning More information
• Passo Fundo: Public School of Generations More information
• Seoul: Seoul Senior Class More information

Promoting culture in the city, classroom and play space (ES/PT/FR). Moderated by: Gaëlle Rougier

• La Spezia: Within the Walls, beyond the Walls: the city as a space for knowledge and discovery More information
• Torres Vedras The King Orders Play in the City More information
• Valencia Totò travelling cinema school More information
• Brussels: Directory of Sociocultural Activities More information
• Lion Park Education More information

Fostering collective memory, innovation, and art. (ES/EN/PT/FR/KR) Moderated by: Nicolas Gauvain

• Brussels: Museum recommendations More information
• Setúbal Canning Industry (From the fish market to the tin) – Michel Giacometti Labour Museum More information
• Syracuse PROAGÒN – Theatre as a space for inclusion, memory, and participation More information
• Lisbon Lisbon Memories Programme / Together we tell the city's story More information
• Little place Roots that Tell: Cultural Rescue, Identity and Belonging More information

Democratisation of access to culture and promotion of musical learning (ES/EN/FR/PT). Moderated by: Lauri Savisaari

• Rosary: Musical Territories More information
• Passo Fundo: Roberto Pirovano Zanatta Public School of Art and Creativity More information
• Katowice: Katowice – the city that plays music. Katowice Folk Orchestra University More information
• Reggio Emilia: Regenerations – Sustainability is about creating good connections More information
• Viladecans Educational art projects in Viladecans schools More information

Promotion of culture, science and critical thinking (ES/EN/FR/PT) Moderated by: Laura Alfonso

• Montevideo Youth Scene More information
• L'Hospitalet de Llobregat The Science More information
• São Paulo: Socio-environmental educommunication in a city context More information
• Castellón de la Plana: Rehearsal spaces for young people Tetuán XIV Music Boxes More information
• Málaga Media literacy workshops More information

Direct Dialogues 1: Education as a source of inclusion and social cohesion (Educating Cities Award Finalists). (ES/EN/PT/FR/KR) Moderated by: Maciej Grymowicz/Jaroslaw Makowski

• Gunsan: Project Outreach Community Culture Cafe
• Madrid: La Quinta Kitchen
• Passo Fundo: School of Professions
• Rosario: Digital Stations
• Torí: Play it again, Sam More information
• Viladecans: School of New Opportunities

Direct Dialogues 2: Inclusive Cities (ES/EN/PT/FR) Moderator: Daniella Tschöke

• São Paulo: Holiday Recreation More information
• Montevideo: Educational More information
• Canovelles: Sport as an educator and community builder: school games and programme More information
• Pinto: TEA Pinto: building an inclusive city More information
• Matosinhos: Academy + Literacy More information

Direct Dialogues 3: Fomenting active citizenship and good coexistence. (ES/EN/PT/FR) Moderated by: Manuela Raimundo

• Medellín: Sawamediación: Cultivating Coexistence for Good Living at the Mazo Permanent Educational Centre – Medellín More information
• Almada: Project Sharing: Assembly of Delegates and Class Sub-delegates More information
• Pombal: Young Mayor More information
• Porto: Society, School and Research (SEI) Project More information
• Sant Cugat del Vallès: Educating in truth «Sant Cugat, a city of falsehoods» More information

Direct Dialogues 4: Democratisation of culture. (ES/PT) Moderated by: Jonathan González

• Barcelona: Musethica-ESMUC: music as a tool for learning, inclusion and service More information
• Sabadell: At the neighbourhood's pace More information
• Tarragona: Music and City Group: Weaving educational and community links More information
• Sant Boi de Llobregat: Labour-Art More information
• Lagoa: Conventus – New perspectives on the former Convent of São José building in Lagoa More information

Direct Dialogues 5: Community Art, Coexistence and Urban Transformation. (ES/PT) Moderated by: Alexandre João Pereira da Silva

• Barcelona: We Make Filigrees More information
• Girona: Monar'T Festival More information
• Quart de Poblet: “Flapping Wings to Move Hearts” Urban Q.art Activation Project More information
• Lagos: Common Line Project – Moinhos Neighbourhood, Lagos More information
• Barberà del Vallès: We grow among plants More information

Direct Dialogues 6: Knowledge of local heritage. (ES/PT) Moderator: Antonia Macheño

• Manlleu: Manlleu Galaxy More information
• Benissalem: Project "Making Ensaimadas in Schools" More information
• Lagos: Know Your Neighbourhood More information
• Santa Fe: The city in QR More information
• Valencia: Explore your neighbourhood More information

Route 6

• 5pm Coaliment Tournament This is a school handball tournament that invites all the boys and girls from all the schools in the city to play this sport during the month of May. This means that all the schools have their teams, and so do all the families who accompany them. It is a magnificent occasion to clearly see the magnificent human diversity that makes up our city today. A diversity we can observe on the courts and also in the stands. Handball becomes an element of shared identity. Everyone wins.
• 17:45 What if we were 500...? A participatory project that invites citizens to collectively imagine the city. It promotes civic engagement through creative and collaborative processes. It encourages debate, reflection, and the building of shared proposals. It strengthens the sense of community and active participation.
• 18:20 Edison Cinema: Born from the Cineclub of the Cultural Association (which this year celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary), Cinema Edison dedicates special attention, in addition to its film and documentary screening programmes, to special projects and programmes such as: The Reading and Cinema Club / Conversations with Filmmakers / Presentation of Premieres / The Fantàstik Festival / La Peixera (The Fishbowl), a space for the creation of collective short films for young people aged 16 to 26. / The Young Cine Club / Cine Forum Sessions. This whole set of activities promotes a free and critical perspective. A great place to enjoy cinema in all its dimensions.
• 7 PM GRANA, educational support: Socio-educational project in Granollers aimed at children and young people with support needs. It offers educational reinforcement, personal support and educational activities outside of school hours. It works in coordination with schools, families and social services. It promotes equal opportunities, educational success and social inclusion.

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• 17:10 Roca Umbert: Roca Umbert is a cultural space in constant transformation, serving creative processes, artistic training, and dialogue between the arts, advancing cooperatively with the emerging economic fabric, especially the audiovisual industry. Its multidisciplinary nature and comprehensive approach to creation, encompassing research, creation, training, production, and dissemination are the cornerstones of the areas that make up Roca Umbert. A unique stage where literature, music, popular culture, visual arts, audiovisuals, thought, and heritage can combine and intersect to experiment in all fields of contemporary creation and where they can be shared between creators and citizens.
• 6 PM Let's make a book: Since 1979, every year on Ascension Day, and always under La Porxada, the children of the city have been able to go and write their tale, their story. First, they write it on a wooden table. A teacher corrects the spelling. Then, they write the corrected text on a large sheet of paper and choose one of the twenty illustrators spread across the square. They explain their story to them, so they can create the illustrations that both agree upon. Once the drawing is finished, the giant sheet is taken to a table where it is collected to make this year's book. Currently, we have 42. Now, many parents, when they go to La Porxada with their children, the first thing they do is show them the tales that they, when they were little, had written. And the story continues. And imagination and creativity never stop.
• 18:40 Casino Debates Spaces for collective meeting and reflection with the aim of fostering critical thinking, promoting citizen participation, bringing knowledge closer by inviting experts and relevant voices, generating plural and respectful debate, and invigorating the cultural and civic life of the city.
• 19,05. Dance group An organisation dedicated to the preservation of traditional Catalan dance. It recovers, teaches, and promotes popular and folk dances. It participates in festivals, showcases, and cultural exchanges. It transmits cultural heritage to new generations.

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• 17:10 Artistic Couples (Daruma): A project that, through art, fosters creativity as a tool for inclusion and personal well-being for individuals with mental health issues. It also creates connections between artists, participants, and the community.
• 17:30 Laboratories of letters and images The Literature and Images Laboratory is a creative space within the Roca Umbert Library that invites families to experiment with reading, understood in the broadest sense of the term: reading with all senses, reading images and sounds, literary creation as a game, and poetic imagination as an artistic form. The book is the source of inspiration, the starting point, and the destination. Without books, there is no laboratory. It aims to create special, emotional, and experiential encounters around reading and books that will remain in children's memories.
• 6:30 p.m. Reasoning Library RU: This collective is united by the idea that critical thinking needs to be used more than it currently is, that new ideas and projects must be found to revitalise democracy, and that we must continue learning to live together, with our differences. They believe that steps must be taken towards equity and social justice, and that work must be done for the common good. With a clear objective of creating spaces for meeting and conversation with those who do not normally meet and who do not think the same. The strength of the proposal lies in the need to think, reflect, talk, and above all, listen to others.
• 19:10 Today we sing (La Porxada): It is the fruit of popular initiative and has no further aim than to provide a space where everyone who wishes, with or without instruments, can come to the streets of Granollers one Saturday morning each month and enjoy popular music by singing or listening, by remembering and learning various songs, and furthermore to foster collective singing as a tool for social cohesion, promote community participation, enhance emotional well-being and strengthen the local cultural fabric.

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• 17:10 Connecting the Troca The group is made up of people with diverse abilities, both artistic and motor, with and without functional diversity. This diversity allows us to bring concepts such as Capability, Integration, Accessibility and Inclusion closer to the audience, by erasing prejudices related to terms such as Disability, Rejection, Inaccessible or Segregation. The members of the collective come from different social backgrounds, but share the need to express themselves through art and movement, regardless of their physical abilities.
• 17:45 AGEVO Granollers Association of Volunteer Senior Citizens. Promotes social volunteering in areas such as accompanying lonely people. Fosters active ageing and community participation. Contributes to strengthening social bonds and cohesion.
• 18:20 Centre for Peace Culture / Can Jonch: Municipal facility dedicated to democratic memory and peace. A space for reflection on conflicts, history, and human rights. It organises exhibitions, educational activities, and debates. It contributes to fostering critical and engaged citizenship.
• 7pm The Dula This is a programme designed to tackle emotional distress in young people and foster well-being through the creation of artistic works with a community impact.

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• 5pm PIN A playful and educational proposal offering a space for games, socialising and participation during the Christmas holidays. Organised with the support of organisations and volunteers, it fosters values in a festive and community environment.
• 17:40 Children's Congress/Escola Pia: A participation space where children and young people reflect on the city and their surroundings. It is part of the International Association of Educating Cities, which promotes education as a driver of social transformation. It fosters critical thinking, the voice of young people and civic involvement. It allows real proposals to be conveyed to local governments to improve the city.
• 18:20 Return/One-way only A participatory project that collects stories from people who have experienced migratory processes. It originates from the project “One Way Only”, with recorded conversations and personal testimonies. It combines art, literature, and memory to give voice to diverse life experiences. It encourages reflection on identity, belonging, and cultural diversity.
• 7pm Friends of the Union: to bring the most disadvantaged popular classes into the world of music and culture through choral singing. Since 1995, it has had a music school that works to promote choral music and artistic training, as well as to educate in values, foster the participation of young people and children, and drive innovative projects that connect music, education, and community.

Title: Cities that build belonging through trust

John A. Powell
Director of the Institute of Otherness and Belonging at the University of California More information

Thematic area Critical sense

Title: Inhabiting the City. Building the Us. 

Oriol Nel·lo
Doctor of Geography, specialising in urban studies and spatial planning.
Pablo Sendra
Professor of Urban Design and Public Participation at University College of London More information

Thematic area Community

Title: To look or to see. Educating the gaze in times of visual oversaturation

Joan Fontcuberta
Audiovisual artist and Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Paris VIII More information
Horacio Rios
Audiovisual director, producer and director of Radio y Televisión Santafesina More information

Thematic area Creativity

The Educating City in the fight against discrimination (ES/EN/PT/FR) Moderator: Jennifer Duvinage

• Castell d'Aro, Platja d'Aro and S'Agaró The World Square More information
• Playtime
• Bologna: Summer school L2: Language for inclusion More information
• Barcelona: Is it an intercultural school? Proposal for applying an intercultural perspective More information
• Flowers Mauá with Them, information and action More information
• Province of Barcelona: Local Pacts against educational segregation

Culture in the reduction of social inequalities (ES/EN/FR/PT) Moderated by: Nicolás Barbieri

• Valongo: Project Walls That Unite Us More information
• Girona Titled Umbrella: An Outdoor Education Experience Between Carme Auguet School, El Bòlit Centre of Contemporary Art, Girona City Council and the University of Girona More information
• Porto. Children's Port – Municipal Educational Programme More information
• Lleida: Live Arts Festival More information
• Caguas Mayor in your Neighbourhood More information

Promoting reading, critical thinking and technology (ES/EN/FR/PT) Moderated by: Rodrigo Mello Gonçalves

• Lion Libraries that transform communities More information
• Alcobendas: Open Spaces, Dare to Know More information
• Oeiras: A Book, A Community More information
• Valongo: Views' Tales More information
• San Justo Tecnoteca San Justo More information

From 5 PM to 5:30 PM

• Algarve Lagoon: All-Inclusive Project More information
• Feira de Santana: Alfagaris Extension Project More information
• La Garriga: Visual and Plastic Arts Workshops for Schools (ACE Programme) More information
• Torres Vedras: Children Who Think About the City: Free Voices in Building the Future More information
• Gondomar: There is a voice in the hands More information
• Évora: Bread-bread, cheese-cheese More information
• Póvoa de Lanhoso: Póvoa de Lanhoso More information
• Odemira: Territory Forum in Schools More information
• Águeda: European Volunteers in Águeda: Building Community and Intercultural Dialogue” More information

From 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM

• León: Cultural Routes More information
• Pombal: Think and ask – My opinion counts! More information
• San Justo: Centre for Labour Inclusion (CIL) More information
• Benissalem: Connecting Generations More information
• Loures: Education through Art Programme More information
• Málaga: Building a team More information
• Santo Tirso: Educating through Art More information
• Lliçà d'Amunt: Live Story More information
• Torí: Play it again, Sam More information

Route 11:

• 6 PM The Half Marathon A highly prestigious popular race held annually in Granollers. It is part of the Granollers-Granollers Half Marathon, also running through Les Franqueses and La Garriga. It attracts thousands of professional and amateur runners. It is a sporting, social, and economic event with great impact, mobilising volunteers, organisations, and the public, projecting the city nationally and internationally, and promoting healthy habits and community cohesion.
• 18:40 HUMANAE: Artistic and social project created by Angélica Dass. It consists of a series of portraits that show the real diversity of human skin tones. It questions racial categories and promotes equality and inclusion. It has been exhibited around the world and is used as an educational and awareness-raising tool.
• 19, 10am Gran Centre Granollers Town Centre Traders' Association. They boost local trade with public campaigns and events. They promote local shopping and the urban economic fabric. They work to make the town centre an attractive and active space…
• 7:45 PM Open Opera It is a festival of thought presented to meet the need to generate spaces for joint reflection on topics that involve us personally and collectively. With the challenge of re-signifying life and humanity's place in the world. New times, new challenges for reflection, and new questions. Each year, the Festival selects a piece from the museum's collection around which the proposed theme, the object of debate, and reflection revolves.
• 20, 10am Art and School Art + Escola is a flagship project in the teaching of contemporary arts in educational centres. The project aims to foster collaborative processes, share what is being done in schools in relation to the arts, cross-pollinate approaches and methodologies among those involved, and bring elements that form part of current cultural debates into schools. In this case, the arts are not crafts; they are a structuring instrument. Each edition proposes a theme broad enough to be worked on interdisciplinarily, from areas such as social sciences, natural sciences, visual and plastic education, audiovisual, technology, mathematics, and IT.

Route 12

• 6 PM Granollers Cup: International youth handball tournament. It brings together thousands of young athletes from different countries, fostering not only sporting competition but also camaraderie, exchange, and values. It involves the entire city, generating a very relevant social and community impact.
• 6:30 p.m. Granollers cycles: Initiative to promote the use of bicycles as sustainable transport. Organises activities, routes, and awareness campaigns. Advocates for safer and more environmentally friendly mobility. Contributes to making the city a healthier and more liveable space.
• 7:00 PM White and Blue They are the participatory heart of the Main Festival, structuring the celebration into two teams that compete in a fun way. Each team organises activities fostering citizen involvement and a sense of belonging. The rivalry is based on values of coexistence, creativity, and collective work. The project becomes an example of social cohesion.
• 19:40 Dancing for all An educational project that introduces contemporary dance to young students. Driven by the Teatre Auditori de Granollers in partnership with other municipalities. It combines training, creation, and performance with dance professionals. It fosters body expression, creativity, and teamwork.
• 8 PM Cantània: A musical and educational project involving pupils and teachers, which has been running for over 25 years. It contributes to the continuous professional development of music specialists and enhances the musical education of participating pupils through a live experience shared with boys and girls from various schools in the Vallès Oriental region. The activity is aimed at pupils in the upper primary education cycle and primary school music specialists.

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• 18,10 AAVV North: A meeting, training and community space for people of all ages that fosters citizen participation and community life in the neighbourhood by promoting accessible and inclusive cultural, educational and social activities.
• 18:50 Josep M Ruera Music School It offers musical instruction for all ages, from beginner to advanced level. It combines instrumental training, music theory, and group activities. It is a local cultural benchmark that fosters creativity, artistic sensitivity, and participation in the city's cultural life, generating projects, concerts, and collaborations with other organisations.
• 19:20 Healthy family and parenting group Traditionally, caring responsibilities have fallen to women, while fathers were often on the periphery of family intervention. The aim of this group is to place fathers at the centre of educational and care responsibilities in order to improve the outcomes for children at risk by promoting good treatment.
• 19:40 Punt Lila Service for information and support against gender-based violence in festival spaces. It offers support, prevention, and awareness-raising during events. It works to guarantee safe and discrimination-free environments. It is a key tool in promoting equality and respect.
• 8 PM Gypsy Dance A very deep-rooted Catalan folk tradition in Granollers. It combines dance, music, and festive theatrical elements. It is celebrated especially during Carnival and other festivals. It is a living expression of cultural heritage and identity.

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• 6 PM The Cypress A charitable organisation that supports vulnerable individuals. It offers food, shelter and spaces for community connection. It operates thanks to volunteers and donations. It is a local benchmark for close-contact social care.
• 7pm Circ Cric: A circus project spearheaded by the clown Tortell Poltrona. It combines circus performances, nature, and cultural education. It is a benchmark in Catalan circus, promoting creativity and humour. It brings the world of the circus closer to all audiences, especially children and vulnerable groups. It has a strong social and humanitarian aspect, linked to Clowns Without Borders, bringing laughter to conflict zones or areas experiencing humanitarian crises and using circus as a tool for transformation, inclusion, and emotional well-being.