We are dedicated to improving the well-being of children in cities worldwide, and sharing knowledge & expertise to transform lives of children and young people.
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And that’s a wrap…it’s been our pleasure to welcome you to Rotterdam for our 2024 seminar and we hope that you’ve gained some valuable knowledge and methods which you can take away and apply in your own cities and municipalities
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Ian Mostert, Project Leader for Child and Nature at IVN, Miranda Nauta, from the Municipality of Rotterdam, and Marlies Bouman from Jantje Baton were the tour guides
The final afternoon of our seminar has seen a series of diverse field trips, involving cycling and walking tours. One such tour visited the Bospolder Tussendijken district, looking at ‘green schoolyards’
@citc2010 Keynote by Gretel Vila👉🏽She speaks about transforming schoolyards in Barcelona 👉🏽 The conference has generated a lot of enthusiasm among the audience and questions about the program👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾@BCNeducadora@EducatingCities
The fourth and final speaker of this session is Kirsten Visser, assistant professor in urban geography and spatial planning at Utrecht University. Kirsten's presentation is entitled: 'Peer influences in children's risky play' #citcrotterdam2024
Speaking now, from Bulgaria, are: Inna Kotliar, child psychologist; Maria Sokolova, senior researcher and child psychologist; Ksenia Golovanova, chief architect and junior partner at Landscape Architect Bureau AFA; Sergey Tatarinov & Alexandr Chechui, LAB
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Up now are Shirley Martin, senior lecturer in children and social policy; Helen Lynch, from the steering committee for Cork Child Friendly Cities; and Donna O'Keeney, a development worker also from Cork Child Friendly Cities. #citcrotterdam2024
We're now into parallel session three, and here in 3.1 our first speaker is Eva Maréchal, project manager at Blenders in Belgium. Her presentation: 'Hop Up: a pop up playground that makes space for free play anywhere in town'.
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Our fourth presenter at this session is Elena Parnisari, an Italian architect with a masters in urban planning. Elena's presentation is entitled 'Searching for equitable, inclusive and caring urban neighbourhoods: measuring children's right to the city through urban design'
Speaker three at this parallel session is Arjan Vreugdenhil, Consultant and designer at OBB playmakers + spacethinkers, The Netherlands. Arjan's presentation is 'From child-friendly schoolyard to all-inclusive child-friendly school environment'.
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Taking the mic now is Wim Seghers, an expert on play and space policy from Antwerp, Belgium. Wim's presentation is 'How to make a consistent 'teenagers web'
Here in parallel 2.3, we start with Mark Wales, PhD in Landscape Planning specialising in Environmental Psychology. Mark's presentation is 'Outdoor spaces for adolescent well-being'
Welcome to day of Keep on Moving, here in Rotterdam. We've just had our first keynote speaker, Sanne de Vries, and now it is the morning parallel sessions