Society

Porto is part of a six cities pilot group analysed in the “Building urban datasets for the SDGs. Six pilot European cities monitoring the 2030 Agenda” study.

The 49th Portugal Fashion Edition started yeaterday in Porto. Until October the 16th, the national fashion promotional event comes back to presential fashion shows and brings along several news, being the most relevant the partnership with Afreximbank, an investment bank committed to the promotion of Africa’s cultural and creative economy.

The immersive experience “Magical Garden”, seen in Jardim Botânico do Porto, was extended until October 31.

The outlining goal is to shorten the response times when dealing with serious patients’ situations, namely politraumayised patients, whose handling must be as swift as possible in order to, literally, increase the chances of saving more lives. Thus, the Hospital de São João wants to have a heliport, as it once did.

The iconic Lello bookshop in Porto Downtown, sticks out not only for its amazing centennial bookshop allure that combines books and magic settings, but also for inspiring the art work in general; this time, in particular, it drew the attention of the producers of the new action film “Gunpowder Milkshake”, by Israeli director Navot Papusha, a Netflix special.

“Quanto mais cedo melhor” [“The sooner the Better”, free translation] and “Levar a saúde mental onde ela não chega” [“Take mental health to where it has no reach”, free translation] are two programmes to promote children’s mental health. The goal is to establish early intervention mechanisms in the school context.

The editions “Livro Moldura Porto.” and “Catálogo de Fotografias Porto.”, both with graphic design by the Studio Eduardo Aires, have been granted the “Gold” award at the Graphis international prizes, in New York.

Summer vacations and the respective school break can bring some constraints for those who do not have the much needed family background or that are in need of keeping meal services even during the academic pause for vacations. Thus, students can still have access to meals – lunches and snacks – under the initiative “Escola Solidária” (Solidarity School”, free translation], by the Municipality of Porto, which ensures in-person or take-away services.

The deadline for the international public tender promoted by the Municipalities of Porto and Vila Nova Gaia for the design and construction of the Bridge D. António Francisco dos Santos over the river Douro is on 24 July.

The notion that post retirement or "becoming of age" means one has to give up pursuing meaningful and fulfilling activities is (literally) nonsense. If proof be needed, Porto City Hall launched the "Porto, Older People City Friendly Days" initiative (it is in its third edition now), with the goal of describing the creation of inclusive programmes and the implementation of measures for ageing-in-place, in the city of Porto.