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Porto City Hall and the Cité des Métiers tackle homelessness
Porto City Hall, within the Cité des Métiers, is designing a training plan targeted at socially vulnerable people, in order to provide them with health, education, social and economic opportunities. Most often than not, being without status or being caught in a poverty trap is not the result of a personal choice. In line with this orientation, the municipality of Porto is carrying out support actions with users at the Centre for Emergency Reception. The purpose is to develop different...
Porto shares circular economy strategy at the Eurocities Environment Forum
The world is shifting. And that shift can lead to a positive outcome. It must. In the context of how can cities be organised in the future, within environmental sustainable policies, around 230 representatives of 60 European cities gather at the Eurocities Environment Forum in Amsterdam to debate the topic "Towards Circular Cities: How to Make it Work?", from 4 to 6 April.
Shuttle supports art from Porto abroad
Porto Municipal Council unanimously approved support to art internationalisation at the Executive meeting held this morning in Porto City Hall. This endorsement is named Shuttle and its fundamental goal is to promote contemporary art work, creators and cultural operators of the city of Porto abroad. This open call runs till December 2018 and is targeted at developing artistic projects at a global level.
Joana Gama draws on Erik Satie to tickle the ivories and tell endless humorous stories
The programme "Cultura em Expansão" [Expanding Culture] travels to Campanhã, on April 7 featuring the performance "whisper in my ear", at 4 pm at the Entertainment Association Malmequeres de Noêda. Entrance is free.
Victim Support Centre in Porto takes stock of five years of service
The Information Office and Victim Support Centre in Porto (GAIV) was established five years ago. During this time, 6.577 people have benefited from this project. The most usual crime is domestic violence and the victims are predominantly women, between the ages of 30 and 40. A packed Almeida Garrett Municipal Library auditorium debated Domestic Abuse and Gender Equality with the Porto Metropolitan Command of the Police Force, Porto City Hall and over 70 institutions involved in this project,...
April is devoted to books and to reading in Public libraries
April is here, so it means that the magic of reading is all around the city. Municipal Libraries in Porto promote a programme devoted to the pleasure of reading with a broad range of activities.
Porto hosts the World Spine 8, from April 15 to 18
Porto Palácio Congress Centre will play host to the World Spine 8, from April 15 to 18. The 8th edition of the congress of the World Spinal Column Society features a pioneering scientific programme of activities and welcomes health professionals of this medical speciality, as well as the public at large trough the awareness raising activity "Healthy spine for all".
Start & Scale 2018 in Porto will take place from 5 to 11 May
The Start & Scale 2018 will take place from 5 to 11 May. Every year, this event promotes innovation, entrepreneurship and technology headquartered in the city of Porto.
Domestic Violence and Gender Equality are debated at a seminar in Porto
Porto Metropolitan Command of the Police Force marks the five years of the Information Office and Victim Support Centre in Porto (GAIV) with the seminar on Domestic Abuse and Gender Equality, to be held on April 3, at the auditorium of Almeida Garrett Municipal Library.
TEDxPorto asks the following question: Is it Natural?
Is natural better than artificial, in all circumstances and covering all situations? In the new knowledge society involving huge progress but also containing certain shortcomings, one generally wonders. And, it raises further issues.