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The latest news about the Bernard van Leer Foundation, our partners and the issues we work on.
New book reports in depth on Brazil’s Criança Feliz programme
Brazil’s Criança Feliz home visiting programme is one of the world’s largest. Supported by the Bernard van Leer Foundation, communications agency Cross Content today publish an in-depth look at how… Read more
Measure public life with an Urban95 lens
The Bernard van Leer Foundation and Gehl Institute worked together on a set of tools to observe and analyse public life with a focus on the Urban95 population: babies, toddlers… Read more
Bhubaneswar appeals to children during Hockey World Cup
The Indian Express reports on how Bhubaneswar is taking forward its child-friendly agenda through 3D artworks and storytelling events timed to coincide with the Men’s Hockey World Cup, being held… Read more
Call for applications: Parenting programmes in the Asia-Pacific region (closed)
Are you or your organisation implementing an interesting approach to family and/or community-based parenting interventions in the Asia-Pacific region? ARNEC (the Asia-Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood) would like to… Read more
Mayor of São Paulo launches project for safe and playful walking routes
Bruno Covas, the Mayor of São Paulo, last week launched the Territorios Educadores (“educational territory”) project to improve walking routes near educational and cultural early childhood services, making them safer and introducing… Read more
Locals start work on a children’s park in Lima
Two days of “public space production” have taken place in the neighbourhood of Bella Vista as part of the Urban95 programme in Lima. Having earlier worked with stakeholders in the… Read more
Istanbul95 brings leaders on study tours to Copenhagen and the Netherlands
Istanbul-based architecture practice Superpool brought leaders from the municipalities of Beyoğlu, Maltepe, Sarıyer and Sultanbeyli and academics from Kadir Has University to Copenhagen and three cities in The Netherlands in… Read more
Leaders from Delhi and Bhubaneshwar visit London for Urban95 study tour
Senior government officials from India’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, representatives from development authorities from Delhi and Bhubaneshwar and team members working on the Master Plan of Delhi 2041… Read more
Analysing Copenhagen public space at the 'Cities for Young Children' Study Tour
The Cities for Young Children Study Tour, led by Gehl Architects and Gehl Institute for The Bernard van Leer Foundation, gathered teams from five cities – Pune, India; Renca, Chile;… Read more
New basket of parenting services being piloted in six community centres in Tel Aviv
For the first time, the municipality of Tel Aviv is offering a basket of services to support pregnant mothers and parents of children under 3 as a municipal-wide initiative supported… Read more