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The latest news about the Bernard van Leer Foundation, our partners and the issues we work on.
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
Urban95 presented at Walk21 Conference in Bogota
Hundreds of politicians, urban planners, civic leaders and academics, including mayors and representatives of more than 50 cities around the world, joined the Mayor of Bogota and Walk21 for the… Read more
BvLF brings Urban95 to NACTO’s Designing Cities Conference
Earlier this month BvLF Programme Director Cecilia Vaca-Jones presented on “streets for all ages” at the National Association of City Transportation Officials’ annual Designing Cities Conference in Los Angeles, which… Read more
From Needs to Action: Urban Transport for Families – Urban95 experts gathered in L.A.
From 27-29 September, the Bernard van Leer Foundation gathered global experts at the intersection of transport and early childhood development in Los Angeles for the Urban95 Expert Assembly 2018: 'From Needs… Read more
Israel’s lawmakers take responsibility for supervising childcare providers
History was made yesterday when the BvLF-supported Coalition for Education from Birth succeeded in pressuring lawmakers in Israel’s Knesset to pass a law that means the state will take responsibility… Read more