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The latest news about the Bernard van Leer Foundation, our partners and the issues we work on.
Lima launches Urban95 course for public officials
The Municipality of Lima has set up a training programme in creating friendly, stimulating and safe public spaces, in collaboration with the Foundation’s Urban95 programme. Aimed at public officials of… Read more
Pune "smart footpath" to include kids' zone
The Times of India reports that Urban95 partner city Pune will turn a section of footpath along a main road into a zone for young children, including a play area,… Read more
Apolitical launches newsfeed on early childhood policy
Apolitical has launched its ‘early childhood global policy topic’, a newsfeed dedicated to early childhood policy on their global peer-to-peer platform, with BvLF’s support. Here policymakers and their partners can… Read more
Learning from experience: Historical Cases available now
As a foundation, how can we achieve lasting policy impact in a country? We decided to look for inspiration by examining previous experiences, in countries where we worked for many… Read more
Tel Aviv turns parking lot into children’s play area
Young children in Tel Aviv have a new play area, incorporated into a former parking lot which the city muncipality has transformed into a community space featuring greenery and trees. Read more
New phase in learning from the Amsterdam Healthy Weight Programme
The Bernard van Leer Foundation and Amsterdam’s Public Health Service (GGD, in its Dutch acronym) have entered a new phase in their cooperation. BvLF and the GGD have been working… Read more
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