What IAEC is?

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Inauguration
  • 3rd educational city global conference in 1994
Headquarters
  • Barcelona (Spain)
History
  • 1990: Adoption of educating cities charter at 1st educating city global conference (Barcelona)
  • 1994: Inauguration of Global educating city alliance at 3rd educating city global conference (Bologna)
Main function
  • Policy development complying with charter of educating cities
  • Sharing of policy for life-long learning and education among the primary local governments (cities)
Organization
  • General Assembly

    • * Current chairman is Mayor of Barcelona

  • Executive Committee : 14 cities, tenure 4 years
  • Secretariat

    • * Current secretary general is Ms. Pilar Figueras.

  • homepage : http://www.edcities.org
IAEC World conference
  • Cycle : every other year

    • *11th general conference in 2010: Guadalajara, Mexico

Number of members

    Asia (2/10)

  • Korea (9-Changwon City, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Suncheon City, Gunsan City, Guro-gu, Seoul Metropolitan government, Gumi City, Paju city, Yeoju city, Dalseo-gu, Daegu) Palestine (1)

    • Europe (15/345)

  • Croatia(1), Denmark(1), Finland(4), France(63), Germany(1), Greece(1), Hungary(1), Italy(37), the Netherlands(1), Poland(2), Portugal(38), Rumania(1), Spain(1), Switzerland(1)

    • Oceania

  • Australia(1)

    • America(12/57)

  • Argentina(11), Bolivia(1), Brazil(15), Canada(2), CHILE(4), Columbia(4), Mexico(13), Peru(1), Uruguay(3), Ecuador(1), Puerto Rico(1), Venezuela(1)

    • America(5/7)

  • +Rwanda(1), Senegal(1), Togo(1), Benin(2), Cape Verde(2)