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27.04.2010
Barcelona, the city of time for people
The City Council promotes various time use measures, such as developing a network of companies that are reorganising working time, to contribute to people's welfare and boost their competitiveness , and the "Neighbourhood Time. Shared Education Time" programme, to help families balance their time.
26.03.2010
We open courtyards in Easter
Courtyards of the schools that participate on the internet of the Time neighbourhood programme, shared educational time, a total of 28 courtyards, will open its doors for everybody during the period of Easter vacations, between on 29 March and 5 April.
17.03.2010
Pick up your book!
Tuesday 16 March saw the Cerdà Year Coordination Office begin its distribution of books round Eixample's neighbourhoods as part of a new initiative celebrating the 150th anniversary of the official approval given to the Cerdà Plan for expanding the city. Between now and the 30 April, 150 books will be appearing in various locations of that Barcelona district, a practice known as "bookcrossing" that is being announced on the Cerdà Year website.
15.03.2010
Empty pieces of land in Ciutat Vella provide temporary public spaces
With the idea of having more public space, the Ciutat Vella district has launched an initiative to temporarily reclaim disused private land for public use. The district has pinpointed 23 empty sites that could take part in the initiative.
12.03.2010
The city's school children celebrate the arrival of spring
Students from close to fifty city schools are celebrating the "Spring School Party" this Tuesday, 16 March, during an open day when students will plant vegetables and play various pianos installed in ten parks.
10.03.2010
An exhibition ponders on" clocks" different from men and women
The Palace Robert de Barcelona will take in from on Wednesday March 10, the exhibition “Which time have? The organization of the everyday life”, that proposes a reflection on the restructuring of the times' management. It will be able to visit until el 28 of March in the room of the Cotxeres.
03.03.2010
Barcelona at a different pace
Despite the city's frenetic pace there are still some spots where calm reigns, where you can take a pleasant stroll and savour these places, the setting and the moment. Barcelona sense presses (Barcelona in no hurry) offers 23 routes where slow movement is very prominent..
01.03.2010
Barcelona is once again the capital of sport
Barcelona is playing host for the second time to the Global Sports Forum, a meeting to reflect on the impact of sport on society. This year it will be held in the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya, from 8 to 10 March
26.02.2010
The entr@lumnes Virtual Forum is launched
The entr@lumnes Virtual Forum, a forum for finding out about further education with students in post-compulsory education (PQPI, Baccalaureate, FP and university degrees), will be up-and-running from 1 to 19 March.
30.06.2009
The absenteeism rate in the companies that implement policies of conciliation of the life staff and work is reduced until 30%.
This is one of the main conclusions that are extracted of the study of the elaborated Labor department in collaboration with the Iese, "Experiences in organization of the work time to the companies of Catalonia".
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