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Urban95 Academy Network

Taking part in the Urban95 Academy connects you to a growing network of engaged and motivated urban practitioners around the world, who are working to improve the lives of young children and caregivers in their cities. Alumni of the programme are also invited to join the Urban95 Academy Alumni LinkedIn group providing a platform to continue collaboration and idea exchange; attend twice yearly LSE Cities public lectures around young children, caregivers, and cities; and keep up to date with programme updates and news.

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City Teams

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Mayors & Deputy Mayors

An opportunity to share challenges and make connections.

“When children use public space they manage to attract adults, they manage to attract young people, they manage to attract elderly people. Children are very eager to know to experiment, they are very good observers, so a city prepared for children gives the possibility that more people can use the public space.”

Elcio Batista
Deputy Mayor, Fortaleza Brazil

“About the programme approach you are discussing many different aspects in mobility, in transportation, behaviour change, the caregiver, so you are planning in an indirect way for the whole society […] so at the end you are planning for all.”

Reham Al-Jammal
Director of Planning and International Programmes, Irbid

“The Urban95 Academy was a very important programme, and we will carry the learnings from this week back to our municipality. In the future, our programmes concerning the urban realm will be changed and much more fine-tuned to the needs of the youngest members of our community.”

Helder Sousa Silva
Mayor of Mafra, Portugal,

“We gained many new methodologies that are super practical and super useful that we will be able to use and implement right away.”

Dana Tennenbaum
Urban95 Manager, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

“I feel very proud of what we have done in such a short time and also I feel very thankful for this opportunity.”

Jaqueline Ovalle Pérez
Celaya, Mexico

Urban95 Academy Participant Cities

Key takeways from the Urban95 Academy

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Urban95 Academy London Residence Week May 2022

In May 2022, 27 committed city leaders from 10 cities arrived in London for the first Urban95 Academy Residence Week to take part in five days of intensive workshops, networking opportunities, London site visits, and public lectures at the London School of Economics and Political Science.