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« Valongo Municipality » takes part in the European Local Democracy Week - a paneuropean event coordinated by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe - as « Partner city »

Brief Course of Local Citizenship (Curso Breve de Cidadania Local)

Campo High School, Campo
From 23/10/2019 to 23/10/2019
This activity entailed the invitation of the renowned Law Professor of the University of Minho, António Cândido de Oliveira, in cooperation with the Association for the Regional and Local Law Studies, to deliver a course to high schoolers about the functioning of local democracy, its importance, and how the participation of citizens can have an tremendous impact on the community, and on the whole country, in a final instance. This activity has a very enriching component, as well as educational on the matters of active citizenship, and it has its roots on the book edited by the Municipality of the same name “Brief Manual of Local Citizenship”.