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‘GLOBAL CITY 2.0’

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‘GLOBAL CITY 2.0’

challenge of creating a world networkwhich is an open invitation to groups andindividuals who wish to think about theROLE OF 'CIVIC CITY MOVEMENTS' and itspotential to transform cities, specially inthese hard economic times

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‘GLOBAL CITY 2.0’

initiative developed under the spirit of '2011 European Year of Volunteering to promote more active citizenship’

http://europa.eu/volunteering/

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‘GLOBAL CITY 2.0’

is promoted by a Portuguese civic group ‘CIDADES PELA RETOMA’, which arrives as a challenge to think collectively about the significant role cities (and communities) play in the social and economic development of Europehttp://www.facebook.com/CidadespelaRetomahttp://noeconomicrecoverywithoutcities.blogs.sapo.pt/

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‘GLOBAL CITY 2.0’

CIDADES PELA RETOMA

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http://www.facebook.com/CidadespelaRetomahttp://noeconomicrecoverywithoutcities.blogs.sapo.pt/

‘GLOBAL CITY 2.0’

is currently producing a list/map of ’blogs [or sites] of streets, neighbourhoods, villages or cities’promoted by citizens or groups of citizens that whish to think collectively about the future of the places they live and/or work

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‘GLOBAL CITY 2.0’

site/ blog

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map

already been done!

‘GLOBAL CITY 2.0’

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9 internationalpartnerships

230 blogs & more than15 countries

already been done!

‘GLOBAL CITY 2.0’

• organize data base and ‘city civic movements’ map • produce a new site more user friendly;• mobilize partners worldwide;• have a network of concerned citizens sharing

information and thinking; • organize a questionnaire to ‘city civic movements’;• identify best-practices or relevant initiatives;• organize an international meeting (in 2012);

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what we want!

we need you!

‘Global City 2.0’ it’s being developed without any public or private funds, depending only of civic and personal interests. Despite its limitations we feel that the network can be an important opportunity to join ‘city civic movements’ from different countries and cultures, interested people and concerned institutions and, finally, knowledge!

We invite you to join ‘Global City 2.0’!

Send an email to: globalcitytwopointzero@gmail.com

‘GLOBAL CITY 2.0’

[blogue] http://globalcity.blogs.sapo.pt/

[‘Cidades pela Retoma’ civic movement]http://noeconomicrecoverywithoutcities.blogs.sapo.pt/

[Facebook] http://www.facebook.com/CidadespelaRetoma

[email] globalcitytwopointzero@gmail.com or cidadespelaretoma@gmail.com