Author name: Marc Martorell

The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley and the Time Use Initiative co-organised the first working session on metropolitan time policies in Latin America

The event focused on the implementation of time policies in education to improve school schedules and educational conditions, emphasizing specific cases of full-time education and incorporating the needs and demands of the entire educational community. The technical session involved around thirty representatives from the ten municipalities comprising the Colombian metropolitan area. It included the participation

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Time Polices for a Smart City: A Recap of TUI participation at the Smart City Expo World Congress 2023

In a dynamic interaction between innovation and urban development, Time Use Initiative participation at the Smart City Expo World Congress 2023 was a proof of the transformative power of collaboration and forward-thinking initiatives. TUI’s presence at this global event was due thanks to the collaboration agreement signed between the Local and Regional Governments Time Network

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Time Use Week 2023 core discussions revolves on how to effectively implement a new balance in time uses

Between 16th and 20th October, the Time Use Week’s 10th edition was hosted in Barcelona as the international meeting point in time policies. It counted with the participation of more than 700 participants from all over the world, who followed the different discussions both virtually and in-person. The Time Use Week 2023 (TUW) just finished

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Upcoming European elections could be an opportunity to end the clock change

European Parliament elections in June 2024 could be an opportunity to put the end of seasonal clock change back on the political agenda. The Time Use Initiative begins a consultation process with key European stakeholders to assert the need to place the right to time on the European agenda, and to implement the proposal on

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The Right to Time – perspectives for the 21st Century

In the 21st Century, economic, ecological, and social policies can only become sustainable when systemically enriched with time policies for better care opportunities for men and women; sustainable production, services and consumption, and temporal on working times which make it possible to adapt to future modalities of work. These fundamental requirements of the 21st century

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The policy brief “Towards a New Time Balance” proposes six key objectives to achieve a new organization of working time

This initiative represents a significant step towards the creation of a legal and social framework that reflects the changing realities of the 21st Century labour world. Discussed at the Time Use Week, the policy brief proposes six objectives and various practical measures to achieve a new organization of working time was presented. The presented document

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Experts debate what it means to move towards the right to time in public policy

The debate took place within the framework of Time Use Week 2023 and was based on the policy brief “The Right to Time: Perspectives for the 21st Century”, presented during the event. The document includes policy recommendations at the local, regional, national, and international levels to advance the implementation of the Right to Time in

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TUW’s 10th edition explores how to achieve a new social balance of time

Time Use Week 2023 discusses tools for building a framework that ensures a new time balance between work, leisure, rest, and care. The week, which celebrates its international events in October 17th and October 18th, invites municipalities, institutions, and experts from around the world to participate. The Government of Catalonia, the Barcelona City Council, the

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