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Summer School of Time: time policies, a key element for the 21st century

More than 500 people have participated in the Summer School of Time, the first European training program on time policies that has shown time policies are an essential tool for addressing time stress (which includes time poverty) as well as the increasing interest of citizens and social organisations in time policies, that are already at […]

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Tick-Tock Europe: Championing for the right to time!  MEPs and MEPs candidates from all over Europe endorse the EU Manifesto for time policies

The Time Use Initiative has launched its EU Manifesto on Time Policies, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at championing the Right to Time for all European citizens. The EU Manifesto on Time Policies, Tick-Tock Europe, advocates for 12 key changes that can be implemented by the EU from 2024 onwards to safeguard the right to time.

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Time and Democracy and Night time policies: how time policies are a solution for these challenges 

Representatives of London, Trento and Strasbourg presented examples of best practices of night-time policies as implemented in their cities. These are all in relation to how they navigate the urban night from a holistic point of view, considering it in the frame of a 24-hour city. Night governance strategies and the model of Night Mayors

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Experts ask political representatives to add the end of clock change in Europe in the UE Electoral Programes

The EU must end seasonal clock changes, as changing clocks to the wrong time zone negatively impacts individual health and the economy EU Parliament elections taking place the next coming June 9 are foreseen as a key opportunity to influence the different EU political parties/representatives to take a step forward, as the Council of the

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Strasbourg takes the lead from Bolzano, becoming the new World Capital of Time Policies

Sylvia Profanter, head of the Time Office at Bolzano Municipality, Christian Battisti, Councillor at Bolzano Municipality and Marina Lafay, Councillor in charge of Time Policies at the Strasbourg Municipality. On March 25, the municipality of Bolzano hosted the handover ceremony of the title of “Capital of Time Policies” to the city of Strasbourg, with a

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Time policies receive international recognition: the Time Use Initiative, awarded with the Edge of Government Award

Time policies have been presented as a case of inspiration at the World Governments Summit 2024 held in Dubai from 12-14 February, where the Time Use Initiative association has been invited to present time policies and examples of its success, such as those developed in Catalonia, with a stand in the Summit. As a result

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New joint strategy for consolidating Catalonia as a global reference in time policies has been signed

» The joint strategy involves the three institutions that already signed the previous strategy in 2020—the Government of Catalonia, the Barcelona City Council, and the Barcelona Provincial Council—alongside the Time Use Initiative. The Metropolitan Area of Barcelona also joined the framework for the new period. » The collaboration will pave the way towards granting the

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