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Time Use Week’s tenth edition will discuss how to achieve a new time balance

Catalonia will be the meeting place where international representatives from municipalities, regions, international organisations, social and productive agents, and the research community will reflect on how to achieve the right...

The TUI signs a key partnership to promote time policies as a key tool for smart cities

The Time Use Initiative, as technical secretariat of the Local and Regional Governments Time Network has signed an agreement to be a collaborating organisation in the Smart City Expo World...
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Time to care, the last topic discussed at the 2nd Ibero-American Forum

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Bases for the future Spanish Time Use Law have been presented, with over 100 measures

The Base Study for the Time Use and Schedules Rationalisation Law has been presented, with over 100 proposals for improving time organisation in Spain. The Study has been coordinated by...
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The 2nd Ibero-American Forum puts the right to time as a key element for city resilience

At the 2nd Ibero-American Forum on Timetables and Time, representatives from cities in Europe and Latin America highlighted how time organisation through the right to time can increase the resilience...
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The Time Use Initiative delivered a workshop on time policies at the Brussels Urban Summit 2023

The Time Use Initiative was invited to participate in the Brussels Urban Summit (BUS) 2023, one of the biggest events that bring together international city officers and political representatives to...

The 2nd Ibero-American Forum puts forward the individual and collective rest as part of the right to time

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The Ibero-American exchange on time policies has been inaugurated

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Registrations are open for the second edition of the Ibero-American summit on time policies

Happening from the 6th to 30th June, it will host virtual and on-site events aimed at conceptualising the right to time as a new civic right in Latin America. It...

The Local and Regional Governments Time Network takes part in Bolzano’s Time Week 2023

The Italian city is the World Capital of Time Policies during 2023 and has held a week of debates and citizen events that put time policies on the agenda. The...
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New publication showing world-wide good practices between time, mobility, and sustainability

A second topic of time policies compilation has been published and presented. It focusses on tackling a topic of global relevance: “Time, mobility and sustainability: an opportunity to increase resilience”....
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Bolzano takes over Barcelona as the new World Capital of Time Policies

Barcelona has organised more than 70 activities during its time as World Capital, in order to rise awareness on time policies as a new civil right, which will extend its...
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Mounting evidence shows changing clocks to the wrong time zone negatively impacts individual health and the economy

Experts and activists launch a campaign to increase citizens awareness on the harmful effects of clock changes and wrong time zones. The experts ask the presidency trio of the Council...

A new round of official surveys is launched for learning how citizens distribute their time after the pandemic

Today, the first Spanish exchange forum on time use surveys has been held, with the participation of the European, Spanish, Catalan, and Basque statistical agencies. The conferences seek to create...

The European Commission awarded a project to foster time policies in European Municipalities

The partnership including the Local and Regional Governments TIME Network has been awarded by the Citizens, Equality, Rights, and Values (CERV) programme from the European Commission. The project, called “Time4All”,...
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The newsletter “Barcelona on time” has been launched, compiling everything there is to know about time policies in the city of Barcelona

A newsletter with information about events, interviews, and much more information about time policies has just been launched by the city's Time Agreement....
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The Barcelona Time Use Initiative takes part in Lleida’s Time Agreement assessment

The Time Agreement is carrying out activities within the framework of the Lleida's Network for the Time Agreement, composed by 16 local organisations and companies. It has carried out 40...

Right to “free” time, an objective for consensus building

From the 24th to 26th October, the ninth Time Use Week —the international meeting point on time policies— was held. Over 150 panellists from all over the world representing universities,...

Time Use Week 2022: 26th October – Towards a new organisation of working times

A brief report on the Time Use Week third day, where the organisation of working times was discussed. International experiences were analysed and academic proposals to a future Spanish Time...

Time Use Week 2022: 25th October – Local and regional time policies

A brief report on the Time Use Week second day, where the Local and Regional Governments TIME Network General Assembly was hold, and local and regional time policies related with...

Time Use Week 2022: 24th October – Reducing inequalities with the right to time

A brief report on the Time Use Week first day, where key concepts were discussed and proposals on how to alleviate time inequalities were made....
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