World Capital of Time Policies
The World Capital of Time Policies is the award intended to generate more awareness and to provide more visibility to time polices and their positive impacts on society, organisations, and the planet. It is granted by the Local and Regional Governments Time Network with a duration of one year, and it must be approved by its General Assembly after presenting an action plan for the upcoming term.
The objective of the Capital is to generate citizen’s awareness, to promote the visibility and sustainability of the Local and Regional Governments Time Network and, finally, to promote and consolidate innovative time policies within the host institution.
World Capital of Time Policies 2022 - Barcelona
The city of Barcelona was awarded the first World Capital in 2022. In order to enhance its promotion of time policies, Barcelona’s World Capital pursued the following objectives:
- Generate citizen awareness through awareness and communication campaigns.
- Promote the visibility and sustainability of the Network of Local and Regional Governments for Time Policies, being an ambassador of the Network in different forums around the world.
- Organise and actively participate in international events such as Time Use Week in October 2022.
- Promote and consolidate innovative time policies in the Barcelona City Council and promote the Action Plan of the Barcelona Declaration on Time Policies (2022-2023).
World Capital of Time Policies 2023 - Bolzano
The Municipality of Bolzano, through its Office for Statistics and Time, promoted various initiatives to increase citizens’ awareness of the value of time.
Among the activities it organized Bolzano’s Time Week, from 9th to the 13th of May 2023 (“Time Week 2023”). Through several conferences, workshops and activities related to the topic of time policies in Europe, the lens was framed especially towards working time and nighttime policies.
World Capital of Time Policies 2024 - Strasbourg
The Eurometropolis of Strasbourg has been awarded as the World Capital of Time Policies 2024, showcasing the results of the municipal time office: organizing public spaces and mobility, managing work schedules, developing proximity, innovative services, and nightlife. Several highlights throughout the year helped to discover and promote these different areas, demonstrating the benefits of the temporal approach in adapting public services and municipal policies to the residents’ lifestyles.
On the 28th and 29th of November 2024, it hosted the plenary sessions of the French Tempo Territorial network (“Les Temporelles 2024”). It also promoted the Local and Regional Governments Time Network to put forward time policies in the European agenda.
