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Municipio do Ano 2016 

​Municipality of the Year Portugal 2016

June 3, 2016

Award Cerimony of the Municipality of the Year Awards Portugal 2016, at Forte do Beliche, in Sagres, Vila do Bispo, with the special performance of the singer Luís Represas.
The "Municipality of the Year Portugal 2015" Awards were submitted to 93 applications. The national jury, after a thorough evaluation process, nominated 36 municipalities for the categories in the competition.
Fundão was the great national winner. Santarém (Alentejo), Loulé (Algarve), Lisbon (M.A. Lisbon), Arouca (M.A. Porto), Fundão (Centre), Vila Nova Famalicão (North) and Praia da Vitória (Autonomous Regions) were the regional winners. In the municipalities with less than 20,000 inhabitants Alfândega da Fé (North) and Batalha (Centre) triumphed​.
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Cartaz-​Projetos de I&D do Concelho de Vila do Bispo 

​R&D Projects of the Municipality of Vila do Bisp​o

May 23, ​​2016

The municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the Algarve, was the national winner of the "Municipality of the Year Portugal 2015" award. On May 24, 2016, at 2:30 p.m., he presented the seminar "R & D Projects of Vila do Bispo", at UM-Cities, on the campus of Gualtar, in Braga, informing investigations in areas as diverse as History, Archaeology, Underwater Archaeology, Biology, Geology or Palaeontology​​​​.
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Municipio do Ano 2015 

Municipality of the Year​ Portugal 2015

July 9, 2015

Award Ceremony of the Municipality of the Year Awards Portugal 2015, at the Teatro Circo, in Braga, with the presence of the Secretary of State for Regional Development and with the special performance of singer Berg.
The "Municipality of the Year Portugal 2015" Awards were submitted to 81 applications. The national jury nominated 36 municipalities for the categories in the competition.
Vila do Bispo was the great national winner. Braga (North), Santa Maria da Feira (M.A. Porto), Águeda (Centre), Coruche (Alentejo), Ribeira Grande (Autonomous Regions) and Sintra (M.A. Lisbon) were the regional winners. ​ In the municipalities with less than 20,000 inhabitants Paredes de Coura (North) and Lousã (Centre) triumphed.
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Municipio do Ano 2014 

Municipality of the Year Portugal 2014

November 7,​​ 2014

Award Ceremony of the Municipality of the Year Awards Portugal 2014, at the Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães, attended by the Secretary of State for Regional Development Manuel Castro Almeida.
The "Municipality of the Year Portugal 2015" Awards were submitted to 66 applications. Lisbon was the great national winner. Guimarães (North), Fundão (Centre), Odemira (Alentejo), Tavira (Algarve), Funchal (Autonomous Regions) and Lisbon (M.A. Lisbon) were the regional winners. In municipalities with less than 20,000 inhabitants Vinhais (North), Idanha-a-Nova (Centre) and Estremoz (Alentejo) triumphed.
Before the Ceremony was paid a tribute to the late Prof. Manuel Costa Lobo, one of the most important national urbanists.​
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Cátedra UM 

Chair A future for cities

October 17, 2014

Debate within the Caixa Geral de Depósitos Chair / University of Minho, at the Rectory of the University, Largo do Paço, Braga. Guests:
- Will Wynn, former mayor of Austin, TX, USA
- António Costa, Mayor of Lisbon
- Rui Moreira, mayor of Porto
Moderator: José F. G. Mendes, deputy dean of the University of Minho
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International Days on Smart Citiess

October 16-17, 2014

National and international experts in Smart Cities, with the special participation of Will Wynn, former mayor of Austin (TX, USA) and Radboud Winkels.
Organization of the Centre for Research in Human Rights, the Master in Law and Informatics and UM-Cities.
Incentives obligatory until October 15 to: ciidh@direito.uminho.pt
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Seminar on urban noise assessment

July 30,​ 2014

Seminar on the theme of urban environmental noise, coordinated by Prof Lígia​ Silva of the UMinho Engineering School and directed to the senior technicians of the Vila Real Municipal Council.

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Presentation UM-Cities and Awards Municipality of the Year

June 13,​ 2014

Presentation session of the UM-Cities platform and the launching of the Portugal 2014 Municipality of the Year Awards, with interventions by the President of CCDR-N, Emídio Gomes, UMinho's Rector António Cunha, and the Vice Rector and President of UM-Cities José FG Mendes.

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Braga Youth Capital of Road Safety

May 19-20,​ 2014

Big end of the BP 2014 Safety Competition. Finalist teams from Setúbal, Évora, Oliveira do Hospital, Porto and Braga develop their final projects at UMinho, in a partnership between UM-Cities and BP and CMBraga.
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Contacts

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Centro Avançado de Formação Pós-Graduada
Rua de Vila Flor, 166
4810-453 Guimarães​​

Email: secretariado@umcidades.uminho.pt​

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