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Learning from Cities - The 2nd Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation

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The South American Line

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2. Characteristics

Despite the fact that the means adopted in work within the committee

get to know the major requirements and procedures with regards to doing business in foreign markets.

are innovative strategies, the measures proposed by the committee are also proved to be of great innovation. (1) “ F u t u r e S c h o o l ” : T h i s

Highlight

measure helps to introduce educational

The purpose of setting up a

innovation and new technology (robot

committee is that the municipal

and 3D printing) to public schools in

government of Buenos Aires is

the city.

aimed to build it into an innovative,

(2) “ B u e n o s A i r e s S c h o o l o f

pioneering, creative, sustainable and

Entrepreneurs”: it provides training

inclusive oriented city. It realizes that

programs which aims at strengthening

risk might occur when carrying out

the potential of entrepreneurs and

innovation at this level. Therefore,

these programs are taught by training

in order to reduce the risk, it took

instructors from Kauffman Foundation.

the following measures targeted

(3) “ N I D O ” : I t r e f e r s t o a

at strengthening cooperation and

development area for manufacturing

influence. Here are summaries of the

enterprises with great potentiality

measures:

enjoyed by residents from Villa 1-1114. In this area, there is a kindergarten,

1. Meaningful Learning

an activity center which welcomes

The projects which are used for

social entrepreneurs as well as an

entrepreneurship means to transfer

auditorium which is built with the help

the spirit of entrepreneurship into

of advanced technology. Functional

a compulsory course that would be

buildings cover an area of 4,800 square

taught in all public schools in Buenos

kilometers, benefiting 80,000 people.

Aires. During the preliminary test in

(4) “Wi-Fi Coverage”: This measure

2014, 31 pilot schools were involved,

provides people with an access to the internet

with 800 trainers, 31 kinds of school

by using less resources, so as to narrow the

utensils and one virtual classroom. In

digital gap.

2015, this measure is implemented to

(5) “ B u e n o s A i r e s E x p o r t e r s Platform”: This project helps people

cover all the public schools within the city.


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