Cities for Mobility and Education: Utrecht in Salzgitter, September 2010

 Floris Fonville, coördinator of youth participation for the city of Utrecht, attended the meeting of the working group Education, part of the Cities for Children network. This time the German city of Salzgitter hosted the meeting.  The city follows the slogan 'Helping children further and support families' and profiles itself as a child- and family friendly knowledge city. Many investments are being made, such as free Kindergarten where small children can learn the German language, and programmes to get young people prepared for the labour market ('school-job transition'). Floris was enthusiastic about the conference which he found intense and interesting. He made a lot of new contacts that can contribute to his inspiration at work.  One of the results of this meeting was that Utrecht will host another meeting of the working group Education, April 2012.