The Municipality of Cascais
is from September 17th on,
Member of the Network "Cities and Towns of Excellence." The
presentation of the award took place in Session Room of the Municipality of Cascais .
Then gave up hoisting the flag confirming the village as an official member of
that organization.
The creation of the horizontal office "Accessibility for All", in 2011,
had the aim to follow the best of what
was being done in the County in terms of access and share all information with
municipal services. This sharing of information allowed to create value, with
plans for accessibility, in several projects, helping to promote Accessible
Tourism.
Through the office created in 2011 it has
been possible to increase a culture of pedestrian accessibility, monitored by
the Center General Implementation of accessibility that allowed by the
"Local Plans Accessibility", the elimination of barriers preventing
the creation of places not accessible
The Institute of Cities and Towns Disabled
is an association of private nature, public interest and nonprofit. Its
objective to sensitize, inform and train technicians and citizens about the
need to build social territories Mobility, in accordance with the policy
guidelines set out in the development strategy of the European Community area. In
addition to promoting a new culture of mobility at all levels strives for
building inclusive cities and towns, the use of sustainable transport, defense
and preservation of historical, cultural and social, and also by developing solidarity
with people with reduced mobility.
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GPS Localization
38°41'48.94"N
9°25'13.67"W
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