European Cities of Ceramics: the new Portguese Association is officially born

On April 16th and 17th, 2018, important meetings were held at the National Palace of Mafra, in Portugal, which involved the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation “Cities of Ceramics”.

After a long and delicate work of promotion and technical preparation, which lasted over two years, the foundation ceremony and the signing of the Statute of the Portuguese Association of  Cities of Ceramics (AptCC) took place, with the participation of the 14 Portuguese Cities of Ceramics and the presence of an important delegation of Italian, Spanish, Romanian and German cities of ceramics. Continue reading

Cerasmus+ Project: a European Network for Innovation in the Ceramic Art and Craft sector

Cerasmus_plus_DSC0213_webThe continuous and important work of AEuCC – European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation “Cities of Ceramics” recently led to the approval of the European Project Cerasmus+.

Website project: cerasmus.eu

The project is developed within the key action 2 – strategic partnerships (which doesn’t promote in a first phase an exchange of students, but develops direct contacts between teachers and educational methods designers), fostering the improvement, optimization, innovation and internationalization of educational models and curricula. Continue reading