At a time when cities face unprecedented challenges, where urban life is increasingly diverse and complex, the paradigm of the educating city presents a conceptual framework, inspired by the 20 principles of the Charter of Educating Cities, whith tools for local governments to build forms of coexistence, encounter and sustainability.

Of course, to achieve this goal, although based on common principles, different strategies and actions are used in relation to different socio-political contexts.

Therefore, in this issue of kult-ur, we have participations from Japan, Brazil, Spain, Mexico and Portugal.

We have sought collaborations that equate the current relevance of the concept, reconciling them with the prac- tical experiences of the actions that consolidate the concept of the Educating City.

Paulo Louro, coord. Àgora