Exame aprofundado da implementação e regulamentação das transmissões online das reuniões das assembleias municipais.
Bragança Polytechnic University | Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, in the third edition of In2CoP, under the title “Conference on International Cooperation in Higher Education – Multicultural Co-creation for Future Societies”, focused this year on multicultural co-creation to develop skills for the societies of the future, particularly entrepreneurial and creative skills enriched by cross-cultural perspective...
Higher Education faces significant challenges, including internationalization (Msomphora, 2025), digital transformation - in particular the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into traditional methods and cybersecurity (Parambil et al., 2024), students increasing expectations (Amanzhol et al., 2024), pressure for higher alumni employability rates (Schueller, 2023), the increased need of interdisciplinar...
This study explores an immersive Challenge-Based Innovation experience developed in Miranda do Douro, a rural municipality in Portugal. Through interdisciplinary and multicultural student teams, the initiative promoted co-creation with local stakeholders around real-world challenges. The qualitative methodology employed a combination of evocation, symbolic representation, audiovisual reflection, and peer evalua...
This study aims to analyse the recent evolution of municipal regulations regarding tourist taxes in Portugal, focusing on how these taxes are integrated into local public sustainability policies. It seeks to understand how municipalities are utilising these taxes as tools to mitigate the negative impacts of tourism (Carvalho et al., 2024; Göktaş & Çetin, 2023) and to promote more sustainable local development a...
The discussion on immersive learning environments requires an in-depth understanding of the concept and its implications for the educational process. Contemporary higher education faces the challenge of adopting methodologies that promote experiential learning. Challenge-Based Innovation (CBI) emerges as a student-centred approach, integrating interdisciplinary collaboration and immersion in real contexts. This...
This paper explores a strategic co-design process undertaken in the rural municipality of Miranda do Douro, Portugal, aimed at formulating locally grounded innovation challenges. Situated within the framework of a broader initiative [blinded for peer-review], the study highlights the preparatory phase prior to student involvement, emphasizing how collaborative methodologies shaped a community responsive innovat...
The Bragança Polytechnic University in Portugal (IPB), in collaboration with the Foundation for Studies and Training in Local Administration (FEFAL), the National Institute of Administration (INA, I. P.), the City University of Applied Sciences Bremen in Germany (HSB), and the Silesian University in Opava in the Czech Republic (SUO), are spearheading a project to thoroughly analyze the culture of innovation in ...
Introduction: The growing demand for recreational activities in natural areas often results in environmental degradation, jeopardising the sustainability of these ecosystems. Understanding visitors’ willingness to pay (WTP) to mitigate these impacts is crucial for supporting the sustainable management of these areas. Objective This paper compares users’ WTP to mitigate the impact of recreational activities at t...
This study aims to identify the main factors that influence the selection of governance mechanisms used by local governments to provide public services through official collection centers (CRO) for companion animals in Portugal.