No fewer than 200 teachers, staff members of the National Education system, and actors in the city policy gathered for a regional seminar on Educational Cities at the Henri-Tomasi Conservatory. The event, which began at 9 a.m., featured a program including discussions on the challenges of Educational Cities, actions carried out on different territories, and a central focus on how to work better together. The day was structured around interventions, round tables on cooperation, and testimonies from representatives of the Educational Cities of Corsica. The objective was to circulate ideas and practices, rather than allowing each territory to work in isolation. Laetitia Costa, deputy mayor in charge of school affairs and children's time in Ajaccio, stated that the meeting should allow the creation of a network to support each other and strengthen the voice of their territories and neighborhoods. Nathalie Mons, rector of Corsica, noted that it was the first time they had brought together the three Educational Cities of Ajaccio, Bastia, and Porto-Vecchio, calling it a moment of mutualization. In Ajaccio, the Educational City reaches approximately 4,500 young people aged 0 to 25 in several priority neighborhoods. This includes 16 nursery and primary schools out of the 29 in the city, three out of four secondary schools, and six daycares out of eight, spanning areas from Saint-Jean to Bodiccione, including the neighborhoods of Cannes-Salines and Nord-Rocade. Vincent Calendini, project leader of the Educational City for the City of Ajaccio, explained that the approach aims to take children aged 0 to 25 in charge on all times, including school, after-school, and out-of-school, with the goal of supporting them in the short, medium, or long term, up to professional integration and life in society. Six pathways structure this action: future, reading, artistic and cultural education, citizenship, sports, and health. According to Calendini, the sports pathway includes activities such as learning to swim, with all the classes of the great sections, CE1, and CM1 in Ajaccio going to the swimming pool this year. The rector emphasized that this approach responds to an equality challenge, aiming to give more to those who have less, as these children are often socially fragile and in need of additional support. At the nursery school of Pietralba, one of the actions is through the 'Bouquinous' initiative, where children take home a book and a small device containing the recording of their teacher telling the story. Emmanuelle Pelloni, director of the school, explained that many children do not have books at home or parents who can read them stories in French and Corsican. This initiative encourages reading at home, with children becoming passionate about reading and showing their parents the book and the words. For the professionals present, the interest of the day was to discover what is happening elsewhere and to leave with new ideas. Emmanuelle Pelloni noted that while they do projects, they often work in isolation, and the seminar allowed them to gain insights from others' experiences.