On 31 January-4 February 2019 I went to Porto, Portugal, for a joint meeting of the Common Home of Humanity working group and our working group on Global Governance for the 21st Century, both supported by the Global Challenges Foundation, whose New Shape Prize we won last year.

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Opening ceremony in the aula of the University of Porto

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working groups

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working groups; Augusto Lopez-Claros; working groups

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Maja Groff; Augusto Lopez-Claros and Joachim Monkelbaan of our Global Governance group

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We had a little time to walk down to the old Porto city walls and steep stairs down to the waterfront and along to the old port, before going at night up to a monastery on the other side with views of the city and its bridges, designed by Eiffel (of Paris Eiffel Tower fame) and one of his students.

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The city of Porto

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Two churches with a very narrow house in between

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Porto; a garden in the city centre

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Porto waterfront; Paolo and the group

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old palace

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Jewish quarter; indoor mall

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Paolo and group; old city walls

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church and waterfront

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Porto waterfront with monastery across the river; waterfront

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Railway station with tiled interior

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Plaque to railway station architect and artist; Porto at night

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Monastery across the river

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Porto at night from the monastery