POC Coeur de Ville, La Madeleine Citizens design the Heart of the City How would you like La Madeleine’s city centre to be? How do you picture today’s Market Square?What is your personal use of this place? And above all, what will you do there tomorrow? “I imagine my heart of the City”was a consultation Read more about Citizens design the Heart of the City[…]
POC Bords de Deûle Building the city with the people who live in it … The plans for residential development by 2040 on the Deûle area, just south of the city of Wambrechies, could mean more than 6,000 new housing units, the equivalent of Wambrechies’ population today! This example illustrates well the radical shifts expected in Read more about Building the city with the people who live in it …[…]
POC URBACT Social Innovation in Cities Cities that let citizens take responsibilities How can a city engage with social innovation in order to address increasing constraints and budget cuts? In 2014, the city of Amersfoort in the Netherlands started the Year of Change, a complete process of change within its administrative practices, working towards shared responsibilities Read more about Cities that let citizens take responsibilities[…]
POC Allée St Georges, Armentières 7 apartments against a garden? The demolition of the old St Georges courtyard in Armentières, which became unsanitary, frees up land that, logically, is destined to accommodate new housing. But if you zoom out of St Georges alley in the heart of the city block, you will find on the edge Read more about 7 apartments against a garden?[…]
POC VILCO Better collaboration between citizens and administrations Like many cities, Brussels is home to an array of citizen initiatives and collectives committed to improving life quality, mobility, living together, climate, etc. Meanwhile, municipalities and regional administrations are also working towards sustainable development, through new policies and diverse actions. Hence VILCO’s inquiry: would combining the Read more about Better collaboration between citizens and administrations[…]
POC Béthune, passages et rues Passages to participation Street furniture and signage, urban ecology, culture and places for self-expression in the city, public buildings and equipment, lighting and sound scenography, etc. whatever the category, the city of Béthune’s aim is to foreshadow tomorrow’s public action, in an agile, transversal “project mode” and to participate in Read more about Passages to participation[…]
POC Volunteering Local Bank& Imaginarius Participa Volunteering, a successful collaborative platform Volunteering, solidarity and active participation are deep-rooted in the identity of Santa Maria da Feira’s people. In 2005, the Municipality created an intergenerational Volunteering Local Bank and in 2013, under Imaginarius – International Festival of Street Theatre – was born “Imaginarius Participa”, a cultural volunteering Read more about Volunteering, a successful collaborative platform[…]
POC Volun!ty, Wuxi- CN Social unity for volunteers Many volunteers have emerged in the last couple of months, but many lack protective materials. Some volunteers have really heavy tasks, while others have no task at all. You donate to volunteers, but you get no follow-up feedback. If we are to face an epidemic again, how might we Read more about Social unity for volunteers[…]
