SPUR
Post-covid urban social revitalisation
Territory
Province of Agrigento
Implementation period
January 2024 – December 2025
Donor
European Commission
Project objective
Our objective is to promote social revitalisation, establish transnational cooperation by connecting a network of designated cities working together to find sustainable solutions on civic participation and fighting inequalities.
Target audience
The project intends to involve citizens from peripheral urban areas who have experienced strong marginalisation, caused or worsened by the pandemic.
The project particularly aims to involve: young people (18–29) and elderly people (60+) with a focus on women and citizens with a migrant background to promote intergenerational solidarity.
Activities
The project promotes three main local and three international actions to foster social revitalisation and transnational cooperation on civic participation and fighting inequalities:
FIRST LOCAL PATH: Participant involvement and identification of their needs through participatory consultations within their community.
SECOND LOCAL PATH: Local pilot actions for social cohesion in neighbourhoods. Consultations with citizens will be organised to identify activities to be implemented in reference communities.
THIRD LOCAL PATH: Implementation of local pilot projects. Each community will implement actions for urban and social revitalisation developed through co-design with local communities.
Support actions, co-ideation and support for community action projects will accompany this, with young and elderly people to promote intergenerational solidarity.
Impact
720 to 800 direct participants involved through local pilot actions to increase social interaction and engagement of elderly and young people, with particular attention to participation of migrants and women to reduce discrimination and promote gender equality.
40 people per local path, for a total of 120 people in the countries involved in urban space revitalisation and social wellbeing actions.
300 to 350 direct beneficiaries of international events, for a total of 1020–1150 people across the EU, addressing local communities in a network of designated cities working together on civic participation and fighting inequalities.
Contacts
For more information on the project or to participate you can contact Giuseppe La Rocca
ContactsPartners
Alda – European Association for Local Democracy (lead), Fondazione Comunitaria di Agrigento e Trapani, Metropolitan City of Milan, Commune D'Etterbeek, Judetul Harghita, Grad Vodnjan – Municipio de Vila do Conde.
Programme
The project was selected and co-funded under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) and by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).
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