Image Credit: http://ccmatienzo.com.ar/wp/events/jam-de-dibujo-28/
Logo source: https://www.facebook.com/clubculturalmatienzo
Country
Argentina
City
Buenos Aires
Name
Matienzo Club Cultural
Date
2008
Description of the project
The Club Cultural Matienzo is a civic non profit association created by 5 argentinian citizens and now involving more than 80, which promotes, features, and hosts cultural, artistic and communal projects.
At the intersection between cooperative and a network of organizations, Matienzo is a place for the development of a communal identity.
Matienzo proposes a wide cultural offer ranging from music shows, film and literature events, contemporary art exhibits, multidisciplinary festivals, a program for the training of artists, a radio station, and other initiatives that take place every day inside and outside of the club.
Matienzo also supports and links other similar projects like Abogados Culturales and the Yo Reciclo project.
Matienzo’s philosophy is based on community building, open governance, and a vision centered on people, able to foster connections among them, ideas and diverse knowledge, as well as collective action and social change.
Credits: Picture by http://www.deia.com/2017/01/23/bizkaia/bilbao/
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Country
Spain
City
Bilbao
Name
AS-Fabrik
Date
2017
Description
AS-FABRIK aims to shape a collaborative pilot Ecosystem for current or future workers of the KIBS sector (university students, entrepreneurs and professionals) so they can acquire the needed skills to attend the future demands of the manufacturing industry sector related with their digital transformation process.
As- Fabrik is structured around five pillars:
New education programs for university students, entrepreneurs and professionals addressing the new challenges of the industry 4.0 and the digital economy.
Networking actions among the main Stakeholders (local policy makers and policy experts, universities, entrepreneurs, KIBS companies and industrial sector) to ensure a good match between demand and supply, supported by tailored IT tools.
Definition of new business models that cover the industry demands and specialized start-ups launching support.
Minimum Viable Product (MVP) test Fab Lab for the market validation of new products/services.
Physical and virtual Infrastructure to host the above mentioned items
These actions will position Bilbao as a specialized territory in the development of the Digital Economy and its firms as internationally first level suppliers of the manufacturing industry
Credits: picture by http://www.barakabits.com/2015/07/chain-effect-encouraging-sustainable-transport-beirut
Country
Lebanon
City
Beirut
Name
The Chain Effect
Date
2014
Description
The Chain Effect was created in November 2014, by three friends, to promote cycling for mobility in Beirut. Cycling is not viewed as a means of transport in Beirut, and the city is not the most cycle-friendly. However, congestion, is a major issue bearing high costs on the economy, society and the environment, which could be relieved if more people chose alternative means of transport. The Chain Effect wants to generate discussions and provoke people to think about cycling as more than just a sport or leisure activity. Their mission is to promote the bicycle as a sustainable and convenient form of urban mobility and encourage its use in Beirut. They do this through street art, public installations and community projects.
Credits: Picture of Barangay by www.megacitizens.com
Country
Philippines
City
Barangay
Name
Bantay Sangkay: Community Driven Development (CDD) Approach
Date
NA
Description
The project Bantay Sangkay sought to embed social accountability mechanisms , adoption of Community – Driven Development (CDD) approach in local planning and public expenditure management cycle and to enhance participatory processes and gains of Kalahi Cidds (KC) , a Philippine government Anti-Poverty Program. This program aimed to create an involved citizenship into their own development and welfare and this belies the real meaning of a democratic government and sustainable development. In that sense, the objectives of the Bantay Sangkay project were:
1. Continuity of participatory processes and approaches and consolidate the gains into community decision-making; Its major aim was to reach out and involved the marginalized sectors of the community eg. women, out of school youth, farmers and the conflict affected.
2. Adoption of CDD technology into the local governement’s (LGU) local planning and budgeting or the public expenditure management cycle; Development of a Comprehensive Municipal Development Plan based on the consolidated 24 Barangay Development Plans developed thru the Barangay Development Council.
3. Systematize the use of social accountability mechanisms, tools and activities initially developed through the KC towards the setting up of a social accountability system in the LGU (municipal and barangay levels).
4. Utilize a dynamic combination of Top-Down / Bottom-UP Participatory Development Planning Process. The Participatory Situational Analysis (PSA)conducted by the LGU and the community itself and the Community Based Monitoring System (CBMS) were the starting points in community immersion.
Source: Rosario City Government https://www.rosario.gov.ar/web/ciudad/economia-solidaria/agricultura-urbana
Country
Argentina
City
Rosario
Name
Programa de Agricultura Urbana
Date
2002
Description
Beginning in 2002, the Programa de Agricultura Urbana institutionalized, built upon and expanded some already existing initiatives of urban agriculture on unused plots of land. The policy planned to support families and community members in situation of increasing poverty through the allocation of land to be used for urban farming. The municipality organized the plan in six districts, appointing a technical coordinator and two local support staff in each of them with knowledge of agriculture or gardening in order to assisting the huerteros (the persons tending the huertas). The residents involved have created more than 700 community farms. The food produced is either consumed by the farmers or sold at the farmers markets every week.
This policy helped foster a community spirit and contributed to the socio-economic upheaval of many families in Rosario that were suffering after the 2001 crisis.