Participatory practical workshops to transform the space and to promote financial and environmental education

The actual construction was implemented through practical and educational workshops with the neighbors, the Public Services Department and partly with contracted workers. The workshops addressed the following measures: 1) green infrastructure and reforestation, 2) urban art and tactical urbanism, and 3) urban furniture. In this way, the park was transformed through joint efforts, while learning about the importance of nature-based solutions and easy measures to implement them in other public spaces or in gardens and other spaces of the community. 

 

In adition, educational workshops were conducted with a local school and a group of scouts to improve the financial education of young people and kids in the community. Another set of workshops was implemented with neighbors and members of an informal neighborhood, with a focus on first aid. 

  • High commitment of implementing partners and the municipality
  • Know-how of local organizations
  • Clear division of roles among implementing partners and the municipality, good coordination among partners
  • Activation of other local groups along the way (scouts) 
  • Time buffers requiered for unforeseeable events (health and climate related)
  • Implement activities outside of heat and hurrican period to ensure participation and safety