Inclusive participation : best practice sharing and networking Erasmus Project

Project Title

Inclusive participation : best practice sharing and networking

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; Inclusion – equity; Reaching the policy level/dialogue with decision makers

Project Summary

The project aims at exchanging good practices and creating a network between municipalities and no profit organisations on the theme of Inclusive participation.Inclusive participation concerns the participation of people with less opportunities.Project duration : 2 yearsThe direct targeted public are elected people, or staff in no profit organisations and local authorities working on citizenship participation.The indirect targeted public are the citizens, especially those who usually don’t participate.Background :Today, in most of the european countries, we observe :- A weakness of the results of the participative process implemented by the local authorities- A scepticism towards public authorities, both local, national or european- The participants are not representative of the “common” inhabitants : Very often they are comited citizens, political activist. Very few are people with less opportunities, or social problems.The reason of that could be the lack of interest of the citizens in public issues and local authorities. However, some municipalities implement successfull innovative tools.Issue :The project ‘s issue is to strenghten participation of the citizens with less opportunities, in order to make their voice heard, and/or act localy to improve standard of living together. It aims at capacity building and empowerment of people who usually don’t participate.Objectives :- To develop a cooperation between the partners on inclusive participation- To strengthen the skills of the people who work on citizenship participation projects.Activities :European meetings, learning mobilities, making a video, exchange of good practices and making of a compendium of them, assessment and dissemination of the project
Partners list :P1 : Municipality of Billère / FranceP2 : Comune di Silvi / ItalyP3 : Vulcan municipality / RomaniaP4 : Gulbene municipality / LatviaP5 : The Society of Polish Town Planners, Wroclaw Division / PolandP6 : Municipality of Istiea – aedipsos / GreeceP8 : Intercultural Institute of Timisoara / RomaniaP9 : Municipality of Saillans / France

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 80662 Eur

Project Coordinator

Mairie de Billère & Country: FR

Project Partners

• DIMOS ISTIEAS AIDIPSOU (MUNICIPALITY OF ISTIEA – AEDIPSOS)
• Towarzystwo Urbanistow Polskich
• Gulbenes novada pasvaldiba
• Mairie de Saillans
• COMUNE DI SILVI
• INSTITUTUL INTERCULTURAL TIMISOARA