Context: Millions of Europeans are still on the side-lines both from the labour market and from social inclusion and integration. Together with social exclusion often comes urban exclusion, taking the form of marginalised, precarious neighborhoods. These neighborhoods are characterised by very deteriorated buildings, which offers a very low comfort and in some of the worst cases, unsafe or unhealthy living conditions. Partners: “Participatory Actions for Social Inclusion” (PASI) brings together five organisations working in different and complementary ways, in order to explore how the participatory approach in places of urban precariousness can contribute to social inclusion : - Quatorze and its experiences and resources regarding slum resorption projects. - The Emplea Foundation and its expertise on profesional insertion - ACINA and its experience on social follow-up in the context of slum resorption projects. - Finacoop and its knowledge concerning Social and Solidarity Economy. - ZaLab and its experience concerning participatory video laboratories. They have identified 3 needs to address within this strategic partnership: 1/ The need to structure and legitimate the participative methodologies for the fight against urban precarity. 2/ The need to gather methodological references for entities of the third sector and civic organisations. 3/ The need of a cross-disciplinary approach Objectives of PASI: - To define the components of good practices of participatory processes within places of urban precariousness - To define participatory methodologies for social inclusion in places of urban precariousness - To analyse case studies where these methodologies have been applied by third sector entities - To define the needed core competences needed for a local development - To promote a transdisciplinary approach of pedagogy through participation Target group: - Non-profit organisations working in local development project in precarious neighborhood (social workers, architects, educators, project managers) and their local partners. - Policy makers and decision makers (municipalities, regional authorities, national states and UE) - Inhabitants of precarious neighborhoods. Activities: - 6 transnational meetings - 2 training courses - production of 2 intellectual outputs - 1 multiplier event. Output: - A Handbook, expounding the results of the projects: learning-by-doing methodologies, a set of tools and cross-disciplinary approaches. - A website, with videos and articles, to document the PASI project and showing the results of the different activities. The main impacts will be: - The raised readiness of civil society, private, public and third sector, to commit in participatory processes within social inclusion initiatives. - The raised awareness and expertise in Europe regarding local development projects in urban precariousness situations. - The raised knowledge about social follow up, architectural, cultural actions in shantytowns. - The raised knowledge about participation tools as a type of non formal education
The aim was to explore how the participatory approach in places of urban precariousness could contribute to social inclusion. Working in different disciplines, each partner addresses social inclusion by offering a range of participatory methodologies in situations of extreme precariousness. Training beneficiaries to identify their own problems and the resources needed to solve them can create sustainable local development projects. It seems essential to study the qualities, strengths and effects of participatory processes in order to identify the conditions in which these inclusive dynamics can lead to solid social inclusion. The main objectives were thus: 1) To define participatory methodologies for social inclusion in places of urban precariousness 2) To analyse case studies where these methodologies have been applied by third sector entities 3) To define the components of good practices of participatory processes within places of urban precariousness 4) To define the core competences needed to implement local development 5) To promote a transdisciplinary approach of pedagogy through participation
Marginalisation from the labour market and social inclusion is often accompanied by urban exclusion, resulting in precarious neighbourhoods. We applied for this project because we felt it was necessary to step back from our daily practice, to have a broader view of the issue and to share experience and knowledge among practitioners working for social inclusion through participatory actions with different approaches and in different fields. We identified three axis to be followed 1) structure and legitimise participatory methodologies and their effects in the fight against urban precarity 2) gather methodological references on participatory actions and social inclusion so that third sector entities and civic organisations can use these approaches 3) address the transversal approach in order to respond to the diversity of the challenges of the inhabitants of precarious neighbourhoods. We have chosen to analyse case studies in order to define participatory methodologies for social inclusion in places of urban exclusion and to identify essential competences for local development in these places.