Objectives: S.O.1: To promote the youth work principles of youth-led youth work into the space of placemaking. S.O.2: To develop a network of participants, partners, and organisations through their engagement in the meetings, mobilities and events of this project. S.O.3: To conduct desk research, and action research, with our partners, participants, mobilities and events. The learning of which is captured and available to share through our website. S.O.4: To disseminate and network widely, with the project present at Urbanconfest (November 2023, also organised by P1-CISR), which hosted 1,200+ urbanists, activists, researchers, and artists in Berlin (https://urbanconfest.org). P2-CGE hosted a workshop on placemaking and youth work methods at this event. An extra event was organized in Brussels in April 2024, with all partners present in person, where we shared our project journey with 30+ participants in Brussels Nord (the urban regeneration project led by Urban Foxes). S.O.5: To create moments of experimental, experiential learning, for placemakers, urbanists, and youth workers (made possible by our 5 day LAB at Platz*Da in 2023)
// Consortium: P1 CISR & P2 Urban Foxes are specialised in placemaking approaches, especially in urban contexts. P2 CGE has decades of experience in developing non-formal education programs, especially in the field of youth work P4 CiAct is a newcomer to Erasmus+, and was identified as outsider perspective on placemaking and youth work, which matched the experimental approach of our project. // Purpose: - Placemaking is increasingly implemented in a top-down manner. Our consortium hoped to promote the youth work principles of youth-led youth work into the space of placemaking. - We looked, through experimental methods, and four mobilities in two countries, over 24 months, to strengthen the cooperation between the work of placemakers and youth workers - The ultimate goal was to strengthen the impact of youth work, through initiating dialogue on, piloting, and integration of placemaking methods (placemaking, public participation, and participatory planning in the urban context) into the youth work sphere. - We looked to have a research and networking phase, and then move into a practical experimentation phase, with youth workers and peacemakers working together on a practical project and reflecting on this process.