All Requests Tagged 'BestPractices' - Community life competence2024-03-29T11:14:40Zhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=BestPractices&feed=yes&xn_auth=noCITIZEN PARTICIPATION – A CALL FOR BEST PRACTICEStag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2019-02-11:2028109:Topic:1753112019-02-11T12:46:55.973ZTom Koninckxhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/TomKoninckx
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Since a year Veronique and I are involved in SALT processes within the City of Vilvoorde in Belgium, next to Brussels (Vilvoorde has 44.000 habitants, it is the fastest growing city in Flanders, with 51% of the population with a migration background, 108 nationalities in total, 25% of the population is younger than 18).</font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">So far we have…</font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Since a year Veronique and I are involved in SALT processes within the City of Vilvoorde in Belgium, next to Brussels (Vilvoorde has 44.000 habitants, it is the fastest growing city in Flanders, with 51% of the population with a migration background, 108 nationalities in total, 25% of the population is younger than 18).</font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">So far we have been starting SALT processes in the different communities (7 in total) with a lot of success. We had about 15-20 sessions. Every community succeeded to agree upon a common dream and make their first steps, to learn from their actions through the SALT CLPC process. BUT … despite the early successes our next challenge will be to make these early seeds grow, build resilience and make them sustainable. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Our challenges concretely are:</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 48px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3">·</font><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span> <font face="Calibri" size="3">Forming the core team within each community (rooted leadership)</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 48px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3">·</font><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span> <font face="Calibri" size="3">Grow the maturity of the collectives that emerge (group dynamics, diversity, personal transformation)</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 48px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3">·</font><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span> <font face="Calibri" size="3">Bring the different individual communities together (transversal best practices)</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px 48px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><font size="3">·</font><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span> <font face="Calibri" size="3">Redefine the relationship with the City Council and create a new space for collaboration between the system and the collective and let it mature (democracy).</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Last November there were elections here which makes that a new city council is in place since Jan 2019 for the next 6 years. And we are invited by the policy makers to support them in defining their Participation Policy for this period. Although there is a clear intention, it is also clear that they do not know how to navigate this. And the political system can be quite opportunistic. ;-) </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Veronique and I both feel that we need to work with a maturity model and a roadmap. Mutual trust is something that grows. Both ends have to make their steps to be able to climb higher. Intermediate anchoring will be necessary. We intend to take a blended approach that is rooted in the SALT cycle but makes use of a more extensive toolkit. Our aim is to build a case out of our experience which can be applied to other citizen participation tracks. No guarantees for now, but it is in the experience that we learn and that the next steps will emerge.</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">In the meantime, we do want to tap into the collective wisdom of this community. So this is a call for: <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 48px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">1.</font><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span> <font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Similar cases, their learnings and best practices. You can also share articles you might have read. (We are in contact with Grez-Doiceau but we do not have a Jean-Louis who lives in Vilvoorde ;-))</font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px 48px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">2.</font><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span> <font face="Calibri" size="3">Anyone interested in this initiative and who thinks he/she could contribute to the development of best practices around citizen participation is more than welcome to reach out to us. The focus will be on implementation as we are working hand’s on. We tend to do some collective intelligence work around this. </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">With gratitude for any input!</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Warmly, Tom</font></p>
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