Description
Telheiras Local Partnership guides its actions according to the right to the city principles, by which Civil Society and the Third Sector must play a bigger role in the processes of urban governance, namely in the production and management of the city. The project follows the work started at the Local Agenda 21 meetings in 2010, in which a network of local stakeholders was built in order to rethink the neighborhood. It aims to promote an active and continuous dialogue between local stakeholders, allowing the identification and sharing of existing resources and the triggering of synergies. Also, it intends to reconnect the local inhabitants to the local institutions, in order to empower their actions. After several years of work in the field, connected to several local stakeholders, we find ourselves in a privileged position to identify specific unfulfilled necessities and underused resources. The following project is a strategic solution for city management and social innovation.
Summary of project results
The promoter set out to consolidate and expand the Telheiras’s Local Partnership, which was originally created so that the Telheiras neighbourhood could participate in the Lisbon municipality’s Local Agenda XXI. Giving continuity to this work created synergies which enhanced the civil society’s ability to provide services to the neighbourhood and increased its engagement in the processes of local governance and management, as well as its residents’ sense of belonging to the neighbourhood. Through the project, various local organizations addressing different target groups came together and carried out joint activities, involving, for example, elderly people plus cerebral palsy patients, in a regular basis both during and after the end of the project. Also, these services became more visible, on- and offline, and the population was engaged through these activities. The project also took part in local decision-making processes.
Summary of bilateral results