Q - Neighbors Movement

Hight quality neigbourhood

Agata Konarzewska

1. About a project 2. Why we do it? 3. Philosophy of hight quality neighbourhood 4. Exmple: Neighbour Day in Warsaw

About the project

Local Activity Support Centre - CAL Association (since 2009 r.) Main goals:
development of a neighbors movement in Warsaw support for neighbors initiatives promotion the idea of good neighborhood education local leaders

Activities
- Neighbours Initiatives Academy - local meetings and seminars - Warsaw campaignes:
Neighbour Day Backyard Christmas

Background
History Second World War and Warsaw Uprising (1944) Communism in Poland (to 1989)

New communist order

Rebuilt of Warsaw New housing estates Lack of trust

Recovering the relations between neighbours

Diagnose: - we don't know how to cooperate - we dont trust people - we don't recognize our neighbors - we don't participate in local live - we count that somone else solves local problems Needs: The integration of neighborhood Increased trust in local communities Bottom-solving local problems Mobilization for further action

Q- Hight quality neighbourhood

Characteristic: - friendly - safe - functional - aesthetically pleasing

Neighbours initiatives: - The informal nature of actions - Reliance on local resources - The inclusion of inhabitants into the process of organizing

Neighbour Day in Warsaw

Neighbour Day in Warsaw

Thank you!
agatak@cal.org.pl