Social Inclusion Projects Good practices for a wide rage of target groups

Childfriendly public spaces - whatParticipation of children in the re-construction of public spaces •Children of 10-12 years •In 2 schools in Jette Brussels Capital Region •Three meeting

Social Inclusion Projects

Good practices for a wide rage of target groups

Lies Lambert

• Sustainable transport

Mobiel 21

Social Inclusion for M21

Childfriendly public spaces - what

Participation of children in the (re-)construction of public spaces

•Children of 10-12 years

•In 2 schools in Jette (Brussels Capital Region)

•Three meetings

• Discussing routes

• Priority list of 10 key expectations of public space

• Exchange of idea’s with policy makers and planners

Childfriendly public spaces - why

• Citizenship starts young

• Five levels of participation

• Children are being listened to

• Children are stimulated to share their ideas

• The ideas of children are taken serious

• Children take part in decision making processes

• Children share power and responsibility in the decision

making process

Childfriendly public spaces - results

• Recommendations for planners

• Recommendations for policy makers

• Talk to children, listen to children

• Good preparation

• Take children serious

• Work together : planners, schools, authorities

Accessible Workplace - what

Encourages sustainable, safe and independant travel behaviour in sheltered workshops

Four sessions

•Explorative meeting with management

•Practical session with employees

•Step-by-step plan with management

•Summarizing brochure

Accessible Workplace - why

• Enabling the target group to work

• Special-needs-target-group travels daily

• Concern of management about traffic safety

Accessible Workplace - results

MESsAGE - what

• Mobility and the Elderly: Successful AGEing in a

Sustainable transport system

• Contribute to the extension of the transportation

autonomy of older people

• Increase the use of sustainable transport modes within

this target group

• Action research at five different sites

• Problem and needs assessment

• Development of actions

• What needs, problems occur

• How to overcome them?

• Local authorities by elderly

• Higher level through research

Scrapbook with pictures and explanation about black points Presentation of the scrapbook at round table debate with policy makers

Survey by and among senior citizens : needs and wishes regarding transport

Organisation of roundtrip on Brussels PT- network (target group policy, youngsters)

to raise awareness about problems

Cycling Friends - what

• Gains confidence in traffic

• Pleasant and mobile activity

• Intercultural exchange

• Support by a local project team

• organising an acquaintance moment

• dusting off the participant's knowledge of the traffic rules

• basic training on how to repair your own bike

• organising a big cycling tour with a pick nick

Cycling Friends - why

• In Belgium, cycling is acquired during infancy

• A lot of other cultures the bicycle is a toy or even

forbidden (e.g for women in Afghanistan)

• Transport autonomy for women

Cycling Friends - results

• The project is very successful

• The city integration services fully support the bicycle

friends project

• 10 couples per year since 2008

Bambini - what

small children

transport from early on

Bambini - why

• Information and education for parents and stakeholders

• Children can make their own choices

=> What they don’t know, they don’t ask for

• Now and in the future

Bambini - results

• A set of toys focussing on sustainable modes of transport

• Toolkit „Living and playing streets“

• Set of educational materials, templates and guidelines for

pre-birth classes and their training centres

• Set of educational materials, templates and guidelines for

crèches and their training centres

• Set of educational materials, templates and guidelines for

kindergartens and their training centres

• Material development for higher education and university

sector

Together on the move - what

• Energy efficient transport training for low skilled immigrants

• Together aims to

• Enhance the quality of life of immigrants

• Facilitate social inclusion

• Conserve essential energy resources for future generations.

Together on the move - why

• New transport modes

• Complicated transport systems

• Car as a status symbol

• Cycling as a transport mode

• Precondition for finding work

• Feeling socially included

• Successful integration into a new society

Together on the move - results

• Immigrants & travel behaviour

• Context conditions for knowledge transfer

• Policy integration Strategies

• Adaptation of test materials: April

• Start the implementation: May

• More information: Ecomm 2012 - Frankfurt

Save the Sidewalk - what

accessibility

inconveniently parked bikes, cars or other objects.

such as experience trail, street theatre moments, exhibition, photo contest, reward-action etc.

Save the Sidewalk - why

• People need to be reminded about how important it is to keep

the sidewalks free of obstacles

• Make the sidewalks safe and accessible for all.

Save the Sidewalk - results

introduced in 2008 and mainly tried to reach the

students of Leuven.

Mechelen (2011) have also organised Save the

Sidewalk actions.

participating in the campaign.

Questions

Design your own project

• Choose your target group

• Choose your stakeholders

• Define your goal

• Choose your focus

• Participation, education, information, awareness raising

• Choose a way of working

• Game, educational walk, focus group, peer-to-peer approach, lessons, bring people together,

• Operationalize your output