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Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (Berlin)
16. Neighbourhood Management (NM)

16.1. Short description The innovative core of NM is combining spatial and urban planning with sectorial policy interventions in a defined territory (see above). Hence, the background approach of NM is mainly about networking among stakeholders and the pooling of local resources within districts with special development needs. The project is financed by a federal-regional…

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Benjamin Ewert and Adalbert Evers (Justus-Liebig University Giessen)

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Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (Berlin)
17. Princesses Gardens

17.1. Short description The so-called Princesses Gardens in Kreuzberg offer a complex project that attempts to change people’s mind sets on a broader scale than most of the pragmatic solutions in the realm of welfare. As a part of the international urban gardening movement, the highly attractive project pursues an alternative approach how to use…

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Benjamin Ewert and Adalbert Evers (Justus-Liebig University Giessen)

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Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (Berlin)
18. Job Explorer

18.1. Short description The “Job Explorer” project aims to create new ways of job orientation for youngsters by paving personal links between pupils and employers instead of between schools and companies. Hence, the project claims to establish a lasting, trust-based dialogue between tomorrow’s jobseekers and potential employers that could be regarded as innovative. A multiphase…

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Benjamin Ewert and Adalbert Evers (Justus-Liebig University Giessen)

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Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (Berlin)
19. Kreuzberg Acts

19.1. Short description “Kreuzberg Acts – entrepreneurship in the district” pursues a twofold approach towards social inclusion. On the one hand, jobseekers and local entrepreneurs, half of them migrants, receive comprehensive consultancy to explore their entrepreneurial potentials or rather stabilise their business. For instance, those interested in founding a start-up are coached by local mentors…

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Benjamin Ewert and Adalbert Evers (Justus-Liebig University Giessen)

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Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (Berlin)
20. Neighbourhood Mothers

20.1. Short description The project Neighbourhood Mothers bridges gaps within a multicultural but fragmented society, both pragmatically and symbolically. Based on blueprints from the Netherlands and other German cities, the innovative approach is strictly resource-oriented and neighbourhood-related. Basically, the project developed further the idea of intercultural mediators and mentors helping immigrant families with educational and…

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Benjamin Ewert and Adalbert Evers (Justus-Liebig University Giessen)

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Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (Berlin)
21. Family Centres

21.1. Short description Family centres are a complementary offer to kindergartens and day-care institutions pursuing a more holistic approach. Their innovative feature is to empower families by strengthening their competences instead of providing merely services to them that claim to substitute what the respective families cannot provide. This complementary and holistic approach of “family-minded services”…

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Benjamin Ewert and Adalbert Evers (Justus-Liebig University Giessen)

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Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (Berlin)
Friedrichshain – Kreuzberg (Berlin) – Conclusions

The description of innovations presented here can be discussed and developed further in various directions and within various frameworks. Three possible ways – all to be dealt with in the WILCO project – will be sketched here in the conclusive remarks. Social services research: innovations as illustrative examples for a new generation of social services…

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Benjamin Ewert and Adalbert Evers (Justus-Liebig University Giessen)

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Barcelona
51. La Mina Transformation Plan

51.1. Short description “La Mina”, a neighbourhood built on the outskirts of Barcelona in the 1970s and segregated from the rest of the city, was designed to house a population with minimal resources that had been living in various settlements of shantytowns in Barcelona. Historically, the neighbourhood has suffered from significant shortages in terms of…

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Teresa Montagut, Gemma Vilà, Marta Llobet and Sebastià Riutort (Universitat de Barcelona)

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Barcelona
52. Joves amb futur – Young People with a Future

52.1. Short description An increasingly serious social problem in recent years has been the growth in the number of young people dropping out of school but remaining outside of the labour market, and who, for various reasons, lack work habits, discipline and responsibility. This population has been dubbed “the NEET generation” (not in education, employment…

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Teresa Montagut, Gemma Vilà, Marta Llobet and Sebastià Riutort (Universitat de Barcelona)

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Barcelona
53. Citizens’ Agreement for an Inclusive Barcelona

53.1. Short description The Citizens’ Agreement for an Inclusive Barcelona1 is the result of the 2005-10 Municipal Plan for Social Inclusion that was approved in Barcelona in March 2005. This plan provided the framework for municipal policies aimed at preventing the social exclusion of individuals and groups and the promotion of participation. The Citizens’ Agreement…

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Teresa Montagut, Gemma Vilà, Marta Llobet and Sebastià Riutort (Universitat de Barcelona)

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