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36. Buurtbeheerbedrijven – Neighbourhood management companies

36.1. Short description Neighbourhood management companies (buurtbeheerbedrijven, or “NMCs”) in Amsterdam were an initiative of the housing corporation mere. In 2007, as part of the larger national Community Development Programme (“wijkaanpak”), it was decided that in a selection of so-called “problem areas” – or “aandachtswijken” – large-scale urban renewal projects were to be carried out:…

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Francesca Broersma, Joost Fledderus and Taco Brandsen (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen)

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Amsterdam
37. Buurtwinkels voor Onderzoek, Onderwijs en Talentontwikkeling, BOOT – Neighbourhood Stores for Education, Research and Talent Development

37.1. Short description Neighbourhood Stores for Education, Research, and Talent Development (Buurtwinkels voor Onderzoek, Onderwijs en Talentontwikkeling, or BOOT) are an initiative of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool van Amsterdam, or HvA). The Community Development Programme (“wijkaanpak”), which started in 2007, raised the question about how the HvA – the largest institute for…

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Francesca Broersma, Joost Fledderus and Taco Brandsen (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen)

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Amsterdam
38. Buurtmoeders Catering – Neighbourhood Mothers Catering

38.1. Short description Neighbourhood Mothers Catering is an initiative of three girlfriends who live in Nieuw-West – one of the areas that the “wijkaanpak” has defined as a so-called “attention area”. Within the framework of the “wijkaanpak” residents may apply for funding for so-called resident initiatives. And we saw that a lot of international women…

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Francesca Broersma, Joost Fledderus and Taco Brandsen (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen)

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Amsterdam
Amsterdam – Conclusions

Sustainability Undeniably, financial contributions by the municipality/city districts played a role for all three social innovations that were presented in this report. Without the financial support of the municipality (and the additional funds that were available for the implementation of the wijkaanpak), all of these social innovations would have been more difficult to set up,…

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Francesca Broersma, Joost Fledderus and Taco Brandsen (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen)

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Nijmegen
39. Work corporations

39.1. Short description In the summer of 2011, several so-called “work corporations” (werkcorporaties) started operating in the municipality of Nijmegen. These work corporations aim at re-employing social assistance (Wet Werk en Bijstand, or WWB) receivers with a considerable distance from the labour market by offering them a place where they can combine work and education.…

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Joost Fledderus, Francesca Broersma and Taco Brandsen (Radboud University Nijmegen)

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Nijmegen
40. A Future for Everybody

40.1. Short description Housing corporation Portaal, together with the municipality of Nijmegen, started the project “A Future for Everybody” in 2009 because the province (Gelderland) reserved money for the development of “innovative living arrangements” within a larger programme. It was not stated clearly what was meant by “innovative living arrangements”, but the focus had to…

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Joost Fledderus, Francesca Broersma and Taco Brandsen (Radboud University Nijmegen)

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Nijmegen
41. Sirocco

41.1. Short description In 2009, three Moroccan fathers in Nijmegen saw that successful “neighbourhood father” projects were running in other cities in the Netherlands. Together with a local welfare worker from Tandem Welfare they visited such a project in The Hague to see how it was organised. The fathers thought that such an initiative could…

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Joost Fledderus, Francesca Broersma and Taco Brandsen (Radboud University Nijmegen)

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Nijmegen
Nijmegen – Conclusions

Sustainability Although all innovations were, at least at the start, dependent on public funding, an explicit wish exists among members of all three projects to continue even if financial resources dry up. However, this urge to be self-sufficient was driven by different logic. Work corporations would prefer to earn revenues of their own because the…

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Joost Fledderus, Francesca Broersma and Taco Brandsen (Radboud University Nijmegen)

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Amsterdam
Amsterdam – Introduction

Local background of the social innovations In the Netherlands, it is often said how Amsterdam is “arrogant” and always wants to do things in its own way, and indeed, it is a city that is keen on having its own particularities. Internationally renowned as an open-minded, tolerant and progressive capital, Amsterdam also strives to uphold…

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Francesca Broersma, Joost Fledderus and Taco Brandsen (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen)

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Nijmegen
Nijmegen – Introduction

Local background of the social innovations Over time, a strongly left-wing political culture emerged in Nijmegen. Its key values related to the protection of the less well off: solidarity, equal opportunities to participate in society and the urge for an “undivided” city. Over the past few years, a fear of increasing divisions between residents in…

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Joost Fledderus, Francesca Broersma and Taco Brandsen (Radboud University Nijmegen)

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