ENGLISH Training. The “compass”
The “compass” of urban and housing planning
Training Workshop
WUF. 11 April 2014.
Abstract
The training provides a participatory methodological tool for the
diagnosis and formulation of urban and housing planning proposals’ aimed at
alleviating the problems arising from socio-spatial segregation. The aim is
that participants learn to use the methodology, its foundations and results of
its application in different contexts.
The proposed tool is intended to facilitate the development of
intervention plans focused on the progressive fulfillment of human rights
through participatory planning activities. Participants will be invited to
apply the methodology to their cities and regions of origin, seeking to generate
a participatory debate about the challenges of social inclusion in different
regions of the world and the most appropriate strategies to solve pressing
urban and housing problems in each context.
Finally, the workshop aims at generating a network among participants
who are interested in using the methodology to support local governments in promoting
the progressive fulfillment of human rights through urban and housing plans.
Objectives
The objectives of the training
course are:
- Methodology: To present a participatory methodology of diagnosis and proposals to minimize urban and housing problems from an integrative approach that measures the fulfillment of human rights. Such measurement is related to the application of regulations, the realization of public works and the level of social organization, which are all core concepts that explain the reasons for compliance or non-compliance with human rights regulations.
Its
application in different contexts, introduced by panelists, will provide inputs
to understand the particular characteristics by region.
- Application of the methodology: To challenge participants to analyze the urban and housing problems of the cities where they live based on the presented approach, summarizing the results in a diagnostic graph. This graph will facilitate the identification of guidelines for decision making regarding possible ways of intervention to solve identified problems. Individual or group work done by participants will be presented at a plenary meeting.
- Discussion and generation of networks: To discuss the results of the activity carried out, aiming to create an international network of people interested in applying the methodology to their cities and generating key information for local governments that seek to combat the non-fulfillment of rights, closely linked to the proliferation of informal settlements and socio-spatial segregation.
Target audience
The workshop is aimed at local,
national and regional officials in charge of urban and housing planning
processes. Community leaders representative of specific neighborhoods or cities
can also find in the proposed methodology a tool for implementing participatory
planning. The training also is open to professionals from academia, researchers
and students who are interested in focusing on the topic of inequality in
access to human rights from a socio-spatial perspective.
Programme (Workshop duration: three hours)
First Session
15 minutes: Brief introduction to
the methodology of the "compass".
15 minutes: Presentation of an educational
and methodological video.
15 minutos: Question-and-answer
section.
15 minutes: Launch of activity.
Expeditious diagnosis and strategic proposals.
Second Session
45 minutes: Individual or group work
to develop the diagnosis, neighborhood profile. The teaching team will facilitate
the creation of the synthesis graph.
15 minutes: Plenary presentation of
outcomes emerging from the “compass” application to the chosen cases. Question-and-answer
section.
Third
Session
20 minutes: Group work to develop proposals
and evaluate ongoing projects from the point of view of their contribution to
rights’ fulfillment.
20 minutes: Plenary presentation.
Comparison of the cases in terms of detected problems and solutions adopted.
Critical consideration of the actions adopted by the state, private sectors and
non-governmental organizations when solutions to minimize urban problems are
implemented.
20 minutes: Closure of the workshop.
Conclusions and reflections based on a participatory relatoria with the audience involvement.
Organization
The activity is designed in three
stages. The first one, mainly expositive, consists of a brief introduction to
the methodology of diagnosis and formulation of proposals, exemplified by an
instructional video which shows its application to segregated areas of the
metropolis of Buenos Aires.
The second is a participatory stage, in which participants work individually or
in groups on the cases of their cities of origin, followed by its presentation
and a brief commentary. The third is a plenary session to discuss the findings of
the performed activity and make general comments of the experiences presented, as
well as to consider the conformation of an international network dedicated to
support local governments efforts’ to promote policies in compliance with human
rights regulations.
Workshop organizers
University of Buenos Aires. Department of Architecture, Design and Urban
Planning.
IDUS (Sustainable
Urban Development) Programme (Argentina)
Colombia National University (Colombia)
Red de Interacción (Bolivia)
International
Organization for Migration (IOM).
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