Month: September 2014

PLACES OF DIVERSITY – Public spaces as a field of intercultural dialogue and the promotion of social values

public spaces, diversity, promotion, social values, citizens

The overall aim of the project “PLACES OF DIVERSITY” is to improve intercultural dialog between youth and civil society organizations from Albania, Jordan and Montenegro, through activities that increase citizens participation in promoting social values in urban/public spaces.
Specific objectives of the project are:
1. Increasing citizens awareness on intercultural dialogue and social values by using public spaces as a field to promote it
2. Improving collaboration between actors dealing with urban and social issues in Albania, Jordan and Montenegro, through joint activities in public spaces
3. Increasing participation of youth and CSOs in joint actions on re-thinking public spaces in Jordan, Montenegro and Albania

• Informing stakeholders about the activities, objectives and results of the project;
• Organizing study visits – Amman, Tirana and Kotor – linking, networking and learning from good practices of activism in the public spaces;
• Organizing creative workshops for young people in order to develop ideas on how to promote desirable social values in public spaces;
• Realizing creative pilot projects in Jordan, Albania and Montenegro, with the participation of local artists, designers, youth associations, etc.
• Creating a common web portal: How with small interventions in public spaces we can promote desirable social values?

• Web site “Places of Diversity” www.placesofdiversity.org
• Mutual partner study visits – Jordan, Montenegro and Albania
• Workshop with young people “Places of Diversity”
• Project presentation at the meeting of Montenegrin “Ana Lind” Foundation Network
• Project brochure “Places of Diversity”
• Ehibition “History That Does Not Exist”
• Puppet show in the park S.O.V.E.
• Research: “In Herceg Novom I want to…” and presentation in OKC Herceg Novi
• Exhibition in public space: “We children and Vjeverica”
• Project video: http://youtu.be/bPtH2YfEWa8

EXPEDITIO, Kotor
Leaders of Tomorrow, Amman, Jordan
Co-Plan, Tirana, Albania

Anna Lindh Foundation (Provided EUR 29,000.00)
Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Total budget: EUR 36,320.00