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GENERATION OF ANALYSIS AND TOOLS

COCREATION/IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIES AND PLANS

JOINT ACTIONS AGAINST XENOPHOBIA

CAPACITY BUILDING OF GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS

GENERATION OF A LEARNING COMMUNITY

GENERATION OF A
LEARNING COMMUNITY

The cities and communities involved in the project will have a space to share and learn about experiences and best practices both regionally and globally, and will have a systematization that will allow them to appropriate the experience and replicate it in other territories.

Systematization of Best Practices

The local government, the community, and local strategic allies have experiences of good practices for the integration of refugees and migrants in the city.

The local government, the community and local strategic allies have experiences of good practices for the integration of refugees and migrants in the city. We share some of these experiences below:

1. Implementation of minimum distances in public meeting and connectivity spaces in the Metropolitan District of Quito, during the Sanitary Emergency. During the Sanitary Emergency, the Secretariat of Territory, Habitat and Housing has been developing technical rules to implement distancing measures in different areas of the city, in order to gradually reactivate the use of certain spaces, ensuring a safe and healthy coexistence among citizens.

– The impact of migration on Latin American cities, on the way to the X World Urban Forum in the framework of the XII Global Forum on Migration and Development in Quito, on January 21, 2020.

2. Implementation of specific measures for the installation of ParQuitos and terraces for the gradual return of activities in the Metropolitan District of Quito during the Sanitary Emergency.

For the gradual return of economic activities during the Sanitary Emergency, the importance of maintaining minimum distances and reducing the capacity of the different establishments has been established; in this sense, the Municipality of Quito offers the possibility of “expanding” its commercial spaces into the public space with terraces and/or ParQuitos. The implementation of activities in the streets is important for the security, maintenance, control and correct functioning of the public space in general.

3. Metropolitan Ordinance of Economic Reactivation and Employment Promotion to mitigate the economic effects of the construction sector in the Metropolitan District of Quito.

The construction sector activated a significant network of jobs in the economy of the cities, so through this proposed Metropolitan Ordinance we sought to streamline the return of the construction sector activities with simplification of municipal procedures and incentives for new and ongoing works.

4.Circuito Cumbayá: Bottom-up methodology to involve the community in the development of the space and implement their ideas.

The Cumbayá Urban Laboratory is a project that seeks to generate a pedestrian priority zone to support the socioeconomic reactivation of the sector.

5. Emphasizing the cultural importance of the neighborhood and the public space so that the entire population could enjoy it.

This case is located in the passages and streets of the Chimbacalle sector, where there are high levels of insecurity.

6. Promoting and guaranteeing the exercise of the rights of the population with experience of life on the street, through intervention strategies with a human rights approach.

How to provide specialized services for socio-family and economic linkage under the principle of dignity, together with the promotion of family and community co-responsibility?

7. “Emprende Seguro”, a program that uses ILO proprietary methodologies to boost the economy and well-being of migrants in host communities,through entrepreneurship training to improve business development.

8. Identification of projects that integrate vulnerable populations through artistic products.

For young people and adolescents from 12 years of age who are in situations of vulnerability or begging. It is an inclusive project that has helped more than 50 people with disabilities, about 150 people in a situation of human mobility, about 80 people with LGTBIQ+ identity, and more than 120 people of different ethnic self-definition.

9.Using CEO Coaching as a transversal learning methodology, participants will learn the correct preparation of the resume and other fundamental elements in the job selection process.

Psycho-technical guidance for effective performance in job interviews, access to job portals and applications for job offers, as well as tips to improve soft skills.

10. Offering opportunities in relation to the needs of the communities. Local organizations can make use of Casa Somos’ infrastructure and organization to coordinate efforts to carry out new projects.

The opportunities and workshops implemented include training in artisanal ice cream making, mini chef, fruits and chocolates, capoeira, theater and performing arts, balloon art, and tropical dance. Casa Somos identified the lack of student programming as a problem and solved it by offering public activities.

11. Free workshops, classes, and sports for young people to encourage the use of public spaces.

Using public space, young people can have fun, express themselves, and develop their art while enhancing their personal growth. Casa Metro coordinates public performances such as concerts, assemblies, and readings to integrate the community and take advantage of public space.

National and Regional Events for the Exchange of Experiences

The project facilitates spaces for the socialization of experiences on the integration of refugees and migrants in cities.

– Inclusive Cities Meeting: Actions of local governments for the integration of Venezuelan refugees and migrants and socioeconomic and territorial reactivation post Covid-19, held on June 7.
– International Webinar “Human mobility in the urban-rural sphere in the times of Covid-19” with the participation of Elisa Montoya on behalf of the Mayor’s Office of Cúcuta.
– The challenges of integrating refugees and migrants who wish to remain in Latin American and Caribbean cities: a social, economic and urban perspective. If you want to know more click here

 

City networks and alliances

We want to strengthen and join city networks to promote integration and solidarity. And likewise, we seek to add allies to our actions.

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Implementation of minimum distances in public meeting and connectivity spaces in the Metropolitan District of Quito during the Sanitary Emergency.

Emergency and post-emergency phase

  • City
  • Quito
  • Unit responsible for the project (secretariat, directorate, department within local government)
  • Secretariat of Territory, Habitat and Housing / Metropolitan Directorate of Urban Development
  • General Objective
  • Regulating minimum distances in public meeting and connectivity spaces for the reactivation of Quito during the Sanitary Emergency.
  • Specific objectives
  • (a) Establish the general conditions of safety and distancing for meeting and connectivity spaces (circulation, recreation, green areas, sports areas, etc.)
    (b) Establish the general conditions for the implementation of minimum distances inside establishments that carry out commercial and service activities.
  • Brief description of project actions
  • During the Sanitary Emergency, the Secretariat of Territory, Habitat and Housing has been developing technical rules to implement distancing measures in different areas of the city, in order to gradually reactivate the use of certain spaces, ensuring a safe and healthy coexistence among citizens.
  • Target population
  • The implementation of these measures will benefit the care and prevention of the spread of COVID19 in the Metropolitan District of Quito.
  • Linkage with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities.
  • Articulation with strategic stakeholders for implementation (if applicable)
  • - Metropolitan Public Companies
    - Private Companies
  • Lessons learned: main challenges identified
  • The uncertainty brought about by this Health Emergency is definitely one of the biggest challenges that leads us to rethink all the urban concepts we apply in cities.
  • Lessons learned: main opportunities identified
  • During this Health Emergency, the need to expand pedestrian spaces in the city and ensure universal accessibility to them, as well as to provide safe infrastructure to promote other means of sustainable transportation, such as bicycles, has been ratified with greater intensity. This represents an opportunity to accelerate the implementation of this type of infrastructure.

Implementation of specific measures for the installation of ParQuitos and terraces for the gradual return of activities in the Metropolitan District of Quito during the Sanitary Emergency.

Emergency and post-emergency phase

  • City
  • Quito
  • Unit responsible for the project (secretariat, directorate, department within local government)
  • Secretariat of Territory, Habitat and Housing / Metropolitan Directorate of Urban Development
  • Objetivo general
  • To regulate the general conditions to install ParQuitos and terraces as an alternative to return to economic activities during the Sanitary Emergency.
  • Specific objectives
  • (a) Establish the spatial conditions for signage in areas of installation of ParQuitos and terraces (n) Establish the structural elements of the ParQuitos and terraces (surfaces, protection, location, material, etc.).
  • Brief description of project actions
  • For the gradual return of economic activities during the Sanitary Emergency, the importance of maintaining minimum distances and reducing the capacity of the different establishments has been established; in this sense, the Municipality of Quito offers the possibility of "expanding" its commercial spaces into the public space with terraces and/or ParQuitos. The implementation of activities in the streets is important for the security, maintenance, control and correct functioning of the public space in general.
  • Población objetivo
  • The implementation of these measures will benefit commercial establishments in the Metropolitan District of Quito, as well as their customers.
  • Linkage with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities
  • Articulation with strategic stakeholders for implementation (if applicable)
  • Establishments engaged in commercial and service activities (restaurants, cafeterias, etc.)
  • Lessons learned: main challenges identified
  • Inter-institutional coordination at the municipal level to implement these initiatives is a challenge.
  • Lessons learned: main opportunities identified
  • The regulation of ParQuitos and terraces in the public space has been discussed for some years in the DMQ, however this emergency situation has made its implementation feasible. The sanitary emergency has been an opportunity to accelerate some processes and city projects.

Metropolitan Ordinance of Economic Reactivation and Employment Promotion to mitigate the economic effects of the construction sector in the Metropolitan District of Quito.

Emergency and post-emergency phase

  • City
  • Quito
  • Unit responsible for the project (secretariat, directorate, department within local government)
  • Secretariat of Territory, Habitat and Housing
  • General Objective
  • Promote a Metropolitan Ordinance for Economic Reactivation and Employment Promotion that encourages construction sector activities in the Metropolitan District of Quito.
  • Specific objectives
  • (a) Streamline the processes and procedures for the review and approval of projects in the construction sector. (small, medium and large) (b) Establish economic and/or tax incentives
    (c) Update current Metropolitan regulations.
  • Brief description of project actions
  • The construction sector activates a significant network of jobs in the economy of the cities, so that through this proposed Metropolitan Ordinance we seek to streamline the return of the construction sector activities with simplification of municipal procedures and incentives for new and ongoing works.
  • Target population
  • The implementation of this Ordinance will benefit small, medium and large builders that execute works in the Metropolitan District of Quito, as well as the employment network that this means.
  • Linkage with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth
  • Articulation with strategic stakeholders for implementation (if applicable)
  • - Metropolitan Council
    - Construction Industry
  • Lessons learned: main challenges identified
  • The proposed Metropolitan Ordinance for Economic Reactivation and Employment Promotion includes the modification of the current Municipal Code, making it clear that all regulations are perfectible and over time need to be reviewed and reconsidered. Translating the technical language into political language for approval by the Metropolitan Council is an important challenge for the implementation of this proposal.
  • Lessons learned: main opportunities identified
  • The proposed Metropolitan Ordinance for Economic Reactivation and Employment Promotion has been an opportunity to review administrative processes and municipal procedures, as well as an important bridge for dialogue with the private sector.

Circuito Cumbayá: Using a bottom-up methodology, to involve the community in the development of the space and implement their ideas.

  • City
  • Cumbayá, Quito
  • Project name
  • Cumbayá Circuit: Urban Laboratories - Inclusive Cities, Communities of Solidarity
  • Unit responsible for the project (secretariat, directorate, department within local government)
  • STHV- Secretariat of Territory, Habitat and Housing Coordinated with Zonal Administrations and local organizations.
  • General Objective
  • The Cumbayá Urban Laboratory is a project that seeks to generate a pedestrian priority zone to support the socioeconomic reactivation of the sector.
  • Specific objectives
  • 1. Offer more space for businesses to sell in the public space and generate more economic benefits. 2. Generate cultural and artistic spaces and encourage people to occupy the streets.
  • Brief description of project actions
  • Identification of the territory (spatial and urban analysis of the pre-selected sectors, selection of the area/public space for intervention, and identification of participants). 2. Develop space design workshops - a way for people from the community to identify aspects they do not like about the public space and share ideas on how they could change them. 3. Approach (data collection and request for information reports, pre-project presentation, socialization workshop, tactical urbanism design approval workshop). 4. Execution of the laboratory (coordination and fulfillment of institutional commitments prior to the implementation of tactical urban planning, call for action, activities for the occupation of public space, etc.). 5. Data collection (obtaining information from orthophotos and post-intervention perception surveys). 6. Project evaluation (request of results reports to participating municipal entities; ie: STHV, AM, AMT, SCPC, EPMMOP, consolidation of reports, presentation of the laboratory results in institutional work table, closing of the urban laboratory process).
  • Target population
  • The community of Cumbayá
  • Linkage to SDGs
  • ODS Principal:
    8. Decent work and economic growth
    11. Sustainable cities and communities
  • Articulation with strategic stakeholders for implementation (if applicable)
  • The Municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito through the STHV, the Zonal Administrations, and local organizations worked together to plan, implement, and socialize the results of the project.
  • Lessons learned: main challenges identified
  • 1. Manage the permits to close the street during the designated time.
    2. Including and implementing a campaign of artistic events for the community to come and enjoy the public space.
    3. During COVID-19 time, there is a risk of human contact, so it is important to arrange the space so that people can enjoy it and maintain social distancing
  • Lessons learned: main opportunities identified
  • 1. The use of public spaces to create a safe environment for the community to integrate and enjoy together.
    2. Surveys conducted after the inauguration phase of the project help to monitor wellbeing and mobilization.
    3. The advantages are that it provides visitors with a safer environment compared to the current sanitary conditions.
    4. Involvement of people in the community helps to identify how development can move forward. Using bottom-up methodology, the community is involved in the development of the space and their ideas are implemented. Main axes of all the Laboratories: institutional, participatory strategic, and technical.
  • Year of execution
  • Started in September 2020
  • Source of Consultation:
  • Date of consultation
  • 16.7.2021

Recovery of public space and reinforcement of pedestrian safety in Chimbacalle, Quito.

  • City
  • Chimbacalle, Quito
  • Project name
  • Unit responsible for the project (secretariat, directorate, department within local government)
  • Secretariat of Territory, Habitat and Housing (STHV)
  • General Objective
  • Recover public space to reinforce pedestrian safety and promote community integration under the concepts of sustainability, social inclusion, environmental quality, universality and social cohesion.
  • Brief description of project actions
  • 1. A tactical urban planning workshop was launched through a participatory process to identify problems in the community and generate ideas to address them.
    2. As a culmination of the tactical urban planning workshop, implemented the renovation ideas with the participatory help of the community and surrounding businesses.
    3. Reinforced torchlight nights consisting of corridors with public lights so that pedestrians can walk without fear, while highlighting the historic areas of the city.
  • Target population
  • The resident community of Chimbacalle
  • Linkage to SDGs
  • Sustainable cities and communities Indirect SDGs:
    3. Health and well-being
    8. Decent work and economic growth
    17. Alliances to achieve objectives
  • Articulation with strategic stakeholders for implementation (if applicable)
  • STHV led this project, in articulation with academia (UDLA), the Interactive Science Museum (MIC), and the Mexico Theater. In addition, the project required community participation in the implementation process.
  • Lessons learned: main challenges identified
  • Possible challenges: - Articulation with the zonal administration to close the street - Community participation to build this space - Given the circumstances of COVID-19 the challenge was to keep the distance, which generated low community participation in public spaces.
  • Lessons learned: main opportunities identified
  • The project was an opportunity to highlight the cultural importance of the neighborhood and improve the public space so that the entire population could enjoy it. This project is located in the passages and streets of the Chimbacalle sector, where acts of delinquency have occurred. It has been an effort that seeks to eliminate the public threat.
  • Year of execution
  • Implemented December 4, 2020
  • Source of Consultation:
  • Date of consultation
  • 28.7.2021

Intervention and awareness-raising on the problems faced by people in situations of destitution, begging, exploitation, child labor, physical and mental health disorders, disability, and human mobility.

  • City
  • Metropolitan District of Quito
  • Project name
  • Unit responsible for the project (secretariat, directorate, department within local government)
  • Patronato Municipal de San José
  • General Objective
  • Intervention and awareness-raising on the problems faced by people in situations of destitution, begging, exploitation, child labor, physical and mental health disorders, disability, and human mobility.
  • Specific objectives
  • Promote and guarantee the exercise of the rights of the population with experience of life on the street through intervention strategies with a human rights approach, providing specific specialized services for socio-family and economic linkage under the principle of dignity, together with the promotion of family and community co-responsibility.
  • Brief description of project actions
  • 1. Street Intervention, which is called "Abordajes en calle"- people with experience living on the street are invited to participate in the project. There are brigades located in Blvd. 24 de Mayo, Calle Barahona and Loja, and in the historic area in general, where services are offered.
    2. Entry into the inclusion system - specific services for the reduction of risk "Street Inhabitants" - an individual diagnosis is made to make an operational plan for therapeutic intervention
    3. Activation of specialized services of the Inter-Institutional Network - referral to special institutions to help specific needs. In the long term, the goal is to re-establish the client and integrate him/her into the community.
    4. Follow-up and case closure - a client report will be maintained to update the client's progress. Along with the implementation of cultural programs in the community to draw attention to the street dwellers and how we can improve their conditions.
  • Target population
  • Personas en el Distrito Metropolitano de Quito con experiencia viviendo en la calle y que han sido impactado por la vulnerabilidad causada por la movilidad humana
  • Linkage to SDGs
  • Primary SDGs
    3. Health and well-being Indirect SDGs
    1. End poverty
    2. Zero hunger
    10. Reducing inequalities
    11. Sustainable cities and communities
    17. Partnerships to achieve the goals
  • Articulation with strategic stakeholders for implementation (if applicable)
  • "Habitantes de Calle" works in collaboration with a network of specialized institutions (local, governmental, and non-governmental agencies) with specific services to address individual cases. There is also collaboration with various local actors to implement activities in the community. Inter-institutional coordination with the Ministry of Public Health, Health Secretariat, DINASED, Criminalistics, DINAPEN, National Police, ECU 911, Firefighters, Social Inclusion Secretariat, MIES, Ombudsman, embassies, SIPAQ Cumandá Parque Urbano.
  • Lessons learned: main challenges identified
  • Possible Challenges:
    • The possibility that street dwellers do not want or do not trust the support offered.
    • Coordination of local/non-governmental actors
    • Maintain progress reports for each person
    • Sufficient accommodation in hostels
    • The risk that the community may have a negative perception of street dwellers and may not want to integrate/support the population.
  • Lessons learned: main opportunities identified
  • • The project improves the proper use of public spaces.
    • The rehabilitation of shelters provides adequate housing for street dwellers and structures a place to offer basic services.
    • It offers tools for economic mobilization and social integration.
    • Decreases drug use in parks and public spaces, especially in the historic center.
    • Increases the institutional presence of the technical team in Quito.
    • Improves their quality of life and restores their violated rights.
  • Year of execution
  • January 01, 2020- December 31, 2020
  • Source of Consultation:
  • Date of consultation
  • 13.8.2021

Emprende Seguro, to boost the economy and welfare of migrants in host communities through entrepreneurship training to improve business development.

  • City
  • Quito, Guayaquil, Manta, Cuenca and Santo Domingo
  • Project name
  • Unit responsible for the project (secretariat, directorate, department within local government)
  • ILO and USAID
  • General Objective
  • Boost the economy and well-being of migrants in host communities through entrepreneurial training to improve the development of their own businesses.
  • Specific objectives
  • Offering:
    1. Access to basic resources and development of a financial culture.
    2. Promotion of business and articulation with financial services.
    3. Generation of safety and health conditions in the workplace.
  • Brief description of project actions
  • The project uses OIT's proprietary methodologies
    1. They offer the Financial Education course so that participants understand financial management and can make informed decisions, improve the planning process, increase savings, navigate necessary and unnecessary expenses, and ensure sound borrowing.
    2. Teach IMESUN "Start and Improve Your Business" ideas, which helps participants improve small business management to drive new businesses.
    3. Participants receive monetary support to use for household expenses while they are developing their business.
    4. They receive occupational health and safety training on biosecurity to reduce the threat of COVID-19.
    5. More trainings are offered to improve their soft skills and psychological support.
    6. Seed capital is provided to some candidates to strengthen their businesses.
  • Target population
  • Seeks to support 300 people from Ecuador and Venezuela who are in situations of human mobility and have been impacted by the pandemic.
  • Linkage to SDGs
  • main ODS:
    8. Decent work and economic growth Indirect SDG:
    5. Gender equality
    10. Reducing inequalities
    11. Sustainable cities and communities
    17. Partnerships to achieve the goals
  • Articulation with strategic stakeholders for implementation (if applicable)
  • The project is supported by the ILO and USAID and is being implemented in local communities through the articulation and joint work with the Ministry of Labor, the Decentralized Autonomous Governments, the Professional Training Service, the Foundation of the Americas (FUDELA) and the Prevention Foundation of Ecuador.
  • Lessons learned: main challenges identified
  • Possible Challenges:
    • Given that 51.1% of Ecuador's employed population works in the informal sector, the main challenge is to convert them into formal and sustainable sectors.
  • Lessons learned: main opportunities identified
  • It boosts the economy while giving opportunities to migrants who are in informal jobs or who have suffered much vulnerability due to mobility. With these tools they have the opportunity to take their businesses to a sustainable level and provide socioeconomic mobility for their families. It is also a way to integrate the migrant population into the host communities and the success of their businesses can decrease xenophobia against migrants.
  • Year of execution
  • November 1, 2019-November 30, 2021
  • Source of Consultation:
  • Date of consultation
  • 12.8.2021

El Circo de La Luz: identification of projects that integrate vulnerable populations through artistic products.

  • City
  • Quito
  • Project name
  • Unit responsible for the project (secretariat, directorate, department within local government)
  • Patronato San José de Quito
  • General Objective
  • Offer free workshops for youth in the community to learn and improve their skills in the arts.
  • Specific objectives
  • Create a safe space for vulnerable youth and provide tools for their personal growth through recreational, educational, productive, preventive-health and cultural activities. Raising awareness of inequalities in the community and addressing them through emotional support and referrals to public resources. In addition, virtual classes were offered during the pandemic for ongoing community participation.
  • Brief description of project actions
  • 1. Identify viable projects in the community that respond to specific needs.
    2. Seek to integrate vulnerable populations into the workshops.
    3. Teach the desired skills while offering emotional support and a safe space.
    4. Take the artistic products to the community through public performances.
  • Target population
  • For young people and adolescents from 12 years of age who are in situations of vulnerability or begging. It is an inclusive project that has helped more than 50 people with disabilities, about 150 people in a situation of human mobility, about 80 people with LGTBIQ+ identity, and more than 120 people of different ethnic self-definition.
  • Linkage to SDGs
  • 4. Quality education.
    5. Gender equality.
    8. Decent work and economic growth.
    11. Sustainable cities and communities.
  • Articulation with strategic stakeholders for implementation (if applicable)
  • Circo de Luz works together with the Patronato Municipal San José, the secretariats, and local organizations such as Casa Metro Juventudes.
  • Lessons learned: main challenges identified
  • Possible Challenges:
    • Difficulties in connecting with vulnerable groups and integrating them into workshops.
  • Lessons learned: main opportunities identified
  • It boosts the economy while giving opportunities to migrants who are in informal jobs or who have suffered much vulnerability due to mobility. With these tools they have the opportunity to take their businesses to a sustainable level and provide socioeconomic mobility for their families. It is also a way to integrate the migrant population into the host communities and the success of their businesses can decrease xenophobia against migrants.
  • Year of execution
  • Source of Consultation:
  • Date of consultation
  • 12.8.2021

Training to promote insertion into the labor market based on elements that reinforce competencies in talent selection processes.

  • City
  • Quito
  • Project name
  • Unit responsible for the project (secretariat, directorate, department within local government)
  • ConQuito Zonal Administration Calderón
  • General Objective
  • To offer the necessary tools to strengthen the skills of people in the community to achieve success in their job applications.
  • Specific objectives
  • To help people who need to enter the job sector by offering workshops that reinforce competencies such as presentation, attitude, skills, resume, and job interviewing.
  • Brief description of project actions
  • Using CEO Coaching as a transversal learning methodology, participants will learn the correct preparation of the resume required to make an impact on the employer; through advice they will receive guidance on how to perform effectively in the job interview, how to access the Metropolitan Employment Exchange portal and apply to the different offers, and how to access the training portal to improve their technical skills.
  • Target population
  • Community members with a need and desire to improve their skills in order to access employment opportunities or advance to another level in an existing job.
  • Linkage to SDGs
  • ODS Principal:
    8. Decent work and economic growth
    Indirect SDGs:
    4. Quality education
    10. Reducing inequalities
    11. Sustainable cities and communities
    17. Partnerships to achieve the goals
  • Articulation with strategic stakeholders for implementation (if applicable)
  • Carried out by ConQuito, the economic promotion agency, together with the Calderón Zonal Administration.
  • Lessons learned: main challenges identified
  • Possible Challenges:
    • Given the circumstances of COVID-19 and the fact that employment opportunities continue to decline this project faced the challenge of finding work in general.
    • The virtual workshops also pose a challenge to teach the concepts in a way that benefits the participants and offers individual assistance.
  • Lessons learned: main opportunities identified
  • 1. The workshop is a way to strengthen the employability of people in the community and help reduce the socioeconomic gap.
  • Year of execution
  • 2020
  • Source of Consultation:
  • Date of consultation
  • 19.8.2021

Casa Somos: a municipal program that seeks, through the development of free workshops aimed at all segments of the population, to strengthen the knowledge and skills of participants and ensure a good use of free time.

  • City
  • Quito, Ecuador
  • Project name
  • Casa Somos
  • Unit responsible for the project (secretariat, directorate, department within local government)
  • Patronato Municipal San José. There are almost 50 Casa Somos centers in the urban parishes of the Metropolitan District of Quito that work together with NGOs to provide free workshops to the communities.
  • General Objective
  • Casas Somos Quito is a municipal program that seeks, through the development of free workshops aimed at all segments of the population, to strengthen the knowledge and skills of participants and ensure a good use of free time.
  • Specific objectives
  • Offer workshops for children, adolescents and adults that promote self-sufficient, individual and community development through different themes such as self-knowledge, learning new languages, gastronomy, beauty, sports, etc., as an opportunity to integrate the community and generate citizen participation.
  • Brief description of project actions
  • Casa Somos offers opportunities related to the needs of the communities. Since there are Casa Somos centers in the different parishes of the city, they can be accessed by the population of the various territories of the city. Local organizations can make use of the infrastructure and organization of Casa Somos to coordinate efforts to carry out new projects. For example, the municipality of Quito together with the Secretariat of Territory, the Secretariat of Citizen Participation and the Zonal Administration of La Delicia worked to carry out face-to-face and virtual workshops for children during the vacation season. The workshops are offered in the seven locations of "Quito Somos La Delicia". The workshops include topics such as homemade ice cream, mini chef, fruits and chocolates, capoeira, theater and performing arts, balloon art, tropical dance. Casa Somos, in this example, identified a problem (lack of student programming) and solved it by offering public activities.
  • Target population
  • Local communities in and around Quito
  • Linkage to SDGs
  • 11. Sustainable cities and communities
  • Articulation with strategic stakeholders for implementation (if applicable)
  • Casa Somos coordinates with ministries and municipal administrative bodies, as well as NGOs to plan and carry out workshops that are of interest to the community.
  • Lessons learned: main challenges identified
  • Possible challenges:
    • The workshops depend on the interest and involvement of people in the community, so it is important to generate collective participation.
    • As an organization that tries to integrate the community, it faces challenges in addressing xenophobia and tries through these activities to overcome stereotypes especially against migrants.
  • Lessons learned: main opportunities identified
  • Casa Somos offers an opportunity to assess and respond to the immediate needs of the community. It also provides a space for activities and civic integration. The educational workshops promote the skills and socio-economic mobilization of the participants.
  • Year of execution
  • In progress
  • Source of Consultation:
  • Date of consultation
  • 7.29.2021

Offering meeting spaces for recreational, educational and personal growth activities, allowing adolescents and young people to develop their potential and improve their quality of life.

  • City
  • Metropolitan District of Quito
  • Location
  • Quitumbe, Historic Center, Eloy Alfaro and Calderón
  • Project name
  • Unit responsible for the project (secretariat, directorate, department within local government)
  • Patronato Municipal San José
  • General Objective
  • Casa Metro Juventudes offers spaces for youth to meet for recreational, educational and personal growth activities, allowing adolescents and young people to develop their potential and improve their quality of life.
  • Specific objectives
  • Casa Metro Youth holds free workshops, classes, and sports for young people to encourage the use of public spaces. By using public space, youth can have fun, express themselves, and develop their art while enhancing their personal growth. Casa Metro coordinates public performances such as concerts, assemblies, and readings to integrate the community and take advantage of public space.
  • Brief description of project actions
  • 1. Identify community gaps/vulnerabilities.
    2. Work with partners in the community and zonal administrations to address the problem.
    3. Develop workshops to meet diverse needs
    4. Develop workshops in identified neighborhoods in need of implementation.
    5. Promote the workshops in the community through news and social networks.
  • Target population
  • Young people between 14 and 29 years old
  • Linkage to SDGs
  • The workshops cover many of the SDGs such as quality education(4) and gender equality (5), SDG sustainable cities and communities (11) because they work to create safe spaces for the mobilization of citizens.
  • Articulation with strategic stakeholders for implementation (if applicable)
  • Casa Metro Juventudes also articulates the development of its activities with Casas Somos to integrate other population groups. The organization of the workshops depends on collaboration with the municipality and other local organizations.
  • Lessons learned: main challenges identified
  • Possible challenges:
    • Difficulties coordinating the various workshops held in Casas Metro around the city.
    • Requires coordinated planning with the zonal administrations and Casa Somos with which they share their spaces.
    • Everything depends on the interest of citizens and is aggravated by the circumstances of COVID-19 which has prevented permanent presence.
  • Lessons learned: main opportunities identified
  • Casa Metro de Juventud takes advantage of students' free time and turns it into an opportunity to improve their capabilities and teach them new skills. Through the facilitation of various workshops, young people can be inspired by the arts, sports, or other recreational topics.
  • Year of execution
  • In progress
  • Source of Consultation:
  • Date of consultation
  • 30.7.2021

Decentralización de la central de Abastos 

  • Ciudad
  • San José de Cúcuta, Norte de Santander
  • Nombre del proyecto
  • Decentralización de la central de Abastos 
  • Unidad responsable del proyecto (secretaría, dirección, departamento dentro de gobierno local)
  • Secretaría de Desarrollo Social y Económico, Alcaldía Municipal de Cúcuta
  • Objetivo general
  • Apoyar a la Asociación de Vendedores del Mercado Libre de Cúcuta para hacer presencia con plazas de mercado móviles en barrios de la ciudad durante el período de aislamiento.
  • Objetivos específicos
  • - Disminuir los incentivos de las familias cucuteñas de ir a hacer compras en la Central de Abastos de Cúcuta para disminuir aglomeraciones y mitigar riesgos de contagio.
    - Reducir la necesidad de transportarse hasta la Central de Abastos.
    - Apoyar la Asociación para implementar protocolos de bioseguridad dentro de las plazas móviles.
    - Promoción de los domicilios.
    - Ayudar a mantener empleos durante el aislamiento.
    - Disminuir flujo de personas yendo a supermercados para evitar aglomeraciones.
    - Reducir posibilidades de especulación/acaparamiento por parte de supermercados que seguían funcionando durante aislamiento.
  • Breve descripción de las acciones del proyecto
  • Desde el inicio de la pandemia en Colombia una de las mayores preocupaciones de las personas y los Gobiernos eran las aglomeraciones en las centrales de abastos del país, pues ante la incertidumbre había altos flujos de personas realizando compras nerviosas. La Central de Abastos de Cúcuta tiene la particularidad de ser la única abierta al público del país al tener una vía pública que la atraviesa. Por eso además de mayoristas, las familias se desplazan hasta allí buscando mejores precios y creando aglomeraciones. Desde la administración municipal se decidió apoyar a la Asociación de Vendedores del Mercado Libre para que tomara medidas especiales que permitieran un funcionamiento seguro y pudieran llevar sus mercados móviles a 7 barrios de la ciudad durante la semana.
  • Población objetivo
  • La Asociación de Vendedores del Mercado Libre de Cúcuta, así como sus clientes en 7 sectores de la ciudad.
  • Vinculación con Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS)
  • ODS 11: Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles.
  • Articulación con actores estratégicos para implementación (si aplica)
  • Necesario concertar diferentes medidas y apoyo por parte de la Policía Nacional, la Central de Abastos de Cúcuta así como diferentes Secretarías de la Alcaldía como Gobierno y Seguridad Ciudadana.
  • Lecciones aprendidas: principales retos identificados
  • - Dificultad para llevar a adoptar cambios a personas que llevan décadas siguiendo patrones y comportamientos.
    - Incertidumbre alrededor de la pandemia así como de los resultados de acciones tomadas por la administración como apoyar estos mercados ante diversas voces ciudadanas e incluso de autoridades policiales que iban en contra.
    - Desconfianza en la Alcaldía por parte de los asociados debido a malas experiencias pasadas.
  • Lecciones aprendidas: principales oportunidades identificadas
  • - Vínculos de confianza empezando a construirse.
    - Cambios en los comportamientos del consumidor que llevan a buscar ahora lugares bioseguros para realizar compras.
    - Seguimiento a datos permite ir realizando ajustes en tiempo real.