Deutsch weiter unten In December 2020 the COMENSI project comes to a closure. Community Engagement for Social Inclusion is an EU funded Erasmus+ project aimed at developing more effective methodologies of inclusion and activation of citizens at risk of exclusion. COMENSI developed and tested accessible tools and methods for communication, networking and organising to improve […]
Friday June 26 the second event of the series “Cities engaging in the right to housing” took place. The web conference No one left behind organised by by Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) and URBACT was facilitated by Laura Colini. The conference offered a preview of the 2020 Report on Housing Exclusion in Europe, co-written by FEANTSA and Fondation Abbé Pierre, […]
The COMENSI Newsletter is out! Here you find about the objective, activities and intellectual outputs of the Community Engagement for Social Inclusion project and its five local labs. Read / download here the COMENSI newsletter
Thursday October 3rd Tesserae’s founders Laura Colini and Lorenzo Tripodi will take part in the conference Differenze in Comune in Firenze. The event organised by the CAT cooperative is dedicated to imagining and designing the inclusive city. Laura will contribute with a presentation on the housing question in Europe: issues, public policies and social struggles. She will also […]
On 25 June 2019 Laura Colini facilitated the panel Integration of Migrants and Refugees in Small Territories: A factor for local development at the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), organised in partnership with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC), the […]
The COMENSI toolkit is a collection of tools, methods and practices specifically designed and selected to improve the engagement of urban communities. It is written to support adult education providers, public administrators, community managers and every professional interested in activating participatory processes of community engagement in challenging urban settings.
Porta Capuana is the eastern gate of the historical center of Naples, and gives the name to the neighbourhood that developed around it. While the economic difficulties of its inhabitants are a long-known problem, a recent rise in the multicultural background of the neighbourhood residents has changed its dynamics. Some regeneration plans have been launched by public bodies, which co-exist with a renewed vibrancy in the local activities of associations and private stakeholders.
On November 27 2018, in Brussels at MCE Conference and Business Centre, Laura Colini attended the Final Workshop of Data Challenge on Integration of Migrants in Cities facilitating the thematic roundtable ” Evidence on segregation and diversity for policies” in her role as program expert for URBACT. The Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD) has been piloting the use of […]
22-23 November 2018 Laura Colini participates to the conference “Migration flows and integration policies: data evidence and best practices in the EU” organised by Interact and ESPON, presenting URBACT and the Arrival City network experience. The Conference explores the main challenges and identify good policy responses and the best practices for successful integration of refugees into […]
Maré (or Complexo da Maré), in the northern periphery of Rio de Janeiro, is a complex of several favelas with 130.000 inhabitants stacked on 10 sq.km. The Museu da Maré was created by popular initiative to reclaim and de-stigmatise the identity of the neighbourhood. Tesserae researchers had the chance to visit the place and get in contact with the promoters thanks to the CoCreation project.