Live courtyards - municipalities in the main role
Advocacy and watchdog activities (action grant) - 2022-2023
Elections to city councils of Prague districts and city councils. City of Prague are an excellent opportunity to raise the topic of revitalizing inner city blocks and related climate adaptation measures in the inner city. The project wants to make the topic visible both within the pre-election campaigns, but also to help push it into program statements and the newly set agenda of the local government. It presents the topic to politicians, offers how to communicate it and presents support tools. The target group are candidates of electoral parties, newly elected politicians and, indirectly, residents of the City of Prague, or the city of Prague.
Live courtyards - participation of citizens and local government
Project runs from April 2020 to October 2022
In a project supported by the Active Citizens Fund, Bieno is actively working with residents living around ten different courtyards. Interest in courtyards in these places is minimal at the beginning, neighbors usually do not cooperate with each other.
Our task is to help create neighborhood communities that work together to improve courtyards under the leadership of the most active. This cooperation should be reflected in the improvement of a shared court, for example by restoring greenery, rainwater management or other measures that improve the city's climate and, in turn, the neighbouring climate.
The form of change will always depend on the possibilities and taste of the inhabitants. In some places, a complete transformation may eventually take place, elsewhere a minor adjustment made by self-help and part-time is sufficient. From the beginning of the neighbourly debate to the implementation, we help the courtyards with the whole process.
Courtyards with which we cooperate within the project
Are you also interested in reviving your courtyard along with your neighbors? To participate in the project, please contact us at info@vnitrobloky.cz.
Projects are being supported by the Open Society Fund Prague from the Active Citizens Fund. The programme promotes citizens’ active participation in the public life and decision making and builds capacities of civil society organizations. The Active Citizens Fund is financed from the EEA and Norway Grants.”
