critical
about URBEGO
Every Generation Needs a New Revolution
Urbego was founded in 2012 by a group of members from IFHP. Urbego means city-metropolis in Esperanto and was established on the basis of a desire for a common platform for young planning professionals. The purpose of Urbego is to create opportunities for discussion and research on urban issues, give young planners a voice in the planning debate and engage new generations as agents of change in the field of planning. An important goal is to provoke a reflection on the future role of planners in the changing global order and develop a common direction for the profession. Urbego has evolved from an initiative bringing together artists, architects, designers, economists, sociologists and planners with a passion for cities, into an organization with a core team representing Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, the UK, and the US.
visit us at www.urbego.org
satisfactory + satisfactory
Political and institutional engagement Participatory policies Network of collective action Consultation and permeability Civil society Decision making Democratic vitality
highly Economic engagement insatisfactory
Economic indipendence good Entrepreneurship Careers vibrant Policies Funding opportunities Training
Safety Tolerance Living conditions Trust Mobility Technology
+ satisfactory
vibrant critical bad highly insatisfactory - satisfactory
satisfactory
satisfactory + satisfactory
- satisfactory
Political and institutional engagement
highly insatisfactory
highly Economic engagement insatisfactory
Participatory policies Network of collective action Consultation and permeability Civil society Decision making Democratic vitality
bad critical
Urbego believes that in the light of the recent events in the Arab States, Turkey, Brazil, India, Romania and other parts of the world the missing link in the governance process across the world is the young generation of urban dwellers. Urbego is working on developing an index of young generation’s involvement in urban governance and is collecting case studies all across the globe. The methodology is being developed in collaborations with universities across the world and will look at civic, politic and economic engagement as well as at discrepancies between expectations from the various actors involved in governance and what these discrepancies lead to. In recent cases, covered by the international media, these discrepancies have led to protests by young people that felt let down by the inability of their governments to be transparent and forward looking. Nevertheless protests are not the only way to show involvement and in many cases municipalities themselves lead the engagement efforts. Urbego believes that by bringing to the table municipalities across the world that have been facing the pressure of young generations together with other municipalities that have already managed to establish good communication and gain the trust of their young citizens will encourage leaders of urban centres to share knowledge and bring back home new ideas to act on.
Economic indipendence good Entrepreneurship Careers vibrant Policies Funding opportunities Training
good highly insatisfactory + satisfactory satisfactory - satisfactory highly insatisfactory bad critical
#1
#2
The first level of analysis looks at finding the appropriate proxy indicators to reflect the involvement of young generations at the civic, politic and economic level. This first stage of the methodology will allow for a general understanding of involvement in these spheres and also for a preliminary ranking to be made.
The second stage of the preliminary city profiling will involve testing the perception regarding involvement at the local level.
Measurement/ city profile
Measurement/ questionnaires
This stage is based on the methodology developed by UN Global Compact Cities Programme for the Circles of Sustainability -Urban Profile Process. Local, national and international databases will be researched for appropriate indicators that are relevant at the city scale. The local insight of municipalities and local partners will be crucial in identifying and obtaining access to all possible sources of data.
At this stage we should be able to highlight initial discrepancies in expectations and perception as well as capturing any trust issues between the municipalities and their young urban dwellers. Extensive questionnaires are conducted with the support of Urbego’s partners that will circulate the questionnaires in their networks and collect responses into a common database.
#3
#4
Using the profiling exercise as a basis, the third step consists in scaling the results based on a collaborative workshop approach.
The third level of the analysis will use specific case studies to understand different ways in which the general picture laid out in the previous two stages has translated into engagement/disengagement.
Interpretation
Knowledge sharing
During this workshop, participants are asked to evaluate from 1 (critical) to 9 (vibrant) each perspective of the profile components.
The cases are “how-to/not to” examples to help other municipalities explore and learn from others’ experiences.They should have some elements of flexibility that enables context sensitivity. The selected cases focus on local level issues in the spheres defined previously and will be mainly proposed by partner cities or organizations. They will be reviewed by the Urbego team and international experts involved in the project to ensure coherency and high quality. They will be used as part of a learning process to test and, if necessary, reshape the previous two phases of the research.
workshops
bad
- satisfactory
highly insatisfactory
London October2014
members:
Coalition for Sustainable Development
36 cm 156 cm
Adelaida Salces Spain Agathe Maurel France Alessandra Lualdi Italy Alex Zomas Greece Alexandru Seltea Romania Alicja Baranowska Poland Angelo D’Antiga Italy Annie Breton Denmark Barbara Roosen Belgium Beatriz Asensio Rubio Spain Ben Harvey UK Blanca Franco Cordón Spain Brigela Noka Albania Carla Felicetti Italy Carlo Piantoni Italy Caroline Guillet France Chiara Fantin Italy Claudia Cominelli Italy Clenn Custermans The Netherlands Dimostenis Houpas Greece Djaiwd Tahery The Netherlands Elena Kasselouri Greece Elisa Grifan Italy Ellen M. Schwaller US Farah Makki Lebanon/France Femke Haccou The Netherlands Filipa Pajevic Serbia/Canada Frida Anna Kristin Skarp Sweden Gerjan Streng The Netherlands Giacomo Bettio Italy Giacomo Magnani Italy Giordano Onorati Italy Giovanni Ottaviano Italy Giulia Maci Italy/Denmark Hilda Hallen Sweden Irina Angelova Bulgaria Jens Denissen Germany Josefina Söderberg Sweden Juan Carlos Aristizabal Colombia Kaj Fischer Germany Kathrine Sumati Neve Brekke Denmark Katja Majcen Croatia Kerli Kirsimaa Estonia Manoe Ruhe The Netherlands Manuel Bosello Italy Manuel Brusco Italy Mara Papavasileiou Greece Mara Pellizzari Italy/The Netherlands Marco Miccichè Italy Marta Pabel The Netherlands Matthew Newby UK Mette Kelle The Netherlands Michela Guerini Italy Mustafa Hasanov Bulgaria Nathan De Groot The Netherlands Nicola Thomas Austria Nonjabulo Zondi South Africa Olivier Woeffray Switzerland Petter Frid Sweden Pim de Leew The Netherlands Ramon Marrades Spain Regina Smirnova Russia Renata Jardim Brazil René van Poppel Belgium Salma Khamis Egypt Seppe de Blust Belgium Simona Dobrescu Romania/UK Simone Gobber Italy/UK Sravan Singh India Stefano Quaglia Italy Tamara Trumbic Croatia Thomas Reinwald Denmark Thomas Todesco Italy Tom Cole US Ulrik Lassen Denmark Yana Golubeva Belarus Yun Mei China Zsuzsanna Posfai Hungary
our work
highly insatisfactory
highly insatisfactory
Preconditions
Cultural policies Education and knowledge Community based organizations Audiences & users Cultural amenities Public free third spaces
good
vibrant
Economic indipendence good Entrepreneurship Careers vibrant Policies Funding opportunities Training
- satisfactory
bad
good
Participatory policies Network of collective action Consultation and permeability Civil society Decision making Democratic vitality
highly Economic engagement insatisfactory
Cultural and civic vengagement
vibrant critical
highly satisfactory
Political and institutional engagement
satisfactory
Safety Tolerance Living conditions Trust Mobility Technology
+ satisfactory
+ satisfactory
Preconditions
satisfactory
satisfactory
+ satisfactory
Cultural and civic vengagement Cultural policies Education and knowledge Community based organizations Audiences & users Cultural amenities Public free third spaces
- satisfactory
- satisfactory
highly insatisfactory
highly insatisfactory
highly insatisfactory
good
bad
bad
critical
vibrant critical
Bucharest May2014
methodology
Safety Tolerance Living conditions Trust Mobility Technology
YEI research
Preconditions
our partners
Cultural and civic vengagement Cultural policies Education and knowledge Community based organizations Audiences & users Cultural amenities Public free third spaces
Medellin April2014
our network
Valencia March2014
Collaborative workshops are organized over two days in different cities , applying the methodology across as many geographies, economic and political systems as possible. Participants from relevant local institutions and organizations, are asked to evaluate from 1 (critical) to 9 (vibrant) the economic, politic-institutional and civic-cultural aspects of the participation in their cities. Wider questions that are addressed during the workshops relate to the concept of city for life for the young, what makes young people feel part of/disconnected from their urban communities, what is the added value of young people’s involvement and how can urban leaders encourage the young to invest hope and energy in their urban future.
Valencia March2014 Cultural and civic engagement Cultural policies Education and knowledge Community based organizations Audiences & users Cultural amenities Public | free | third spaces
Preconditions Safety Tolerance Living conditions Trust Mobility Technology
vibrant critical bad highly insatisfactory - satisfactory satisfactory + satisfactory
Political and institutional engagement Participatory policies Networks of collective action Consultation and permeability Civil society Decision making Democratic vitality
highly Economic engagement insatisfactory
Economic independence good Entrepreneurship Careers vibrant Policies Funding opportunities Training
good highly satisfactory + satisfactory satisfactory - satisfactory highly unsatisfactory bad critical
Medellin April2014 Cultural and civic engagement Cultural policies Education and knowledge Community based organizations Audiences & users Cultural amenities Public | free | third spaces
Preconditions Safety Tolerance Living conditions Trust Mobility Technology
vibrant critical bad highly insatisfactory - satisfactory satisfactory + satisfactory
Political and institutional engagement Participatory policies Networks of collective action Consultation and permeability Civil society Decision making Democratic vitality
highly Economic engagement insatisfactory
Economic independence good Entrepreneurship Careers vibrant Policies Funding opportunities Training
good highly satisfactory + satisfactory satisfactory - satisfactory highly unsatisfactory bad critical
Bucharest May2014 Cultural and civic engagement Cultural policies Education and knowledge Community based organizations Audiences & users Cultural amenities Public | free | third spaces
Preconditions Safety Tolerance Living conditions Trust Mobility Technology
vibrant critical bad highly insatisfactory - satisfactory satisfactory + satisfactory
Political and institutional engagement Participatory policies Networks of collective action Consultation and permeability Civil society Decision making Democratic vitality
highly Economic engagement insatisfactory
Economic independence good Entrepreneurship Careers vibrant Policies Funding opportunities Training
good highly satisfactory + satisfactory satisfactory - satisfactory highly unsatisfactory bad critical
London October2014 Cultural and civic engagement Cultural policies Education and knowledge Community based organizations Audiences & users Cultural amenities Public | free | third spaces
Preconditions Safety Tolerance Living conditions Trust Mobility Technology
vibrant critical bad highly insatisfactory - satisfactory satisfactory + satisfactory
Political and institutional engagement Participatory policies Networks of collective action Consultation and permeability Civil society Decision making Democratic vitality
highly Economic engagement insatisfactory
Economic independence good Entrepreneurship Careers vibrant Policies Funding opportunities Training
good highly satisfactory + satisfactory satisfactory - satisfactory highly unsatisfactory bad critical
Every Generation Needs a New Revolution
YEI research
Urbego believes that in the light of the recent events in the Arab States, Turkey, Brazil, India, Romania and other parts of the world the missing link in the governance process across the world is the young generation of urban dwellers. Urbego is working on developing an index of young generation’s involvement in urban governance and is collecting case studies all across the globe. The methodology has been developed in collaborations with universities across the world and looks at civic, politic and economic engagement as well as at discrepancies between expectations from the various actors involved in governance and what these discrepancies lead to. In recent cases, covered by the international media, these discrepancies have led to protests by young people that felt let down by the inability of their governments to be transparent and forward looking. Nevertheless protests are not the only way to show involvement and in many cases municipalities themselves lead the engagement efforts. Urbego believes that by bringing to the table municipalities across the world that have been facing the pressure of young generations together with other municipalities that have already managed to establish good communication and gain the trust of their young citizens will encourage leaders of urban centres to share knowledge and bring back home new ideas to act on.
#2
The first level of analysis looks at finding the appropriate proxy indicators to reflect the involvement of young generations at the civic, politic and economic level. This first stage of the methodology will allow for a general understanding of involvement in these spheres and also for a preliminary ranking to be made.
The second stage of the preliminary city profiling will involve testing the perception regarding involvement at the local level.
Measurement/ city profile
Measurement/ questionnaires
This stage is based on the methodology developed by UN Global Compact Cities Programme for the Circles of Sustainability -Urban Profile Process. Local, national and international databases will be researched for appropriate indicators that are relevant at the city scale. The local insight of municipalities and local partners will be crucial in identifying and obtaining access to all possible sources of data.
At this stage we should be able to highlight initial discrepancies in expectations and perception as well as capturing any trust issues between the municipalities and their young urban dwellers. Extensive questionnaires are conducted with the support of Urbego’s partners that will circulate the questionnaires in their networks and collect responses into a common database.
#3
#4
Using the profiling exercise as a basis, the third step consists in scaling the results based on a collaborative workshop approach.
The third level of the analysis will use specific case studies to understand different ways in which the general picture laid out in the previous two stages has translated into engagement/disengagement.
Interpretation
Knowledge sharing
vibrant
good
highly satisfactory
+ satisfactory
satisfactory
- satisfactory
highly insatisfactory
bad
During this workshop, participants are asked to evaluate from 1 (critical) to 9 (vibrant) each perspective of the profile components.
critical
methodology
#1
The cases are “how-to/not to” examples to help other municipalities explore and learn from others’ experiences.They should have some elements of flexibility that enables context sensitivity. The selected cases focus on local level issues in the spheres defined previously and will be mainly proposed by partner cities or organizations. They will be reviewed by the Urbego team and international experts involved in the project to ensure coherency and high quality. They will be used as part of a learning process to test and, if necessary, reshape the previous two phases of the research.
workshops
Collaborative workshops are organized over two days in different cities , applying the methodology across as many geographies, economic and political systems as possible. Participants from relevant local institutions and organizations, are asked to evaluate from 1 (critical) to 9 (vibrant) the economic, politic-institutional and civic-cultural aspects of the participation in their cities. Wider questions that are addressed during the workshops relate to the concept of city for life for the young, what makes young people feel part of/disconnected from their urban communities, what is the added value of young people’s involvement and how can urban leaders encourage the young to invest hope and energy in their urban future.
about URBEGO
Urbego was founded in 2012 by a group of members from IFHP. Urbego means city-metropolis in Esperanto and was established on the basis of a desire for a common platform for young planning professionals. The purpose of Urbego is to create opportunities for discussion and research on urban issues, give young planners a voice in the planning debate and engage new generations as agents of change in the field of planning. An important goal is to provoke a reflection on the future role of planners in the changing global order and develop a common direction for the profession. Urbego has evolved from an initiative bringing together artists, architects, designers, economists, sociologists and planners with a passion for cities, into an organization with a core team representing Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, the UK, and the US.
visit us at www.urbego.org
our partners
Coalition for Sustainable Development
“Ion Mincu� Facultatea de Urbanism
our network
members:
Adelaida Salces Spain Agathe Maurel France Alessandra Lualdi Italy Alex Zomas Greece Alexandru Seltea Romania Alicja Baranowska Poland Angelo D’Antiga Italy Annie Breton Denmark Barbara Roosen Belgium Beatriz Asensio Rubio Spain Ben Harvey UK Blanca Franco Cordón Spain Brigela Noka Albania Carla Felicetti Italy Carlo Piantoni Italy Caroline Guillet France Chiara Fantin Italy Claudia Cominelli Italy Clenn Custermans The Netherlands Dimostenis Houpas Greece Djaiwd Tahery The Netherlands Elena Kasselouri Greece Elisa Grifan Italy Ellen M. Schwaller US Farah Makki Lebanon/France Femke Haccou The Netherlands Filipa Pajevic Serbia/Canada Frida Anna Kristin Skarp Sweden Gerjan Streng The Netherlands Giacomo Bettio Italy Giacomo Magnani Italy Giordano Onorati Italy Giovanni Ottaviano Italy Giulia Maci Italy/Denmark Hilda Hallen Sweden Irina Angelova Bulgaria Jens Denissen Germany Josefina Söderberg Sweden Juan Carlos Aristizabal Colombia Kaj Fischer Germany Kathrine Sumati Neve Brekke Denmark Katja Majcen Croatia Kerli Kirsimaa Estonia Manoe Ruhe The Netherlands Manuel Bosello Italy Manuel Brusco Italy Mara Papavasileiou Greece Mara Pellizzari Italy/The Netherlands Marco Miccichè Italy Marta Pabel The Netherlands Matthew Newby UK Mette Kelle The Netherlands Michela Guerini Italy Mustafa Hasanov Bulgaria Nathan De Groot The Netherlands Nicola Thomas Austria Nonjabulo Zondi South Africa Olivier Woeffray Switzerland Petter Frid Sweden Pim de Leew The Netherlands Ramon Marrades Spain Regina Smirnova Russia Renata Jardim Brazil René van Poppel Belgium Salma Khamis Egypt Seppe de Blust Belgium Simona Dobrescu Romania/UK Simone Gobber Italy/UK Sravan Singh India Stefano Quaglia Italy Tamara Trumbic Croatia Thomas Reinwald Denmark Thomas Todesco Italy Tom Cole US Ulrik Lassen Denmark Yana Golubeva Belarus Yun Mei China Zsuzsanna Posfai Hungary
our work