By|For Anneessense Brief

LEAH CABRERA FISCHER REID HENKEL

MFA Transdisciplinary Design Parsons The New School for Design MAD In SiTU, Art Point M, Lille/Design for Change Design Residency 3 October 2014

HOW MIGHT WE ULTILZE THE COMMUNITY OF ANNEESSENS TO PROVIDE GREATER MOBILITY FOR UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES?

LEAH CABRERA FISCHER REID HENKEL

MFA Transdisciplinary Design Parsons The New School for Design MAD In SiTU Design Residency 3 October 2014

Through our talks with local non profit organizations, we found that there is a wealth of local knowledge and skills in Anneessens that is stifled by an epidemic of passivity. is a service that allows the residents to break free of their fear to act.

SERVICE MAP Reaches out

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Particiants for workshop

Empowerment NGO’s

Each project will require help from others in the neighborhood who have different skill sets. As more projects get implemented, more jobs will be created for the residents. Likewise, as these projects become more visible throughout the neighborhood the amount of locals getting involved in the program will grow.

Professional entrepreneurs Capacity Building

Mentornship of how to turn a service into a project

Identify change agents in community

Facilitate & house

Facilitate & house

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Workshop: Skills to Service

Facilitate connection

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Residents with ideas for service, based on own skills.

NGO’s for small businesses

Workshop: Service to Project

Residents with concrete projects and Minimal Viable Services (M.V.S.)

- Backstage Brussels -Drop Yourself

Partner NGO with project

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Learn from prototype and adjust. Rapid learning and testing.

Enable connection

Change maker residents with entrepreneurial mindset and local projects.

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Develop and implement concept

Toolkit & Design Expertise [prototyping]

Residents gain a proof of concept.

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Agile service protype

PARTNERSHIPS relies on strong partnerships with local NGOs who have been working on the ground with the people for a long time. By partnering with organizations that already have a relationship with the locals, we will identify specific change agents in the community and work with them to turn innate skills into concrete projects for the community.

LEAH CABRERA FISCHER REID HENKEL

MFA Transdisciplinary Design Parsons The New School for Design MAD In SiTU Design Residency 3 October 2014

AGILE SERVICE PROTOTYPING relies on building capacities of the community by giving them the space to use design methodologies. The method that lies at the core of our program is Agile Service Prototyping.

TOOLKIT toolkit and service design mentorship, are provided to residents in order to help them in prototyping their projects.

The toolkit consists of modular pieces that can be put together in different ways depending on the needs of the service.

The service design expertise that comes with the toolkit helps guide the resident in visualizing what is needed in order for the project to be run successfully.

ANNEESSENS

THEORY OF CHANGE

INDIVIDUAL SCALE

Reframe natural abilities as marketable skills

Turn skills into ideas for marketable projects

Learn what it takes to to create a business by prototyping

Mindset changes from a passive consumer to active steward of the neighborhood

COMMUNITY RESILIECNCY INCREASES BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH IN NEIGHBORHOOD LOCAL PROJECTS

COMMUNITY SCALE

Facilitate connections, conversations, and prototypes around neighborhood projects based on skills of the residents

Projects start as one idea and quickly grow into other related projects

More residents involved in the stewardship of the neighborhood

Small number of residents see their abilities as marketable skills

Neighborhood business ventures and projects increase

Other residents inspired by neighborhood projects and local entrepreneurial mentors

Community of local projects and entrepreneurs grows

ANNEESSENS

PROTOTYPING THE TOOLKIT