FUNDACIÓ DESENVOLUPAMENT COMUNITARI
Fàbrica del Sol (1a planta)
Pg. Salvat Papasseït,1
Barcelona
Spain
- Democracy and community development
- Gender
- International/Cultural relations
- Research
Promotion and facilitation of social dialogue – in close cooperation with the social stakeholders -, in order people and groups to live together in good relation. Each project incorporates the following values, in accordance with the realities of the regions where the projects take place:
- citizen participation, through listening and ensuring the involvement of social actors in the territory, at both levels of thoughts and action;
- promotion of peaceful coexistence, through the management of the intercultural diversity and the mutual - respect for divergent views and opinions;
- equality of opportunities for all citizens, through the principles of “Universal Accessibility” and “Design for All” which take into account the diversity of necessities, from the very concept to the final product.
- Gender policies and work with women, as a transverse axis of all the projects.
- Social creativity which enables innovative and dynamic approaches to changing environments.
Our activities are in the fields of:
- Participation and local development
- Mediation and Community Action
- Accessibility and Equal Opportunities
- Social inclusion: community plans, social creativity, sport, gender issues and evaluation
For each activity, FDC offers:
Research work
Consulting
Training
Services and Projects Management
Innovation and pilot projects
FDC has an International Area which promotes projects in these different fields at the European, Mediterranean, African and Latinamerican levels. Actually, FDC international activities is the continuity of the work done in Catalunya, so that the exchange of good practices in the field of Community Development contribute to build a more coherent, more democratic and more just society at both local, regional, national and international levels.