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44123 Ferrara FE
Italy
- Democracy and community development
- Environment/Sustainable development
- Heritage
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- International/Cultural relations
- Research
Social Architect and Action Researcher designing and contributing to spaces and organizations where people are able to share and combine talents for collective and innovative problem solving regarding future urban resilience through mechanisms of cultural regeneration and circular economy. I design processes/interventions and support proposals that allow disruptors and underserved communities to speak up to regenerate their milieux through Culture and SDGs.
Social Architect and Action Researcher, since 2013, I made part of multi-sectorial approaches where urban placemaking and transversal fields of culture interact to shape inclusive development strategies in the EU-Med context. In this frame, I collaborate with organizations for cultural exchange, active citizenship and research platform for urban advocacy and policy-making as well as Universities (e.g. MitOst, NAHNOO, UNIFI, USEK (Untill 2019), Urbego (Untill 2018)) to explore the impact levels and roles of culture, urban planning and education in shaping sustainable regeneration scenarios for territories and fostering intercultural dialogue.
Social Architect and Action Researcher designing and contributing to spaces and organizations where people are able to share and combine talents for collective and innovative problem solving regarding future urban resilience through mechanisms of cultural regeneration and circular economy. I design processes/interventions and support proposals (including support for EU funding proposals) that allow disruptors and underserved communities to speak up to regenerate their milieux through Culture and SDGs.
Design and Implementation of participatory urban planning, action research and cultural regeneration process in the context of a research and advocacy platform for policymaking on topics related to culture regeneration, community and youth participation and intercultural dialogue:
- Support for Mitost - active citizenship & cultural Exchange Organization - pluriannual Programs on intercultural dialogue, cultural exchange in underserved areas of MENA region ( Thaqafa Dayer Maydoor) and "Tandem 360".
- Developing a participatory Rural tourism strategy in Qrayeh, South Lebanon. U N D P I Peace building project I Mechanisms for social stability in South Lebanon (NAHNOO, Leb)
- Participatory Action Research on Lebanese Craftsmanship & insights for policymaking to preserve intangible heritage, Armenian district of Bourj Hammoud, Beirut, Lebanon (NAHNOO, Leb)
- “Protecting our future: a Youth-Led approach to the preservation and promotion of Lebanese Cultural Heritage”. In the frame of a partnership between Search for common ground, Nahnoo, Arc en Ciel and Biladi. Nahnoo’s project implementation in Sarafand and Tripoli (Otober 2017-present) I British Council Cultural Protection Fund (NAHNOO, Leb)
- Cultural activation of public space: the case of Tyre public garden (NAHNOO, Leb)
- “Youth Engagement In Beirut: from Dreams to Action”: assessment on youth engagement in the urban governance of Beirut. Co-funded by the European Union within the framework of the regional program Med Culture. (April 2017 - Jan 2018) http://www.smedcv.net/youth-engagement-index/ (Urbego, Belgium & NAHNOO, Leb)
During my work experience, I organized and contributed to international projects, workshops, lectures, publications across Europe and its neighboring countries (eg. Beirut, Tyre, Alexandria, Vienna, Venice, Teheran, Tirana, Paris, Berlin, Lisboa, etc.). These actions took part in a diverse range of cooperation and development projects supported by EU-MED Culture, European Cultural Foundation, British Council, UK Aid, UNDP, etc. In 2017, I made part of the WeMena’s 30 finalists, the world Bank Program supporting MENA Women entrepreneurs for a resilient future. Since 2016, I am setting different collaborations in the Mediterranean region contexts (eg. between Eu, Egypt, Lebanon, and Turkey) in the frame of TANDEM for Culture (European Culture Foundation Program). After 6 professional years in Europe and last 3 years in Lebanon working on community-based urban development projects and urban advocacy in parallel to my academic work, I relocated to Italy since summer 2019. I am investing this relocation as an opportunity to use my European and Mediterranean background as well as my rich network with Public stakeholders, Civil Society NGOs, Advocates, and the Academic world to support cooperation and development projects between Italy and Lebanon/MED region. For one year, and after training in EU project writing, I am active in supporting the design of cultural programs for intercultural dialogue including project proposal writing for EU funding.
My research-action oriented practice acts for sustainable development by using culture and heritage as a drive for critical planning and inclusive placemaking. Believing in strategic collaborations, ecosystemic thinking, and always engaged in research and advocacy work targeting inclusive society, Anna Lindh is a network that reflects my being. As a Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for Dialogue between Cultures, ALF is an environment that reflects the values I hold in my practice and my state of being in every-day life, being a Euro-Med humanist and holding meta-cultures values. ALF plays a role of a facilitator bringing people together, promoting dialogue between cultures, nurturing shared universal values, supporting the participation of citizens in building open and inclusive societies, and fostering the human dimension of the EuroMed Partnership. It is a community of practices that provides me a strong sense of belonging and a fertile space to meet similar intrapreneurs and actors. Joining the network is, definitely, for me an opportunity to join forces and energies to upscale, spread voices and actions for our sustainable inclusive future based on Cultural and local communities' empowerment.