Cinghio in Comune grows out of the collaboration between local associations, neighbourhood groups, institutions and professionals with different skills and experience. Some know and live the area day by day, some work with young people, families and older residents, some work in culture, and some bring skills in designing and transforming public space.
Each has a different role, and the project is built by pooling knowledge, relationships and capacity, to work with the neighbourhood and to keep the activities going over time.
An association specialised in bringing a gender perspective to urban planning, with long experience in participatory processes, facilitation and field research. It coordinates the project, keeps the methodology consistent across the phases and looks after the involvement of residents, with particular attention to those who are often left out of decision-making.
Central to the long-term sustainability and impact of the project, the City provides institutional, logistical and technical support and contributes where possible to co-funding the activities. It also keeps the project in step with the urban and cultural strategies under way. Two departments take part: Public Works and Legality, and Educational Services and Digital Transition.
A collective of architects with international experience in the participatory reactivation of public space, authors of numerous projects in tactical urbanism and self-building. They lead the co-design phase, bringing technical and creative skills, and oversee the building of the spaces as a participatory building site.
A local hub that reaches and supports households in difficulty. It makes it possible to work on the space in front of the Emporio, provides a daily point of contact with residents and brings in people the project particularly wants to reach; it will share responsibility for looking after the renewed space in via Veterani dello Sport.
Active, among other things, in running the “Villa Ghidini” youth centre and the Officina Arti Audiovisive, it plays a key role in work with young people and in informal education in the neighbourhood. It will run the videomaking course with local teenagers and contribute to cultural content and to the summer programme. It is also responsible for the activities for children.
A civic association active in Cinghio Sud, with long experience of dialogue with residents. It will look after the involvement of adults and older people in the activities addressed to them, and will promote entertainment in the summer programme.
A national network promoting volunteering and solidarity, with a well-established local presence. It will help involve older residents and run cultural and social activities for them.
A cultural point of reference with a programme open to many different audiences and a strong educational vocation. It will help organise public readings, talks and activities for children, strengthening the bond between culture and public space.
An association of shopkeepers and residents that has been organising community events in the south of Parma for years. It co-coordinates the R-estate al Cinghio [Summer at the Cinghio] cultural season and brings its local network, its organisational know-how and its ability to set up convivial, intergenerational occasions such as markets, neighbourhood dinners and public parties.
A project by Sex & the City (lead organisation), for the P.A.T.T.O. per il Territorio [Pact for the Territory] call of Fondazione Cariparma, together with the City of Parma, Emporio Parma, Cooperativa Sociale ECOLE, Laboratorio Democratico Montanara, Montanara Insieme, Centro Sociale Orti Cinghio, the “Luigi Malerba” library and orizzontale (technical advisor).
