Comunalitat de Manresa (ES)
Comunalitat de Manresa is a community-based participatory initiative through which residents and local actors collaboratively address shared needs via mutual support, shared resources, and collective projects. Participation is open to individuals, groups, and organisations engaged in collective problem-solving and socio-economic collaboration, including co-designing community initiatives, taking part in mutual support activities, and contributing to intercooperation networks and the communal management of resources.
Portineria di Comunità di Porta Palazzo (IT)
The Portineria di comunità is a social space that mainly offers community services, allocated inside an old newsstand. It is located in the working-class neighborhood of Porta Palazzo. Although it is part of the city’s historic center, the neighborhood has historically been one of the districts that welcomed immigrants from Southern Italy throughout the twentieth century and currently hosts a large number of citizens of foreign origin.
Giardino Pellegrino (IT)
The Giardino Pellegrino, also known as the Cardinal Michele Pellegrino Garden, is located in the Aurora district, near Piazza Borgo Dora and Porta Palazzo neighbourhoods in Turin, just a short walk from the famous Balon market. It is the only public garden in this area and has become, in recent years, a true point of reference for the local community.
Fabra i Coats (ES)
Fabra i Coats in Barcelona stands out for its innovative governance model, where a municipal technical team collaborates with the “Fabra Council,” a participatory platform bringing together workers, residents, and external entities.
Warsaw Social Innovation Laboratory “Synergy” (PL)
Warsaw Social Innovation Laboratory “Synergy” (Warszawskie Laboratorium Innowacji Społecznych „Synergia”, or WLIS „Synergia”) is an innovative space within Warsaw, aimed at initiating and implementing projects that improve the quality of life. It is located in a pre-war tenement house at 16 Markowska Street in the Praga-Północ district and operates within the structures of the Office of Social Aid and Projects of the City of Warsaw.
MAL Grójecka 109 (PL)
MAL Grójecka 109 is a local activity center in Warsaw’s Ochota district, providing a community space for residents to meet, organize workshops, events, and work on local initiatives.
Open Jazdów Partnership (PL)
The Open Jazdów Partnership (Wolny Jazdów) focuses on community building through co-management, creating networks of mutual aid and integration. It functions as a grassroots center for culture and education, organizing thousands of events annually within an “urban laboratory” framework.