The work of a multi-stakeholder group to help progress sustainable development to create a better future in Sao Paolo’s North Zone.
Title
Brief description
Reos Partners, a social enterprise working in the art and science of systematic change, supported a multi-stakeholder group to help progress sustainable development to create a better future in Sao Paolo’s North Zone.
Keywords
City/Country
Time period
20121- ongoing
Lever(s)
Culture, civic participation and social innovation
Methodologies
World Region
Scale(s) of the case analysed
Target audience and dimension
Domain(s) of application
Context addressed
Solution applied
Challenge addressed/ Problem-led approach
Barriers addressed
Main Practices
Impact
Co benefits
Engagement Journey
Impact to climate neutrality
Aim to foster economic, social and environmental stability.
- Muti-sectoral proposal to develop a park and a river restoration initiative
- After the workshop, water and electric workers went to some neglected areas of the area and cleaned the sewers and changed the lights.
Context & Public policy of reference
Innovative approach(es) addressed
Initiator
In 2019, Cidade Center Norte, the centre of the North Zone, organised an initiative to foster greater economic, social and environmentla stability in the region. Then, an initiative guided by Reos Partners the Cidade Center Norte, a philantropic arm of the Center Norte, a Brazilian retailer, a Brazilian micro and small business supoort service, and the local public administration came together to form an alliance. Together they mapped the social organisations and actors in the North Zone and invited people from the ecosystem to formulate actions to improve the region.
Stakeholder networks and organisational model
Stakeholders:
Convening Alliance: Reos partners, local public administration, Cidade Center Norte, Instituto Centro Norte, Magazine Luiza (retailer), Sebrae (micro and small business support service)
Participants: police, priests, healthcare workers, city workers and NGO leaders
Network, communication and governance:
The stakeholders mapped out the social actors and organisations in the North Zone and invited people from this ecosystem to represent a range of voices.
Reos Partners organised a two-day workshop with participants from diverse backgrounds. Aim of the workshop was to foster dialogue among participants.
Before the workshop, Reos Partners held individual interviews with the participants to hear about their own perspectives of the issues and express what works and what doesn’t.
In the workshop, participants worked on identifying challenges and opportunities on a map.
Learning journey- tour to help participants discover the real-life challenges of the situation of a region in dire condition occupied by 700 families.
After the workshop, water and electric workers went to some neglected areas of the area and cleaned the sewers and changed the lights.
Democratic Purpose
Participant Recruitment
nteraction between participants
Resources
Key enablers
Key inhibiting factors
Drawbacks/pros/cons of the solutions (after implementation)
Scalability
Key lessons
Indicators
External link
Reos Partners. (2022, July 25). Bridging Divides: Collaborating for Sustainable Development in Sao Paulo. Retrieved from https://reospartners.com/bridging-divides-collaborating-for-sustainable-development-in-sao-paulo/
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