Good practices for Social inclusion - Case studies and summary
Good practices for Social inclusion - Case studies and summary
Good practices for Social inclusion - Case studies and summary
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Our isl<strong>and</strong> in the city of Hamburg:<br />
Ten years experience with citizens involvement<br />
“MITwirken” 9 in rehabilitation <strong>and</strong> restructuring of<br />
Wilhelmsburg isl<strong>and</strong> –<br />
a basis <strong>for</strong> social <strong>inclusion</strong> in integrated urban water<br />
management?<br />
A case study on social <strong>inclusion</strong> <strong>for</strong> SWITCH<br />
(May 2008)<br />
Peter J. Bury 10 , Christine A Sijbesma 1 , Jochen Eckart 11 ,<br />
9 MITwirken is German <strong>for</strong> “collaboration” or “working WITH”. The "MITwirken in Wilhelmsburg"<br />
process is meant to strengthen the link between citizens participation <strong>and</strong> existing municipal<br />
structures. For this the Wilhelmsburg council appoints yearly an advisory District Urban<br />
Development Committee (DUDC), which implements in close consultation a number of own<br />
projects. The 60 committee members <strong>and</strong> many other male <strong>and</strong> female citizens (about 300<br />
by now) engage themselves in 8 working groups on agreed themes.<br />
10<br />
IRC International Water <strong>and</strong> Sanitation Centre bury@irc.nl <strong>and</strong> Sijbesma@irc.nl<br />
11<br />
HafenCity Universität Hamburg switch@hcu-harburg.de<br />
16
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