Year 1985

Year 1990

La Vanguardia

Saturday, March 3, 1990

Five hundred police get just two Kilos of heroin in San Cosme

La Vanguardia

Wednesday, November 18, 1992

Sant Cosme dawns in tense calm after a raid and a gypsy wedding with shots

Year 2000

La Vanguardia

Thursday, October

5, 2000

A boy of 12 years old arrested after docking ten stations with a rifle and a penknife

La Vanguardia Tuesday, October 10, 2000

A robber died of a shot from his gun fighting with a baker

La Vanguardia

Friday, November 21, 2003

La Guardia Civil is looking for the thieves who took eleven guns from their barrack in El Prat

EL Mundo

(Catalunya edition)

July 17, 2011

Sant Cosme does not

want to be excluded

Year 2014

El Periódico de Catalunya

(Catala edition)

October, 17, 2014

The miracle of Sant Cosme

Year 2014

Year 2014

Daily El Punt Avui

Barcelona

September 18, 2014

Manu Chao Comes back to Sant Cosme

Year 2010

SAN COSME, almost a successful story History

• Built in 1965, with about 10.000 people (5% gypsies) coming from barracks in Barcelona (Olympic area) and surroundings

• Only very bad houses, no shops, no civic centre, no schools, no hospital, just houses

• In 1979, after a lot of pressure from the citizens and the local government, the central government takes the decision to rebuild all houses. The citizens can choose their neighbours. A selective process: result the last to move is the majority of the gypsies connected with the drug economy.

• In 2000, the process of the rebuilding, developed in 7 phases, finishes

• Present situation: houses 2.518, people 7.071, of them 30% gypsies and 6% immigrants (in the rest of El Prat, 10%)

Problems • Problems coming from the

situation of a vast majority of the population with very low level from the point of view of economy, education, social, etc. And with a very low self-image and “tired” to try to get up

• Problems coming from the situation of a vast majority of the gipsy population living from drugs with a lot of conflicts with the rest of the population due living conditions and insecurity

• Problems of the image to the outside world and problems to be in the corner of the city

Solutions

1.- Extra-high quality in urban actions

• Extra- cleaning and maintenance actions

• Security (more image than real)

• Strengthening to reinforce self-power and self-image of the population (media actions and a commission with all associations of the quarter)

• Strengthening the cultural and sport actions: more, different and for the rest of the city and even for outside people (with helps the self-image too)

• Strengthening the economic life (commercial actions)

• Strengthening the power of the communities (don't let the buildings to "crack down")

2.- Security (more real than image)

• Public activities around

(local police, regional police, fireman, hospital, education services, public company of water)

• Public pressure (inspections)

• Special social and economic programs (assistance connected with help)

• Specials education programs (assistance connected with help + pressure)

3.- Media actions with "vips" (Manu Chao)

• Cultural and sports

activities for the rest of the city

• Public services for the city (justice palace)

• Free offers of land for economic activities and for NGO's (local and no-local)

• New flats for new residents

CONCLUSIONS 1. - Marathon mentality

2. - Coordination + common objectives + common

political support of all administrations and services

3. - A model: ( integration common coexistence) is an obligation, integration is an option

4. - Step by step process: common coexistence first, integration second

5. - Be ready to spend a lot of money

6. - Be ready not to inform the rest of your population