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Pla de Transformació del Barri de La Mina

Transformation Plan for the Neighbourhood of

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AIM

To transform the La Mina neighbourhood and to agree on and establish an integrated and global proposal for intervention to improve housing conditions, community life and coexistence, with the goal of strengthening the community in the short and long term and for it to become a fully integrated part of Sant Adrià de Besòs and g pCatalonia.

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The La Mina neighbourhood of Sant Adrià de Besòs.Photo from the late 90s, prior to the Consorci’s intervention.

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Background

The neighbourhood of La Mina belongs to the town of Sant Adrià de Besòs on the outskirts of the city of Barcelona.It was built at the beginning of the seventies as part of a slum g g pclearance project to rehouse the population from different urban slums in Barcelona.2,700 houses were built with official protection under a social housing project.By 1975 there were already 15,133 people living in the neighbourhood.In the 1975 census, the figures were:

M i i l f S t Ad ià d B ò 33 473 lMunicipal area of Sant Adrià de Besòs: 33,473 people.Neighbourhood of La Mina: 11,848 people (2,222 families).

Surface area of the neighbourhood of La Mina: 0,59 km2Surface Sant Adrià de Besòs: 3,87 Km2

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1970s

The population was mostly made up of immigrants coming from other parts of the Spanish state.The population that came to live in the neighbourhood lacked social and educational skills. The population also had a very low level of income.Twenty percent of the population was ethnically gypsy.

First years of the neighbourhoodThere was a high level of unemployment and of precarious employment.Physical isolation.High level of heroin consumption.Appearance of organised criminal groups selling drugs.High levels of anti-social behaviour.

Strong deterioration of public spaces and housing.13


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1980s and 1990s

Public intervention was unable to produce an improvement in the

social situation.

Each public administration (state, autonomous and local) had their

own intervention plan in accordance with their competencies.

The intervention plans were not co-ordinated.

There were yearly interventions without any long-term planning.

In some cases the intervention plans did not have sufficient resources.

There were action plans without the sufficient capacity to provide anThere were action plans without the sufficient capacity to provide an

in-depth and long term answer to the problems of the neighbourhood.

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2000

An institutional agreement was reached between Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government) and the local council in Sant Adrià de Besòs to set up a global intervention plan, co-ordinate all the public bodies involved and supply the sufficient resources.

The Catalan Government and the Sant Adrià Council together with Barcelona City Council and the Diputació de Barcelona (Provincial Government) set up in June of 2000 the Consorci del barri de La Mina (La Mina Neighbourhood Partnership) as a legally sanctioned entity.

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Area of Action

The Consorci del barri de la Mina (administration partnership) set up a Transformation Plan with a lifetime of ten years and with various areas to be acted upon:

SocialSocialEducationalCulturalSocio Labour InsertionHousingHousingPublic spacesCrime prevention and securityEconomic developmentUrban developmentUrban development

The four partner administrations provided the Transformation Plan with an unprecedented initial sum of 55 million euros to finance the project

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The aim of the La Mina transformation plan was - and continues to be - to provide responses and solutions to the following deficiencies

and problems that exist in the neighbourhood

Significant educationalPhysical isolation of the area

Nonexistent or low professionalSocial

Significant educational deficits

among the populationImply a high level of unemployment

professional qualifications

Soc aisolation

Informal and illicit activities

Aim of the PTBM

respond to:Degradation of urban and

environmental surroundings

Lack of civic-mindedness

Weakness of social networks

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HOW WE HAVE TACKLED THE SHORTAGES

Rehabilitate housing and improve access

to buildings

Social, educational, cultural and sports

Cooperation in improving personal safetyp

facilitiespersonal safety

Social action plan

Urban development of public spaces

Replotting project;New housing

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PROPERTY CONTRIBUTED RESULTING PROPERTY

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2000-2010 CONSORCI DEL BARRI DE LA MINAData is shown in millions of euros

Actions-Expenses BUDGET 2000-2010

EXECUTED 2000-2007

% EXECUTION2000-2007

Amount % Amount %

20.95 16.2%

20.14 15.5%

7.45 5.8%

26.77 15.4%

19.33 11.1%

10.20 5.9%

78.8%

103.5%

73.5%

Social

Social, educational, cultural and sports facilities

Improving access to housing and renovations

22.46 17.3%

0.7 0.5%

30.12 23.2%

21.83 12.6%

48.46 27.9%

40.31 23.2%

105.1%

2.2%

74.6%

Urban development of public spaces and connectivity

New protected housing and demolitions undertaken

Replotting project

22.59 17.4

5.5 4.0%

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6.80 3.9%

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75.0%

TOTAL 129.56 100.0% 173.70 100.0% 75.1%

Value of land ceded by administrations

Structure

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SOCIAL ACTION PLAN

1. Training and occupational integration

7. Public space andcivic-mindedness

3 million euros annually

(average 2000-2007)

C f ti 6 Social and2 Balancing family Courses of action 6. Social andeducational support

2. Balancing family and professional lives

3. Development of the local economy

5. Improving coexistence and

civic-mindedness

4. Community participation and development

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SOCIAL ACTION PLAN

Create opportunities

1. Training and

opportunities for training and

insertion in an integrated way

1. Training and occupational integration

Create possibilitiespossibilities

for accessing the job market

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1. Training and occupational integrationSOCIAL ACTION PLAN

OBJECTIVES

ACTIONSCreate opportunities for training and insertion in an integrated way

• Integrated itineraries for insertion. (Project in operation)

-Young people, women, adults.• To train and empower people professionally.

• To make people better prepared to find work.

•To improve core competencies for obtaining and keeping a job

•To incorporate the various local community

ou g peop e, o e , adu ts-The mentally ill, those with disabilities, individuals with substance abuse problems.

• Application of social clauses.(Project in operation)• Carrying out occupational plans.

ACTIONS

p ygroups in the La Mina neighbourhood in the training processes

• To foster opportunities for occupational integration

(Project in operation)• School project (Polydor workshop).

(Project completed)

OBJECTIVES

• To facilitate access to information and orientation services

• To run the neighbourhood’s Information and JobOrientation Service. Job Club(Project in operation)

• Creation of the New Technologies Classroom(P j t l t d)

Create possibilities for accessing the job market

orientation services.

•To foster access to training and the use of new technologies.

(Project completed)

•Recycling of active professionals(Project completed)

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SOCIAL ACTION PLAN

To create opportunities to access the job market free of

discrimination based on gender and

personal situation2. Balancingfamily and

To release the school-age adolescent

family and professional

livesadolescent

population from family

obligations

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2 Balancing family and professional lives

SOCIAL ACTION PLAN

2. Balancing family and professional lives

Create possibilities for accessing the job market, free of discrimination based on gender or personal situation. To release the school-age adolescent population from f il bli ti

OBJECTIVES

ACTIONS

- Morning child-minding service – CEIP Mediterrània.

family obligations.

- To provide early childhood services.

- To offer a space for families and children for purposes of education and socialisation.

- To prevent situations of social exclusion.

- Children’s play centre and summer recreational centre for children from 3 to 5.

- Educational space for children up to the age of 3.

- Family recreational space “La Capsa dels Jocs”. (The Toys Box)p (The Toys Box)

(All of these projects are in operation)

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SOCIAL ACTION PLAN

To give new energy to the commercial

infrastructure

3 D l t fTo regulate street trade3. Development of

the local economystreet trade

To encourage new creative activities

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SOCIAL ACTION PLAN3 Development of the local economy3. Development of the local economy

To give new energy to the commercial infrastructure by encouraging new creative activities

• To provide support to the commercial • Project to energise commerce.

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OBJECTIVESACTIONS

infrastructure.

• To regulate street trade and make it sustainable.

• To study labour market research in depth.

• To strengthen and foster new economic activities

• Street trade project.• Project to support self-employment.

(administratively assigned to the corresponding

institution) • Project to do research.

economic activities.(All of these projects are in operation)

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SOCIAL ACTION PLAN

To establish a process for community development

4. Community ti i ti d

pbetween the residents,

and various social work and institutional

services participation and

development

To reclaim and strengthen the

local infrastructure

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4. Community participation and developmentSOCIAL ACTION PLAN

T l i d h h l l i f

• To reinforce local organisations and institutional projects.

OBJECTIVES• Project to support organisations in the district:

• Technical and economic support.• Technical support project to the community groups Platform

ACTIONS

To reclaim and strengthen the local infrastructure

• To foster a favourable atmosphere for spaces for exchange and social interaction between people and community groups.

• To establish systematic and pedagogical ways of providing information to the district

To overcome the district’s stigmatisation

• Technical support project to the community groups Platform.• Technical support project to the Neighbourhood Association. • Workspaces for local organisations.•Magazine articles, brochures, an edition of the bulletin, and so forth.•Support for organisations' initiatives in cultural activities.• To overcome the district’s stigmatisation.

• To bring athletic activities back to the district.

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To establish a process for community development at the local, technical and institutional levels

• To establish social monitoring of the PTBM.•To involve and establish the social workers, services and residents of the district in the PTBM

• Creation of a Participation Council for monitoring the PTBM.

•Creation of committees with all of the stable services and local organisations in the district to carry out work as a network

OBJECTIVES ACTIONS

and residents of the district in the PTBM.•To promote resident participation in common uses

of public spaces and housing.

work as a network.•Plan for Community Communication.•European Roma’in Network. (Completed)•European Regenera Network. (Completed)

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SOCIAL ACTION PLAN

To formulate a better approach to

5 Improving

combating antisocial attitudes and

behaviour

5. Improving coexistence and civic-mindedness

To strengthen the local and social

infrastructure of the Neighbourhood

Associations

Plan for welcoming new neighboursnew neighbours

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SOCIAL ACTION PLAN5. Improving coexistence and civic-mindedness

To formulate a better approach to combating antisocial attitudes and behaviour

OBJECTIVES ACTIONS

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•To develop measures for promoting civic-mindedness at home, in the street and in common spaces.•To create positive civic-minded attitudes among the population in social and community interactions

• All of the programmes were developed by the PTBM to foster and encourage respect, responsibility and autonomy.

To strengthen the local and social infrastructure of the local communities

population in social and community interactions

•To encourage residents to take responsibility for common spaces

OBJECTIVES ACTIONS•To encourage residents to take responsibility for common spaces.•To support and strengthen the neighbourhood organisations.•To provide socio-educational support in the process of

relocating the families affected by the PERI (Special Plan for Redesigning the Interior)

• Support project for the neighbourhood associations.• Resident data gathering project to help rehousing.

(Both of these projects are in operation)

W l lWelcome plan

•To identify new neighbours in the district and establish initial contact to identify possible needs. •To provide necessary information to new neighbours about the location, history, venues, services and cultural and

•To inform residents, organisations, services and associations in the district about the project and its development and get them involved.•To prepare and present the Welcome Plan with the

OBJECTIVES ACTIONS

, y, ,recreational activities in the district.•To encourage all residents in the district to make use of the services and venues, as well as participate in cultural and recreational activities.

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SOCIAL ACTION PLAN

Formal andFormal and informal education

6. Social and educational support

Consolidation ofConsolidation of the community

projects of the stable services in the

district

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6. Social and educational supportSOCIAL ACTION PLAN

Formal and informal educationFormal and informal education

•To ensure that obligatory schooling is taken advantage of.

•Revitalisation project with parents (PTA). (administratively assigned to the corresponding institution) •Parental educational stimulation.•Support projects in school classrooms and reinforcement.•Support programmes for recreational activities

OBJECTIVESACTIONS

•To encourage parents to take on responsibilities.•To increase intervention with young people.•To expand the recreational education on offer.

•Support programmes for recreational activities.•Support programme specifically for youths from the gypsy community.•Support system and monitoring of socio-economic organisations' activities.•District Educational Project. (administratively assigned to the corresponding institution)


Consolidation of the projects of the stable services in the district


• Open Centre for children. (administratively assigned to the corresponding institution)

ACTIONS

•To achieve unity of criteria, quality and efficiency in the work carried out by the different services.•To stabilise the services' resources.•To tackle substance abuse in a

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(administratively assigned to the corresponding institution)•Sport Programme for all ages. (administratively assigned to the corresponding institution) •Youth Centre.•Damage reduction and prevention programme.•Support to the Day Centre for persons in substance abuse (El Local).• Project to give immediate attention to school absenteeism

OBJECTIVES

global way.•To expand the athletic activities on offer.

• Project to give immediate attention to school absenteeism. (administratively assigned to the corresponding institution) •Project to support the step from primary to secondary school. (administratively assigned to the corresponding institution) (All of these projects are in operation) 43


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SOCIAL ACTION PLAN

Promoting improvement of the urban environment

7. Public space and civic-mindedness

Retaking public spaces by the

residents

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SOCIAL ACTION PLAN

7 Public space and civic-mindedness

Promoting improvement of the urban environment

7. Public space and civic-mindedness

Street Maintenance ProjectOBJECTIVES

ACTIONS

•To design a sustainable model for the district with social and participatory urban planning.•To improve waste management.

•Street Maintenance Project.•Public Art Competition. (Project completed)•District action plan: Making infrastructural spaces suitable and improving them. •Environmental Orientation Centre.•Environmental Managers.

Appropriation of the space by the residents

Environmental Managers.(All of these projects are in operation)

OBJECTIVESACTIONS

•To promote awareness of the district and overcome regional barriers.•To improve the quality of the public space.

• Campaign to increase awareness of civic-mindedness.•Actions to recover, preserve and revitalise the public space.•District action plan: Creation, design and

OBJECTIVES

public space.improvement of vacant space.•Civic agents.(All of these projects are in operation)

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FACILITIES 2000-2010(Cost in millions of euros)

Childhood and Elementary Education Centre:

Secondary School: 5.1 Completed

4.9 Completed

Headquarters Mossos d’Esquadra: Executed by Generalitat de Catalunya

Seco da y Sc oo

Library and cultural centre:

Sports facility and multi-purpose

5.1 Under construction

4.6 Completed

5.1 Completed

function hall:

Evangelical Church:

Parish church and building for socio-educational activities: 1.6 Completed

0 7 Preliminary studies carried out.

Primary care centre:

Evangelical Church:

Renovation of the public administration

0.7

To be execute by Generalitat de Catalunya

yPending changes in planning

Renovation of the public administration centres in the district and new public facilities

to be defined according to future needs:No forecast

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Improvement in accessibility to housing and renovations 2000-2010(amounts in millions of euros)

Providing lifts to 300 apartments in La Mina Vella:

Providing lift stops on the plans did not have it

4.8First phase completed.Second phase completed.Third phase being executed.

Providing lift stops on the plans did not have it originally in a 200 apartment building:

Improving and creating new access to 31 apartments (1,241 apartments) in the district: 1.7

0.4 Completed

Completed

Renovation of 40 apartments formerly belonging to the police department:

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2.5 Completed

C ti i ti f th h i

Cross-section for 3 apartments :

0.3

Pending project

Renovation of an apartment façade on Occident street:

Completed

1.8

Continuing renovation of the housing in the district:

Begun in the block of flats on C/Occident

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Urban development of public spaces 2000-2010

Rambla de la Mina. Central avenue will allows the Trambesòs tram to travel

through the centre of the district

First, second and third phases completed.Coloured paving of central avenue completed

Reorganising the neighbourhood streetsand interior mobility.

New urban development on existing streets. Completed

Creation of new squares and green areas

Creation and urban development of new streets.

Carried out in part (85%).

Taking advantage of groundwater for the upkeep of public spaces

Completed

TOTAL 21.8 million euros

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Replotting project. New housing (2000-2010)(cost in millions of euros)

Recovery of industrial land in new plots for housing, public and

commercial facilities and green areas39.9 Completed

700 new private market apartments (300 owned by

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First plots under

Construction projects in open invitation to tender

700 new private market apartments (300 owned by the administration)

initial situation final situation

First plots under construction by private property developers

Final SituationSocial housing 2,750 100% 2,800 80%Private housing 0 0% 700 20%

TOTAL HOUSING 2,750 100% 3,500 100%

Final Situation

Protected Housing

Free market Housing

20%

80%

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Collaboration in improving community safety

OBJECTIVESACTIONS

- Deployment of Mossos d’Esquadra (Catalan Police)- To increase knowledge of the

population about what constitutes dangerous behaviour.

- To put forward an effective communitypolicing model.

- Deployment of Mossos d Esquadra (Catalan Police).

- Local Safety Committee. Coordinating Boardoperation with the different police corps.

- Substance dependency prevention project.

Project to reach out to young people in the district

- To reduce risks and contribute to community safety.

- Project to reach out to young people in the district (administratively assigned to the corresponding institution)


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