Cities for Adolescents
Safe, Vibrant and Healthy Public Spaces
As part of the Fondation Botnar-led 'Healthy Cities for Adolescents' program, the Safe, Vibrant and Healthy Public Spaces project fosters mechanisms to assess, design and improve public spaces for adolescents in the cities of Jaipur and Bhubaneswar. Enabling adolescents to be a part of the city development processes, we work towards co-creating adolescent-friendly public spaces by applying the Public Spaces Assessment Framework developed by WRI India.
Vision & Mission
We aim to empower 1,000 adolescents as Public Space Ambassadors by 2025, to co-lead the city development process.
- Local level: Raise awareness amongst city agencies and local organizations to increase the involvement of adolescents in public space planning.
- Regional level: Shape Jaipur and Bhubaneswar as learning centers and models of adolescent-oriented public space improvement.
- National level: Strengthen the pan-India discourse on the need for public spaces that are critical to the health and well-being of adolescents.
Activities and Initiatives
Co-Creative Processes
Networking and Stakeholder Interactions
Interactions with the community and government stakeholders to create formal partnerships and outreach initiatives.
Outreach and Capacity Building
Outreach through orientation activities, capacity-building workshops, exposure visits, focus group discussions and intercity workshops.
Governance and Leadership
Governance Councils, represented by adolescents, to lead project activities.
On-Ground Activities
Identification, audit and improvement of public spaces through Tactical Urbanism (TU).
Resources
Team
Associate Program Director – Urban Development, Sustainable Cities & Transport
Program Manager – Urban Development, Sustainable Cities & Transport
Program Manager – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Senior Program Associate – Urban Development, Sustainable Cities & Transport
Senior Program Associate – Urban Development, Sustainable Cities & Transport
Senior Research Analyst – Cities Program
Junior Program Associate – Urban Development, Cities Program
Project Manager,
I-India, Jaipur
Project Manager,
Magic Bus India Foundation, Jaipur
Project Manager,
Aaina Bhubaneswar
Project Manager,
Humara Bachpan Trust Bhubaneswar
Partners
The project in India is led by WRI India along with four implementation partners namely, Humara Bachpan Trust and Aaina in Bhubaneswar and I-India and Magic Bus in Jaipur and a learning partner Auom Impact & Consulting by Insomanywords. The project is funded by Fondation Botnar and managed by Ecorys.
Lead Partner
Jaipur
Bhubaneswar
Learning Partner
