Toolbox

The Neighbourhood Planning Workshop is a collaborative session to kickstart the development of the Neighbourhood Plan, inviting key actors identified in the stakeholder mapping exercise in the previous activities (Participation and Committees Formation - Activity 8). 

The workshop proposes several participatory exercises, allowing the technical team to select the most relevant ones and conduct them either in a single session or across multiple stages of Block G: Neighbourhood Plan, rather than restricting them to the initial phase.

The workshop begins with a presentation of the neighbourhood boundary and the maps and information compiled during Block D: Analysis and Diagnosis, including the participatory mapping exercises. This ensures that all participants have a common understanding of the existing conditions, challenges and opportunities.

The first participatory exercise focuses on developing a vision for the neighbourhood (Strategic Visioning Workshop (Activity 18)). If developed, this can build on the City’s Strategic Vision previously defined . Stakeholders assess the relevance of this vision in the neighbourhood’s current context, considering urban, economic, environmental, social, and cultural factors, as well as their future aspirations. Discussions should highlight the neighbourhood’s role within the broader city and the key connections with its surrounding, helping to identify challenges, opportunities, and strategic directions for the plan. If the city's vision does not align with the neighbourhood scale, or if no strategic vision exists, a neighbourhood-specific vision should be developed using the T24 Strategic Visioning Workshop Guide.

In the second participatory exercise, the T77 Benchmarking Exercise, the technical team presents a series of case studies illustrating how similar challenges have been addressed in other contexts to motivate and inspire the community.

The third exercise, T78 Actions and Interventions Card Game, is an interactive card game where the participants explore urban challenges and propose context-specific solutions and interventions. In the next activity, these will be spatialized in the neighbourhood.

The results of each participatory activity should be documented by the technical team for later incorporation into the Neighbourhood Plan and urban design documents developed in the following activities.

Participants:
Technical team, the community and relevant stakeholders regarding the selected neighbourhood.