How do we fight them The city of athens perspective LOW INCOME Threshold of relative poverty 214 of Greeces population Same for Athens Athenian extreme poverty rate ID: 603052
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CITY TERRITORIAL DISPARITIESHow do we fight them?
The city of athens’ perspectiveSlide2
LOW INCOMEThreshold of relative
poverty: 21,4% of Greece’s population / Same for Athens.
Athenian
extreme poverty rate : 20,6% (highest in Greece by far) Approximately 138,000 residents in Athens are lacking the basic necessities for survival.+ approximately 16,000 immigrants and refugees currently located in Greece’s capital city. UNEMPLOYMENTNational rates: 24,5%, Attica region: 26,7%with a 50% youth unemployment75% of unemployed live under the poverty threshold
Athens’ ID
670,000 registered residents
=
Epicentre of Attica Region:
1/2 country’s populationSlide3
City center decline
Concentration of homelessness and drug addiction,
Anti-social behavior,
Criminality,Expanding gentrification trend.+N-W part = most vulnerable oneIncome & energetic poverty, Unemployment highest rate: 24%Demographic density (more than 1/3 of the general Athenian population),
Majority
of immigrants and refugees
(in official&unofficial housing schemes).Slide4
1ST GENERATION CHALLENGES
Lack of connectivity
(public transport to downtown location of social services provision)
leading to ExclusionANSWERS&Decentralize
by creating
Networks & Proximity mobile units
Mobile Units
providing home care
to elders
Streetworking
for
homeless
Social
Housing
Network
Municipal
Clinics
NetworkSlide5
2ND GENERATION CHALLENGES
Services dissemination
& lots
of referrals+Lack of Connectivity(data sharing, real time handling individualized & territorial approach)ANSWERS
&
Integrated Social Services Network
Upon
The already existing Municipal Clinics
Network
Through
One-Stop-Shops
(aka SEPs)
Connectivity 2.0
ESTI@ Project
(creation of 2 SEPs)
What?
Health care
Psychosocial support
Childcare
Legal & employability counseling
Where?
Patissia
Municipal Clinic
(N-W area)
+
Solidarity Garrison (downtown Athens)
When?
Right Now!
Who?
Consortium
(MoA, NGOs, private, partner cities)
How much?
EaSI funding
For how long? 2,5 yearsSlide6
What’s next? From integration to resiliency
Twin project in Kypseli
(N-W area) +Converting the 5 remaining Municipal Clinics (ITI funding tool)Applying case-management & referral digital system to all municipal services (including SEPs)Fight chronic stressesComplex & time consuming proceduresUsing SEPs + Central Job Center as social enterprises incubators
Blend vulnerable groups
Enforcing neighborhood identity & ownership
Using Social Reference Procurement
Long term unemployment
Establish and expand the
integrative approachbySlide7
Thank you
and keep walking!