Create an enabling environment for community-led transformation and management of public spaces through:

Promoting public-private-people partnerships in managing public spaces
Raising awareness about the benefits of public spaces
Lobbying for policies that prioritize public spaces and promote community engagement
Developing tools and resources to help key stakeholders in better public space management
Creating jobs for youth through regeneration and management of public spaces
Celebrating success stories, sharing best practices and igniting a city-wide movement of community placemakers

PUBLIC SPACES WE WANT

IMPACT

PUBLIC SPACE ADVOCACY

Work closely with Nairobi City County Government and key authorities to advocate for policies that:

Reduce bureaucracies that make it difficult to implement public space interventions by communities
Facilitate partnerships between local authorities and communities in public space interventions
Streamline public space rehabilitation and maintenance into government budgeting processes
Prioritize pedestrian and other non-motorized movement over motorized traffic

SUSTAINABILITY & JOB CREATION

Ensure that each public space intervention has a maintenance plan
Place youth at the center of each maintenance plan thus creating jobs for them
Equipping the youth with skills required to maintain the space
Providing mentorship to help the youth access opportunities beyond public space management

Create awareness about the benefits of public spaces
Provide skills and share best practices on low-cost intervention and maintenance plans
Propose ideas for social activities on public spaces to make them inclusive and vibrant to create a sense of ownership
Celebrate and highlight the work of community placemakers making change

Our approach to public space upgrading contributes to achieving numerous sustainable development goals

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