May 26, 2024 2.25pm
Yesterday afternoon, at the Casa della Cultura in Gimigliano, an extraordinary citizen meeting was held organized by the Civic Committee “Gimigliano Upside down“.
The event was exceptionally well attended, with over hundred citizens present, to provestion of strong interest and commitment to participatory democracy el‘administration shared.
During the meeting, crucial issues for the community of Gimigliano were addressed, such as the riconstructtion ofsocial trustthe valorizetion oflocal potentialthe promoption ofthe active participation of citizens.
The meeting saw the participation of the two candidates for mayor to the next municipal elections, to which the Committee has asked for its commitment to start, once elected, a Municipal Regulation of Participatory Institutes which, according to the Committee represents the passage essential to ensure to citizenship the legal tools for active, transparent and inclusive participation of citizens in public decisions.
Specifically, ithe document signed by the candidates for mayor, Laura Moschella And Giuseppe Paonessa, emphasizes the importance of civic participation and provides Lopening of a public dialogue within the first hundred days of the legislature to prepare the Rregulation in a shared way with citizens and civil society organizationsthrough public meetings, focus groups and online consultations.
The “SottoSopra” Civic Committee expresses great satisfaction for the large participation in the meeting and for the “political” results of theAndwind. “AND It was a great success and represents an important step forward towards building a more cohesive, transparent and participatory community” hasnno declared the spokesperson of the committee. “We are confident that, with everyone’s support, we will be able to transform Gimigliano into “country of participation”.”
The agenda of the meeting was to illustrate the objectives of the Committee and the collaboration with the Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro. In fact, Prof. Massimo Fotino, professor of Social Planning at the degree course in Sociology, was present at the meeting and illustrated the general lines of the RSearch for Action What will be conduct in theCommunity.
About this, And precisely as a demonstration of character strongly oriented towards the involvement of citizensthe teacher led in real time a public surveyin which all those present participated and which concerned the issues of trust in politics, of participation, of listening to citizens, collecting the participants’ “hot” opinions on these issues.
The survey highlighted a strong desire for involvement and active participation and the need for improve the relationships between local administration and citizens in the name of responsibility and collaboration.
These results will be fundamental to guide the future actions of the “SottoSopra” Committee, to ensure that the initiatives undertaken respond to the real needs of the community and they are only the first step of an Action Research which will use innovative, interactive and artificial intelligence analysis tools
For more information and to view the meeting: facebook.com/gimigliano upside down.
