Meetings
people
The Committee organizes every month (except during school holidays) a meeting of residents to inform, educate, promote participation and support the actions of people on life, projects and issues in the neighborhood. These meetings
inhabitants want to be a space for dialogue between the neighborhood associations, residents and authorities, a dialogue that touches directly or indirectly to the themes addressed.
The topics covered by the projects and meetings with residents in Committee within both the public spaces, urban renewal, as the cleanliness, beautification and improving the quality of neighborhood life.
We send invitations and reports of meetings to hundred people, among which there are about sixty people. In 2009, the average attendance at meetings was a dozen people. Moreover, the involvement of local associations, the direction of the Providence school, local youth, as well as municipal authorities is noteworthy.
The social composition, professional and cultural life of these meetings is relatively diverse. We can find people of Belgian origin and foreign origin (North African, Italian, English ...), the elderly and young adults, men and women (the latter being in the minority, however) . The active presence of the association is also represented (The Dew, Avicenna ...). The meetings with the competent authorities shall on a more formal (interview requests specific).
Participation Contract Monitoring Quarter Lemmens
The Neighborhood Committee pays particular attention to monitoring the Contract Quarter around Place Lemmens. Indeed, it is urgent that the demands of people, so often repeated, are taken into account and that decisions are respected by the authorities. As such, this Contract Area offers new possibilities in terms of realizing the expectations of residents and development potential of the area.
Therefore, the Committee participates in the following activities: Committees Local Integrated Development (BILD) General meetings, neighborhood walks, workshops Urban Dialogue Commissions, Municipal Councils, ... ).
Therefore, the Committee participates in the following activities: Committees Local Integrated Development (BILD) General meetings, neighborhood walks, workshops Urban Dialogue Commissions, Municipal Councils, ... ).
The Neighborhood Committee also ensures that requests, information and decisions with residents at the monthly meetings.
Release of "P'tit Journal ... here
Release of "P'tit Journal ... here
Completion of this paper involves the participation of residents and neighborhood associations in selecting and writing articles. The Committee will also relays important information to neighborhood life.
The objectives of the production and publication of this neighborhood newspaper are: inform, educate residents and associations to projects, problems Ward, promote the expression of residents and neighborhood associations, raise the political powers on issues of neighborhood ...
Workshops pottery-
It is within the premises of the association " The Dew" that are organized for children and adults, workshops pottery and several times a week throughout the year. Workshops are led by Henri Deprez, director of the Committee and local resident and Janine Dupriolle, and what with the financial participation of "The Dew".
Beautification, "green neighborhoods"
pottery workshops are complementary to the project "Green Areas" in the sense that they contribute to the beautification of the neighborhood. This activity is important, firstly because it provides a "key" to specific neighborhoods and allows "verdurisation" of the urban environment through the exposure of pots on the front or numbers houses, made by the inhabitants. On the other hand, it can enhance the participation of the people who bring their "push" employees to improve the quality of neighborhood life.
pottery workshops are complementary to the project "Green Areas" in the sense that they contribute to the beautification of the neighborhood. This activity is important, firstly because it provides a "key" to specific neighborhoods and allows "verdurisation" of the urban environment through the exposure of pots on the front or numbers houses, made by the inhabitants. On the other hand, it can enhance the participation of the people who bring their "push" employees to improve the quality of neighborhood life.
block party
The purpose of this festival is to provide all persons living in the neighborhood (all ages and all nationalities combined) a day friendly, warm and festive with the aim of promoting exchanges in the area between all involved in it.
So every year we can look forward to increasing our business collaboration between local partners, particularly the positive impact brought by this dynamic celebration at the neighborhood level: diverse activities, citizen participation the organization of the festival are to go.
Attendance and organization of a Fall Festival at Place Lemmens
The initiative of this festival comes from the Prevention Service of the municipality of Anderlecht, in order to animate and give life to this neighborhood in a festive and serene, to counteract the negative image of this insécuritaire Place. This feast is prepared in collaboration with various departments of the municipality and various neighborhood associations.
Animation at Saint Nicolas
Collaboration with Rose By participating in the organization, selection of gifts, preparing workshops and animation on the same day, and the evaluation of this activity.
This activity was funded by the Dew.
Future Projects
These projects converge towards different objectives related to improving the quality of life in the neighborhood of "The Dew" in strengthening the social fabric, participation in awareness and information to people the problems encountered in the life of the neighborhood.
These projects are intended to be continuity of actions taken by the Committee:
- Organizing monthly meetings of population.
- Participation in Contract Monitoring Quarter Lemmens, as well as various workshops that result.
- The project of verdurisation Neighbourhoods Green 2010 ".
- pottery workshops, in continuity with the beautification of the neighborhood .
- The production and dissemination of bimonthly P'tit Journal, with a circulation of 350 copies.
- The creation and implementation of an official website or blog Committee Neighborhood Renaissance Lemmens.
- The organization of the block party, the park of the Dew will celebrate its 10 years elsewhere this year.
- The organization of bike rides on sunny days and during the mobility week. This focusing on the intergenerational dimension.
- participation and support for various activities organized by partners within the district (Saint-Nicolas, activities with local youth ...).
