The Neighborhood Council meets the consultants of EDUSI to establish strategies to obtain ERDF funds from the European Union

29 September 2017

El Consejo Vecinal se reúne con los consultores de la EDUSI para fijar estrategias que permitan la obtención de fondos FEDER de la Unión Europea

The members of the Board of the Neighborhood Council of Benidorm have met today with two representatives of the EDUSI consultant's guide (Sustainable and Integrated Urban Development Strategy) to study how the Neighborhood Council can support the candidacy of Benidorm to obtain funds ERDF of the European Union for the development of such a strategy.

The Council of the Neighborhood Council has been composed of the two Vice-Presidents and the five members of the Council; the councilwoman of Citizen Participation, María Jesús Pinto; and the municipal technical engineer, Juan Carlos Galiano. The intention of the table is to propose activities to claim and promote the integration of citizens from different backgrounds in the social fabric; as well as improving the relationship between the city and its natural environment through the enhancement of infrastructures that allow more sustainable living habits.

On the other hand, the Board of the Council will carry out playful activities in different public spaces, with the aim of energizing these spaces and turning them into meeting points and citizen participation with integration and sustainability as a premise.

The consultants of EDUSI will provide the Bureau of the Council with surveys to carry them out among the citizens, as well as propose alternative activities that will allow Benidorm to increase its candidacy to obtain the aforementioned ERDF funds for EDUSI.

Ordinary Meeting of the Neighborhood Council

The Neighborhood Council of Benidorm held on Thursday a regular session in which it was approved the creation and convening of a school drawing contest that, under the title 'Draw your City', aims precisely to encourage the contribution of the smallest through their vision of the city, to serve also as a point of reference in the development of EDUSI.

The session also requested information on the state of the school infrastructure at the beginning of the current course, the creation of the figure of the 'Neighbor Defender', the strengthening of official channels of complaints and citizen claims, as well as the installation of fixed radars and / or mobile radars in different parts of the city.