There is a lot of talk about direct or participatory democracy. Sometimes the laws already exist; one just needs to know them and apply them.
For a brief history…
In 2014, the city policy reform emphasized the essential role of residents in priority neighborhoods in the development and implementation of city contracts. The goal was to make effective the principle of co-constructing projects between institutions and residents, notably by creating citizens’ councils and project houses as provided by the law of February 21, 2014, and by developing any mechanism that would promote resident participation.
In 2015, the State and the Family Allowance Fund in the Alpes-Maritimes decided to finance the new “Residents’ Participation Fund (FPH)” initiative across all neighborhoods of the new priority geography.
The goal is to allow residents (even minors if accompanied by a structure and with parental authorization) to be active in their territory and to propose actions to:
• Participate in neighborhood activities
• Contribute to social connections and the improvement of neighborhood life
• Commit to the general interest and subsequently get involved in citizens’ councils
• Learn to work together by collaborating with institutions, notably in the context of
• juries.
A departmental day is organized at the Ecovie hall in Carros, this Tuesday.
It is aimed at residents with project proposals, jury members and/or members of citizens’ councils, associations that support the FPH, but also other associations present in the areas that could serve as information relays for the residents and support projects, institutional partners (State, EPCI, CAF, municipality…)
120 people from all priority neighborhoods are registered for this day, of whom half are residents.
