Author: Konradi

KIDS DEMOCRACY IN TITANPARKEN

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Konradi - life in and between the houses in collaboration with AKB, Copenhagen establishes Kids Democracy in the housing department Titanparken. The housing department is located at Nørrebro in Copenhagen with 230 tenancies and around 770 residents, among whom 190 are children between the ages 0 and 17.

The vision of Kids Democracy is to give children the opportunity to have a voice in the housing department they live in. This can contribute to developing children's democratic skills and help initiate children into a healthy community. There can also be found gains in the fact that the housing departments can experience increased ownership from the children, which in the long term can help prevent unrest and vandalism from the housing department's own children.

Kids Democracy's foundation is the housing department's own (permanent) resources which, in addition to the children, consist of operating staff and the department board. The commitment of these parties is uniquely important to a successful Kids Democracy and at the same time makes Kids Democracy sustainable and viable. 

RESULTS

· Kids Democracy in the housing department Titanparken 

You can read more about Kids Democracy on our website: http://børnedemokrati.dk and on our Facebook-page: https://www.facebook.com/Boernedemokrati

FACTS
Task: Kids Democracy in Titanparken
Project owner: AKB København
Financed by: AKB København
Period: Spring 2022 - winter 2023
Role: External project manager

STATUS SURVEY - CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN CUBE AND TETRIZ

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Konradi - life in and between the houses is carrying out a status survey on two social educational centers: Cube and Tetriz. The centers are located in the residential areas of Vapnagaard and Nøjsomhed in Helsingør and are target towards children and young people in the age range of 9-17. 

Helsingør municipality wants to establish common knowledge as a basis for discussions of future development of the accommodation facilities. There will be a focus on the results and effect of clubs in residential areas in comparison with the municipality's general facilities for leisure activities. With the survey, Konradi - life in and between the houses, will reveal the perspectives of key stakeholders on challenges and opportunities for the centers in the residential areas - also from resident-democrats and young people.

The final recipient of the study's results is the Children and Education Committee in Helsingør municipality, which actively will involve the knowledge gathered into the development of the local areas of Helsingør.  

RESULTS

· Notes on challenges and opportunities for Cube and Tetriz. 

FACTS
Task: Status survey of Cube and Tetriz
Project owner: SSP Helsingør
Financed by: Helsingør Kommune
Period: Spring 2022
Role: Evaluator

A VOICE FOR THE KIDS IN RINGPARKEN IN SLAGELSE

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Konradi - life in and between the houses works, in collaboration with FOB, on the implementation of an involvement and development process in the residential area Ringparken, where the area's children have the opportunity to make Ringparken an even better place to live. The involvement and development process must contribute to strengthening the children's democratic skills, commitment and ownership of the housing area.

Ringparken is a residential area in Slagelse with approximately 2000 residents. The residential area is currently affected by a comprehensive social housing plan as well as a larger development plan, which involves both social and physical measures. As part of this process of change, FOB wants to give children a voice in the development of Ringparken. In collaboration with the area's local resources, e.g. residential social workers and the area's operations staff, the children are involved via a future workshop. The method is based on the children's own visions and in how their collective dreams can be realized. The future workshop must result in a number of concrete improvement proposals, which the children must present to relevant decision-makers in and around Ringparken.

RESULTS

· Concrete proposals to make Ringparken an even better place to live 
· The children get a voice and an opportunity to develop their democratic skills 

FACTS
Task: Development and involvement process in Ringparken
Project owner: FOB
Financed by: FOB
Period: 2022
Role: External project manager and facilitator

STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT FOR BOLIGGÅRDEN

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Konradi – life in and between the houses develops together with Boliggården in Helsingør “Strategy 2027 – a sustainable Boliggården". Boliggarden consists of 6,000 tenements spread out over 48 units and is the largest actor in social housing in Helsingør.

Boliggården wishes to set a direction for the organisation, strengthen the unity of the area and make Boliggården an even better place to live. The strategy development takes place with a broad involvement of both internal and external actors – at both the political and administrative level. The project is carried out in with a combination of bottom-up approach which focuses on values and involvement, and a top-down approach which focuses on results and progress. The actors are involved via participatory methods that Konradi facilitates, for example workshops, seminars, individual interviews and focus group interviews.

The strategy process is characterized by investigation, co-determination and transversal collaborations between the various actors. The result of the process is expected to be a strategy that is anchored within the broad ownership of the organization.

RESULTS

· The strategy process will result in the strategy 'Strategy 2027 - a sustainable housing estate' 

FACTS
Task: Strategy development for Boliggården
Project owner: Boliggården
Financed by: Boliggården
Period: Fall 2021 - spring 2022
Role: External project manager and facilitator

FACTS
Task: Development of an inspiration catalogue
Project owner: Boligselskabet Sjælland
Financed by: Boligselskabet Sjælland
Period: August 2021 - januar 2022
Role: Knowledge collector and communicator

EFFECTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD MANAGEMENT AND NEW FRAMEWORKS FOR COMMUNITY

ABOUT THE PROJECT

With the housing concept Almenbolig+, where the residents take care of large parts of the operations themselves, it has been possible to build and manage public housing at a lower rent.
The residents keep running costs down by, for example, mowing the grass and hedges themselves, holding departmental meetings and invoicing tradesmen, etc. In addition to the financial gains, the housing concept also entails other advantages: the great commitment required from the residents is of great importance to the community and to the quality of the living environment in the individual department; as a bigger ownership of the department also leads greater care for the department - both physically and socially.

The experiences from Almenbolig+ will be brought together and passed on to other social housing departments, so that more people can benefit from the many economic, social and physical values of efficient neighborhood management. A handbook will therefore be prepared with instructions and concrete practical tools for how to get started with, and not least, succeed in, effective neighborhood management.

RESULTS

· New knowledge about the operations in Almenbolig+ and the importance of the physical framework for the community (2021)
· A handbook on alternative operating concepts with concrete tools that the social housing sector and others who might be interested in promoting healthy communities, neighborhoods and physical spaces can be inspired by (2021)

Publication - Nabodrift - community and lower costs

PRESS

KAB - Effektiv nabodrift

AlmenNet - Nabodrift - fællesskab og lavere driftsudgifter 

Realdania: Nabodrift - et nyt bokoncept for almene boligområder

KAB - Nabodrift  binder beboere sammen

FACTS
Task: Development of a handbook on effective neighborhood management and communities in the social housing sector
Project owner: KAB
Financed by: Realdania
Period: Juli 2020 - december 2021
Role: External project manager and production

SATISFACTION SURVEY AMONG DEPARTMENTAL BOARDS IN BOLIGGÅRDEN

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Konradi - life in and between the houses conducts a satisfaction survey with the departmental boards in Boliggården in Helsingør starting in autumn 2020. Boliggården consists of approx. 6,000 tenancies with the associated 44 departmental boards. The user-related experiences of the departmental boards are collected through a survey design which uses a combination of questionnaire surveys and focus group interviews.

The satisfaction survey is part of Boliggården's ambition to improve the service and minimize the distance between the resident-democracy and the housing organisation. On the basis of the survey results, the housing estate wishes to draw up an action plan with the aim of strengthening the service and the future cooperation with the departmental boards. The knowledge gathered will be turned into a new practice in the housing estate.

RESULTS

· Report on the department boards' satisfaction (spring 2021). Primarily for internal use in Boliggården. 

FACTS
Task: Satisfaction survey among the departmental boards in Boliggården

Project owner: Boliggården
Financed by: Boliggården
Period: September 2020 - June 2021
Role: External evaluator

SAMMEN OM HINANDEN
- the good life for children and young people in the residential areas Ringen in Helsingør

ABOUT THE PROJECT

With a basis in social housing areas, a model is created for how the good life for children and young people can be supported by the activities and people around them and by giving them a voice. The children and young people are given the opportunity to influence the residential areas through the establishment of Kids Democracies and youth councils. Simultaneously, there will be carried out experiments with the purpose of supporting the children and young people in relation to challenges, needs and wishes of a more personal/individual nature. For example, challenges at home, the need for an internship or the desire for a part-time job. The children and young people are supported in taking age-appropriate responsibility for their own lives.

The project is based on the expression "It takes a village to raise a child" and is characterized by a holistic approach to children and young people. This means that the project is a collaboration between a large number of partners both in and outside the housing area, e.g. the housing organization Boliggården, Helsingør municipality, the organisation SSP, schools, clubs, the local business community as well as parents, residents and employees in the residential areas. The project takes place in the three residential areas Nord Vest, Nøjsomhed and Vapnagaard in Helsingør and is financed by Østifterne.

RESULTS

· The establishment of Kids Democracies and youth councils in the three residential areas Nord Vest, Nøjsomhed and Vapnagaard in Helsingør. (2020-2025)

· Collaboration within and across residential and local areas via the building of networks and with a holistic approach to children and young people. (2020-2025)

· Social and physical measures in the residential areas and changes in the individual child and young person that reflect the ideas, needs and resources of children and young people. (2020-2025)

PRESS

Frederiksborgs Amts Avis - Millionprojekt skal give indflydelse til børn og unge

Tagryggen 2020 - Sammen om hinanden - Nyt initiativ i Boliggårdens boligområder skal gøre en forskel for børn og unge

Pressemeddelelse "Sammen om hinanden"

Helsingør Dagblad - Nyt initiativ i Helsingørs boligområder skal gøre en forskel for børn og unge 

Tagryggen 2022 - Sammen om Hinanden - En fordel for dine børn

Tagryggen 2024 - Sammen om Hinanden - Børn lærer demokrati

FACTS
Task: Establishing Kids Democracies in the three residential areas in Helsingør and experimenting with the further development of methods of Kids Democracy.
Project owner: Østifterne
Collaborative partner: Boliggården, SSP in Helsingør
Financed by: Østifterne
Period: 2020-2025
Role: Idea developer and project manager for the establishment of Kids Democracy

EVALUATION OF OPERATING COMMUNITIES IN fsb

ABOUT THE PROJECT

fsb and Konradi - life in and between the houses have in the period 2014-2015 carried out a project on co-operation with support from the Danish Transport, Building and Housing Authorities experimental funding pool, under the theme 'Innovative methods for making the operation of social housing cheaper' (Read more here). Following this, more operating communities were established in fsb, so that today there are a total of 14 operating communities. This means that approx. 93% of fsb's homes are part of an operating community, and there is still demand to be part of these from the remaining housing departments. In order to be able to build on the experience gained from the operating communities, fsb wishes for an evaluation of processes so far.

Konradi undersøger hvordan medarbejdere og politikere i fsb oplever driftsfællesskaberne i praksis. Det drejer sig bl.a. om deres oplevelse af serviceniveau, økonomi, samarbejde, indflydelse samt andre erfaringer og læringer. Desuden suppleres med kvantitative data. Formålet med evalueringen er at få et vidensgrundlag, som beslutningen om driftsfællesskabernes fremtid kan baseres på. Evalueringen skal således resultere i viden om ”det der fungerer godt og det der eventuelt kunne fungere bedre” i driftsfællesskaberne. Målgruppen for evalueringen er ledelsen i fsb.

RESULTS

Rapport: Evaluering af driftsfællesskaber i fsb - om beboervalgte og ansattes oplevelser af driftsfællesskaberne

FACTS
Task: Evaluation of the operating communities in fsb

Project owner: fab
Financed by: fsb
Role: Evaluator