Image source: https://curingthelimbo.gr/
| Country | Greece | |
| City | Athens | |
| Name | Curing the Limbo | |
| Date | 2018 | |
| Description of the project | The “Curing the Limbo” project capitalises on Athens’ vibrant civil society to help refugees and the local unemployed to overcome the stage of inertia.
The program develops around a circular “gift” system, addressing the twofold issue of both housing and inactivity: Refugees receive affordable living spaces from the city’s available housing stock and in return, they work for the public benefit, supporting the needs of the local community and participating in citizen-led activities that improve quality of life in Athenian neighborhoods. Beneficiaries receive on-the-job training supervised by the University of Athens, which includes language learning, psycho-social support, “street law” knowledge and other basic social and soft skills. These skills are tailored to the beneficiaries’ needs and are offered in an integrated way, during which other parallel activities are also gradually introduced. The modality of exchange is developed around the incentives given both to tax-paying proprietors of currently empty spaces as well as to the beneficiaries through their integrated inclusion in the city. |
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| Urban Co-Governance | Moderate | |
| Enabling State | Weak | |
| Pooling | Moderate | |
| Experimentalism | Weak | |
| Tech Justice | N/A | |
| Project Website | https://curingthelimbo.gr/en/home | |
| References, sources, contact person(s) | https://uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/athens
Contact : Haris Biskos, cbiskos@gmail.com Antigone Kotanidi, Project manager
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