In this process first the inhabitants and local organizations are empowered and reinforced by NGOs. These NGOs also facilitate the link between the people and the municipality and project developers in order to enhance the participation. In this participatory system the large stakeholders (that are the municipality and the project developer) form workgroups with local stakeholders (which are less professional and often volunteering organizations) to create action plans and to develop a local strategy for the urban renewal of the neighbourhood. In the scenario this stage is translated in the development of program for the female user groups as schools, child day care centers, greenhouses, tea houses and so
on. If the development of this programmatic cluster is successful, specialized NGOs can be attracted and get involved in the growth of the program (which is in this case the local food production) by developing educational facilities for the women, shops to sell the local products, restaurants using the local products in their kitchen and other similar programs. The map on the next page (figure 12.2) demonstrates this development scenario. Also the future development is shown as a next step in the ongoing transformation and regeneration of the neighbourhood when following the proposed method and the participatory planning model.
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