EXAMPLE 2 | CHILDREN’S PARLIAMENT

Slovenia, 1990-ongoing The Slovenian Children’s Parliament has been running yearly since 1990. It comprises more than 200 primary schools from all over the country. Each

EXAMPLE 3 | POTOCINE

Bogotá, Colombia, 2016 ‘Potocine’ is a self-construction and self- management project for the first community cinema in Ciudad Bolívar, a district of Bogotá, which has

EXAMPLE 4 | GROWING UP BOULDER

Boulder, United States, 2009 / ongoing ‘Growing up Boulder’ is an initiative by the University of Colorado, the City of Boulder, and the Boulder Valley

EXAMPLE 6 | HABITARTE

Bogotá, Colombia, 2004 / ongoing ‘HabitARTE’ is an urban art-based upgrading programme administered by the Housing Department of the City of Bogotá. It seeks to

EXAMPLE 9 | MOVING SCHOOL

Mae Sot, Thailand, 2012 Displaced communities generally do not have the right to own land in host countries, therefore infrastructure interventions provided by aid agencies

EXAMPLE 11 | EDGE OF PLAY

Talbiyeh Refugee Camp, Jordan, 2008 Part of UNRWA’s Talbiyeh Camp Improvement programme, ‘Edge of Play’ is a pilot project that focuses on community participation. Aimed

EXAMPLE 13 | PLAY LAB

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 2017 – Ongoing Led by BRAC, the Play Lab project offers children in poor and displaced communities access to play activities, essential

EXAMPLE 14 | LAUGHTER TO LEBANON

Lebanon, 2018 – Ongoing The Laughter to Lebanon initiative is run by The Flying Seagull Project team, a group of actors, artists and musicians that

EXAMPLE 15 | SCHOOL GARDENS

Milan, Italy, 2012 / 2014 This project is a collaboration between several organisations including Legambiente, ABCittà, the municipality of Milan, Amici del Parco Trotter and

EXAMPLE 16 | KIDS IN NATURE

Rajasthan, India, Ongoing The Hope Project in India is creating a nature retreat in Ranthambore, a town in Rajasthan that is easily accessible from New

EXAMPLE 17 | CREZCO CON MI BARRIO

Bogotá, Colombia, 2017 Crezco con mi barrio (I grow with my neighbourhood), the children’s priority zone pilot project, is a programme supported by the Bernard

EXAMPLE 19 | IBTASEM PLAYGROUND

Bar Elias, Lebanon, 2015 This project comprises a playground design that built the capacity of local providers to use a new construction technique using existing

EXAMPLE 20 | JARAHIEH SCHOOL

Al Marj, Lebanon, 2016 The Jarahieh School project provided a good quality educational space for Syrian refugee children in Lebanon, enabling them to be active

EXAMPLE 21 | PAPER LOG HOUSE

Kobe, Japan, 1995 Since the 1994 conflict in Rwanda where Shigeru Ban was a consultant for the United Nations, he has provided humanitarian design as

EXAMPLE 23 | RE:BUILD

Jordan, 2016 ‘RE:BUILD’ is an innovative construction system designed to provide safe, high-quality structures in refugee camps. Depending on need, each structure can be used,

EXAMPLE 24 | IBTASEM PLAYGROUND

Bar Elias, Lebanon, 2015 In Lebanon, the United Nations and other humanitarian organisations have delivered some support to Syrian refugees, but the informal settlements within

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