Last spring, our intern, Rafael went to Rio de Janeiro, in the framework of our project to support the implementation and dissemination of a model of CLT in Brazil.
program : visit of the pilot communities, meetings and interview of the inhabitant·es, observation, participatory methods, and exchanges with the local partner.
Informal interviews held on-site were able to highlight one of the issues of the highest ranked : the mobilization of the community in the process of creation of formal organizations of the inhabitant·es, such as associations or collectives, which would allow them to manage themselves, their place of residence.
This international cooperation project aims to promote tenure security and the strengthening of urban communities vulnerable through the development of a Community Land Trust (CLT) in Brazil. UrbaMonde provides technical assistance to Catalytic Communities – our local partner in the formulation and development of different local policies, as well as in reflection and evaluation of the activities and results of the project throughout its implementation.
The adaptation of the model CLT to the brazilian reality turns out to be very important in the context of favelas and slums where the risk of forced displacement and gentrification once the land regularization materialized are very present. learn more
