CITY TERRITORIAL DISPARITIES How do we fight them

LOW INCOME Threshold of relative poverty: 21, 4% of Greece’s population / Same for

City center decline Ø Concentration of homelessness and drug addiction, Ø Anti-social behavior, Ø

1 ST GENERATION CHALLENGES Lack of connectivity (public transport to downtown location of social

2 ND GENERATION CHALLENGES Services dissemination & lots of referrals + Lack of Connectivity

What’s next? From integration to resiliency Establish and expand the integrative approach • Twin

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CITY TERRITORIAL DISPARITIES How do we fight them? THE CITY OF ATHENS’ PERSPECTIVE

LOW INCOME Threshold of relative poverty: 21, 4% of Greece’s population / Same for Athens. Athenian extreme poverty rate : 20, 6% (highest in Greece by far) Ø Approximately 138, 000 residents in Athens are lacking the basic necessities for survival. Ø + approximately 16, 000 immigrants and refugees currently located in Greece’s capital city. UNEMPLOYMENT National rates: 24, 5%, Attica region: 26, 7% Ø with a 50% youth unemployment Ø 75% of unemployed live under the poverty threshold Athens’ ID 670, 000 registered residents = Epicentre of Attica Region: 1/2 country’s population

City center decline Ø Concentration of homelessness and drug addiction, Ø Anti-social behavior, Ø Criminality, Ø Expanding gentrification trend. + N-W part = most vulnerable one Ø Income & energetic poverty, Ø Unemployment highest rate: 24% Ø Demographic density (more than 1/3 of the general Athenian population), Ø Majority of immigrants and refugees (in official&unofficial housing schemes).

1 ST GENERATION CHALLENGES Lack of connectivity (public transport to downtown location of social services provision) leading to Exclusion & ANSWERS ü Mobile Units providing home care to elders ü Streetworking for homeless ü Social Housing Network Decentralize by creating Networks & Proximity mobile units ü Municipal Clinics Network

2 ND GENERATION CHALLENGES Services dissemination & lots of referrals + Lack of Connectivity (data sharing, real time handling individualized & territorial approach) • ANSWERS & Integrated Social Services Network Through One-Stop-Shops Upon The already existing Municipal Clinics Network (aka SEPs) • Connectivity 2. 0 ESTI@ Project (creation of 2 SEPs) Where? Patissia Municipal Clinic (N-W area) + Solidarity Garrison (downtown Athens) • • What? Health care Psychosocial support Childcare Legal & employability counseling When? Right Now! Who? Consortium (Mo. A, NGOs, private, partner cities) How much? Ea. SI funding For how long? 2, 5 years

What’s next? From integration to resiliency Establish and expand the integrative approach • Twin project in Kypseli (N-W area) + • Converting the 5 remaining Municipal Clinics (ITI funding tool) • Applying casemanagement & referral digital system to all municipal services (including SEPs) Fight chronic stresses Long term unemployment by Complex & time consuming procedures ü Using SEPs + Central Job Center as social enterprises incubators ü Blend vulnerable groups ü Enforcing neighborhood identity & ownership ü Using Social Reference Procurement

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