In recent weeks, residents and pedestrians from the street from Flanders to Brussels found Jeroen Peters, squatter's No. 100. The opinions posted on the window of the building of the eighteenth century Property neglected by CPAS for ten years, telling his story. The video "The delicate balance" posted on www.vimeo.com can find out more.
Initially an occupation "without right or title" but by dint of hard work and investment, Peters opened an original space, "T'Evenwicht / The Balance" , art gallery like no other meeting place open to neighbors and the needy. Some artists display; homeless live there. Openings and social meal after another.
But now, "T'Evenwicht / The Balance" is not in the plans of the CPAS, whose president Yvan Mayeur (PS), announced that the squatter and his guests should vacate to make way for a commercial ground floor and housing, after a demolition / reconstruction. An expulsion decision is rendered. The district takes action in favor of maintaining the balance.
is where we are today.
My question: a dynamic and flexible administration is possible?
The institutional logic would like this: democratic bodies anticipate and plan, individual decisions arising from this general framework as is needed, no question of departing from it. Exit therefore Jeroen.
A teleological approach - which focuses on the purpose-consider the issue from another angle. We know that the best social symbioses are of spontaneous origin. The best urban planners and sociologists have good planning and harmonious social mix, their plans are not enough. Put more simply: how planners do not dream of seeing emerge in their ideal city art gallery with a social, open to its urban environment? The kind of companies that can not be decreed, that social workers can not invent, but which arise from a competition happy circumstances, a magical personality, history, motivation, strength and meeting with a place, at one point.
course, the project is outside the conventional patterns and administrative evaluation of its social contribution is not something easy (it can also be said for conventional initiatives). But again, the public interest must also be able to gauge outside the usual measuring instruments.
My purpose here is not to say "Jeroen must remain" but to ask the question: Is the CPAS can actually measure the contribution to the city and its inhabitants spontaneous social that place? Can he, on the basis of this assessment, differ-if-track purely administrative leaving the initiative to deploy and inventing a framing device appropriate? The question is obviously more general public management dynamic is possible? Are the authorities able to make room for voluntary initiatives, adding value to society, when they emerge?
Yvan Mayeur, president of the CPAS and Socialist member of Parliament, recently took over its account, with Jean Cornil, the slogan "another world is possible", he added later: "We must dare to challenge production patterns that threaten the quality of life. "
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