Laia Baró-Gómez
Community development
Reviving the Strandja–Sakar region
The Strandzha – Sakar region is one of the regions in Bulgaria suffering from depopulatation. The population still living in the region faces major problems such as unemployment, aging, lack of acce…
Community development | Social inclusion
NO LIMITS to connect
Based on our professional and personal experience we conclude that people with disabilities are uninformed regarding their rights, opportunities, and ways for inclusion into general public. Appropria…
Community development | Education and research
Family-Educators Station for Thriving Community
Family is a human envelope in which people as individuals prepare for their actions/missions in society. But "it takes a village to raise a child", so educators and community play an important role t…
Community development | Social inclusion
Kitchen connects tastes and cultures
People, especially young ones, are increasingly staying in their apartments where they spend time on smart gadgets. Social contact between people is very limited, sometimes only possible through onli…
Community development | Environment and sustainability
Where Tomato means Paradise
“Paradicsom” is a homonymous word in Hungarian: stands for the vegetable tomato and also means Paradise. Our community space “Paradicsom'' connects diverse groups with its social and physical infrast…
Social inclusion | Youth participation and empowerment
Empowering Youth for Adulthood
To provide a non-profit accommodation in a healthy and structured environment for young people who are moving to independence. They receive assistance in finishing their studies and gain life skills…
Community development
THE RIGHT TO THE VILLAGE - retaking rural commons
Are social rights territory and age determined? Oh, yes-they are! What if just representation in economy, politics and media was the norm for those living outside big cities? Join us on a ride called…
winner
Environment and sustainability
Islands of Hope
Small islands are renowned sources of natural richness and cultural diversity. Yet their fate is often decided in urban political centres, while community voices, untrained in structured dialogue, ar…
Environment and sustainability | Community development