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The aim is to promote the acquisition and deepening of knowledge on issues related to the practice of good and sustainable administration of the common good and of the ways and strategies, including innovative ones, to decline public service policies and its action, improving their nature and quality. The training is characterised by laboratory and experiential practice and is held both in the classroom and \u2018in the field\u2019, at places that are the subject of urban experimentation or sites of state-of-the-art monitoring and management platforms.<\/p>\n\n<p>A second training module entitled \u2018Protecting the Future\u2019, organised by PoliTO per il Sociale, will illustrate theories and practices on the themes of participation and co-design.<\/p>\n\n<p>The addressees of the initiative are young administrators, under 35 or newly appointed, and young people under 29, in order to approach active citizenship paths by reducing the gap between politics and institutions, addressing topics that aim to increase passion for the common good, public commitment, value ethics and aimed at deepening topical issues.<\/p>\n\n<p>At the end of the cycle, FULL issues a report to summarise the themes and methods of the initiative, a charter of intentions with the motions expressed by the course participants to be submitted to the administration, and the four-episode podcast \u2018Zeta\u2019.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course program<\/h2>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 21, 2025 \u2013 Visions for a fairer future<\/h3>\n\n<p>\u2022 At OGR<br\/>\u2022 Loris Servillo, Mauro Fontana, Erica Mangione, Manuela Ronci \u2013 Polytechnic University of Turin\/FULL<br\/>Presentation of the course program and objectives.<br\/>Lecture on the challenges of planning and managing contemporary cities and the importance of thinking about the city of the future in the context of the \u201cjust city,\u201d in line with SDG 11 of the UN Agenda: \u201cMake cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 28, 2025 \u2013 Regeneration of urban spaces &amp; community spaces<\/h3>\n\n<p>\u2022 Presso Scuola primaria \u201cG. Parini\u201d \u2013 Corso Giulio Cesare 26<br\/>\u2022 Cristiana Rossignolo \u2013 Politecnico di Torino, Monica Postiglione e Anna Pratt \u2013 esperte della materia<br\/>Spazi di comunit\u00e0 come hub ibridi sociali-culturali.<br\/>\u2022 At the \u201cG. Parini\u201d Primary School \u2013 Corso Giulio Cesare 26<br\/>\u2022 Cristiana Rossignolo \u2013 Turin Polytechnic, Monica Postiglione and Anna Pratt \u2013 experts in the field<br\/>Community spaces as hybrid social-cultural hubs.<br\/>The presentation will explore the role of urban regeneration of common goods in Italy, analyzing approaches, policies, and tools available to cities and citizens. We will start from the experience of community spaces as cultural hubs, highlighting their impact on urban dynamics and social and institutional innovations. Within this framework, we will present the results of the SPAZI DI COMUNIT\u00c0 (COMMUNITY SPACES) research project, carried out in 2024 by NUVAP (Nucleo di Valutazione e Analisi per la Programmazione, Evaluation and Analysis Unit for Planning) at the Department for Territorial Cohesion of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, as part of the SI.VALUTA project. The research analyzed these practices at the national level, with a focus on significant experiences in the Turin area.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April 11, 2025 \u2013 Space justice and social justice in the transition towards fairer roads.<\/h3>\n\n<p>\u2022 At the Mollino Room of the Valentino Castle<br\/>\u2022 Gabriele D&#8217;Adda and Elisa Vitale \u2013 Polytechnic University of Turin\/FULL<br\/>Reflections, starting from the \u201cJust Streets\u201d project, on spatial justice and social justice in the context of the transition to active and sustainable mobility and the creation of fairer streets. In order to make the transition from car-dominated streets to public spaces characterized by active mobility and a variety of uses, it is essential not only to take into account but also to prioritize the needs and visions of social groups that are often underrepresented in urban planning. A \u201ccritical walk\u201d is planned in the pedestrianized area of San Salvario.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">May 9, 2025 \u2013 Green\/blue infrastructure and the environmental transition<\/h3>\n\n<p>\u2022 At OGR<br\/>\u2022 Manuela Ronci and Tymon Wolender \u2013 Polytechnic University of Turin\/FULL<br\/>Strategic planning in river environments<br\/>The first part of the meeting will take the form of a lecture and will consist of a theoretical introduction, an overview of the evolution of the main planning approaches, and an in-depth analysis of international case studies, characterized by different focuses and scales of intervention.<br\/>The second part of the afternoon will be dedicated to workshop activities. Starting from a reflection on key issues in the transformation of urban river areas, related to the content of the lecture and applicable to the context of Turin, the workshop will aim to identify areas with regenerative potential and to develop macro-objectives\/strategies\/actions that could potentially be applied in the river areas of the city of Turin.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">May 23, 2025 \u2013 Digital infrastructure<\/h3>\n\n<p>\u2022 At OGR and the nearby Energy Center<br\/>\u2022 Maria Ferrara \u2013 Polytechnic University of Turin\/FULL\/EST@EnergyCenter team<br\/>Digital Twin and climate city contract<br\/>The meeting aims to outline the potential offered by digital twins on an urban scale to support the design, implementation, and monitoring of sustainability policies for cities. In this regard, the European context will be analyzed, and in particular the response of pilot cities to the EU Mission \u201cClimate Neutral and Smart Cities,\u201d including the City of Turin. The meeting will conclude at the Decision Theater of the Energy Center of the Polytechnic University of Turin, with a demonstration of the current capabilities of the digital platform under development to support the drafting and monitoring of the Climate City Contract of the City of Turin, outlining its potential for further development and replicability in other urban contexts.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 6, 2025 \u2013 Intangible culture \u2013 data and citizen science<\/h3>\n\n<p>\u2022 At Officine Creative (Cecchi Point)<br\/>\u2022 Sofia Fellini and Tommaso Listo, Polytechnic University of Turin\/FULL<br\/>Data and citizen science<br\/>The meeting will be structured as follows: 1) a theoretical lesson on citizen science as a practice of knowledge construction and exchange between the public and institutions; 2) a visit to La Biblioteca dell&#8217;Aria, a citizen science project based at Officine Creative; 3) a workshop activity, in which participants will be asked to work in small groups and propose a possible citizen science project on issues relevant to their local areas, to be discussed collectively.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 13, 2025 \u2013 Young people and public engagement<\/h3>\n\n<p>\u2022 At OGR<br\/>\u2022 Loris Servillo, Mauro Fontana, Erica Mangione, Manuela Ronci \u2013 Politecnico di Torino\/FULL<br\/>Final lesson in which participants are guided through a review of the course content, with the aim of presenting their images of the city of the future through two in-person activities:<br\/>\u2022 Drafting a letter of intent to be presented to the City of Turin<br\/>\u2022 The creation of an informative podcast together with a radio communication expert<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PROTECTING THE FUTURE \u2013 curated by PoliTO for Social Issues<\/h2>\n\n<p>June 19, 2025 \u2013 Theories and practices on participation and co-design<br\/>\u2022 At Castello del Valentino or online<\/p>\n\n<p>June 26, 2025 \u2013 Practical workshop on participation and co-design<br\/>\u2022 At Valentino Castle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the framework of the \u201cZeta lab\u201d project, promoted by the City of Turin and funded by the Piedmont Region, FULL delivers seven workshops in a training module called \u201cImmaginare il futuro (Imagining the future)\u201d. 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