2022 Award "Best Practice in Citizen Participation"
16th Edition
Establishment of environmental houses in the neighbourhoods of 22 districts of Tehran
In order to educate people and create culture and environmental awareness in society and also planning for the participation of citizens in protection of the environment of Tehran, the General Department of Environment and Sustainable Development of Tehran Municipality develop environmental houses in 22 districts of Tehran in 2016, that follows two main objectives such as Empowering citizens and carrying out small-scale projects which improve the neighbourhood environment. The neighbourhood environmental houses have started operating in the neighbourhood house structure.
Neighbourhood environmental house with consideration Main topics of urban environment protection (including protection of plant and animal environment, reduction of water pollution and optimization of water consumption, using clean energy and optimization of energy consumption, reduction of soil pollution, reduction of producing waste and separation from origin and reduction of air and audio pollution), operates in 4 main groups: 1- Biodiversity and rich nature 2- Clean water and clean energy 3- Clean land 4- Clean air
Through the formation of environmental houses in the neighbourhoods of Tehran, citizen participation in decisions, planning and all stages of implementation and monitoring and control of the urban environment has been created as one of the important tools to empower people to participate in the elimination and improvement. The urban environment has been raised. What is important in this is the participation of citizens in all stages of urban environmental management and that coordinated management of the urban environment, not by providing the city for the people, but by the people, with the people, provides a way for them to participate in the environment.
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