The Cabildo of Lanzarote, through the area of Open Government, organizes citizen participation days in which human rights, equality, participation, sustainability and employment will be discussed. Under the name 'Lanzarote Participa', this meeting will take place on December 13 and 14 in the Assembly Hall of the first island corporation.
'Lanzarote Participa is a two-day meeting aimed at the main groups, associations and social agents, with the aim of promoting and implementing the culture of citizen participation from a strategic vision to review those issues and relevant issues that concern citizens and provide solutions and experiences that help improve the quality of life of the islanders', explains the councilor Jorge Peñas.
To this end, these days will structure open spaces for dialogue and exchange, with talks by experts on significant issues and the presentation of successful cases in participation processes carried out both in Lanzarote and in neighboring islands.
'Lanzarote Participa invites us to build a collective debate and draw a roadmap with concrete and creative solutions that look to the future, promoting, on the one hand, social transformation towards open and participatory governance and, on the other, co-creating a more sustainable island and better prepared for the challenges of today and tomorrow', adds Peñas
Program and registration
The president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, María Dolores Corujo, and the Minister of Open Government, Jorge Peñas, will be in charge of inaugurating these conferences on December 13, at 4.30 pm.
After that, the general director of Citizen Participation of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, Jorge P. Artiles, will speak, who will talk about the process for the candidacy of Risco Caído and Montañas Sagradas of Gran Canaria to the World Heritage of Unesco.
Subsequently, citizen participation processes carried out in Lanzarote will be presented, such as 'Conecta Tías', the participatory budgets of Yaiza or the Community Intervention project of San Bartolomé, for which the councilors of the municipalities responsible for them will be present.
Likewise, citizen participation experiences developed in other places of the Canary Islands will be presented by some of the promoters and participants in these projects.
On Wednesday the 14th, starting at 4.30 pm, five sectoral participation tables will be held that will be focused on the following topics: diversity and equality, energy and water, human rights, territory and participatory architectures, and employment.
After that, at 5.45 pm, there will be another sectoral table, in this case of island councilors, in which political representatives from different councils of the Canary Islands will participate.
Finally, at 8.00 pm the activity 'The Parliament of the future' will take place, which will bring the conferences to an end.
Those interested in attending 'Lanzarote Participa' can do so freely and free of charge, after registering on this link.