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Karen Bebelaar

About: I am a policy advisor for FORUM, the Dutch institute for multicultural development. I'm involved in several topics, such as (green) public space, diversity in nature & environment, the 'Space for Contact' funding sceme, Resident Housing Workshops and other innovative ways to involve both residents and professionals. In my own city of Rotterdam I am involved in community arts projects and a voluntary organisation which gives Dutch lessons to migrant women.
I would like to meet people interested in public space and in creating sustainable relations between groups of people with different backgrounds.

Title policy advisor Program Housing and Districts
Organisation FORUM; Institute for Multicultural Development; The Netherlands
Interests (a green) public space, diversity, resident participation, sustainable contacts between (groups of) people
What topics are on your radar? how to use community art projects to encourage contacts between people, the impact of public spaces on the intercultural city, R4R - Residents for Regeneration (www.r4r-europe.com), european centre on public space
What topics are you an expert in? resident participation, resident housing workshops (www.woonateliers.nl), social olympics conference (involving professionals and residents in the future of the neighbourhood), Space for Contact (Dutch funding scheme)
What are your cities? Rotterdam
What do you want from Intercultural Cities? explore new ideas about people living and playing together, exploring possibilities for a practical network on Public Space

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Jude Bloomfield:

Dear Karen,
Many thanks for the e.mail but unfortunately when I tried to download the pdf onthe Social Olympics the whole e.mail disappeared. Please resend the info. I am veyr interested as I am working onthe Olympic zone in London.
All the best
Jude

Karen Bebelaar:

Dear all of you that I met at the conference,
I do have some information in English about our Social Olympics Conference, designed to ensure equal influence on all involved. It is not yet on our website yet. If you are interested, just sent me a message!
Karen

Jude Bloomfield:

Dear Karen,
very interested in your work and would like to link up with you but I don't know how to blog or become a friend as yet. The will is there though!
Love jude

Hilary Hughes:

Karen, could you give me some more information on the olympics and 5 rings process that you talked about in Richard Brecknock cafe... I wrote somethings down..but not enough...!!
Take a look at placespaceidentity.net and go to the blogspot and the Clay project for our latest project and ideas on how to make sustainable conatct between groups of people.
Hilary