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The Association of Neighbors (AVV) of the Station Station of Cartagena hosted Tuesday May 30 a 'Day of Neighborhood Coexistence' in which they discussed and contributed ideas and reflections to promote the participation and active involvement of neighbors in life The neighborhood and the town.

An event that falls within the Intercultural Community Intervention Project (ICI) organized by the La Caixa Social Work and in which the City Council of Cartagena and the Cepaim Foundation collaborate.

At the beginning of the day the Councilor for Social Services, Carmen Martín del Amor, received with a few words to the participants in which she thanked the work carried out by the Obra Social La Caixa, Fundación Cepaim and all the agents involved in this project.

He also stressed the importance of it to "contribute to the construction of a sense of identity and belonging to our neighborhoods and our municipalities, taking into account the cultural diversity of them."

In the act, wrapped by neighbors of the neighborhood, among which was the spokesperson of the municipal group Cartagena Sí Se Puede, Pilar Marcos, also intervened the president of the AVV, Fulgencio Sánchez, and the coordinator of the center of Cartagena Cepaim Foundation For the ICI project, Pedro López.

The event presented the community activities and the evolution of the work plan developed during this last month.

After this first part, through a group dynamics, the participants reflected on guidelines and strategies to improve the involvement and active participation as neighbors in the community process that since July 2014 is being developed in the Historic Center and Sector Station, to conclude with a Debate on experiences of citizen participation.

The smaller ones also had their space in the area adjacent to the AVV premises, where they have enjoyed an open-air playroom in which, through play, they have also contributed their peculiar way of building their neighborhood.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena