1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
1. Improve the quality of life of residents (Ref 1)
2. Create a new leisure space that serves to stimulate social cohesion and improve the surroundings of the neighborhood (Ref 1)
3. Create green spaces that will be a part of the green belt of the city, in order to preserve the value of the natural environment and the mountain traditions (Ref 1)
4. Generate an environmental culture, especially for children (Ref 6)
2. Create a new leisure space that serves to stimulate social cohesion and improve the surroundings of the neighborhood (Ref 1)
3. Create green spaces that will be a part of the green belt of the city, in order to preserve the value of the natural environment and the mountain traditions (Ref 1)
4. Generate an environmental culture, especially for children (Ref 6)
Quantitative targets
Create 23 different gardens, with each of the plots occupying 40 square meters. (Ref 1)
Monitoring indicators defined
Number of gardens created (Ref 1);
Area of plots [m2] (Ref 1)
Area of plots [m2] (Ref 1)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Implementation activities
The City Council's Area of Works and Services awards garden plots to different groups of people. The award is made through an open competition, for a term of 2 years, with the potential for a 1-year extension. Those awarded the plots are responsible for the maintenance of the space, and in the social activities that are carried out, including collaborating with the Children of the School Agenda 21 in promoting environmental values. Furthermore, the vegetables planted in the municipal plots cannot be sold to third parties (Ref 1)
The allocation of plots is as following: (Ref 1)
- 9 plots are for residents of the neighborhood. Residents between the ages of 18 and 24, or those over 65, are prioritized.
- 5 plots are for families in the neighborhood.
- 4 are for unemployed people in the neighborhood, with a priority for those unemployed for the longest time.
- 2 plots are for non-profit associations from the neighborhood.
- 2 are for people with disabilities or representative associations of people with disabilities. People with disabilities registered in the neighborhood, or associations with registered offices in the neighborhood, have higher priority.
- 1 plot is for non-profit associations in Bilbao, especially for those that promote the natural environment and social cohesion in Bilbao. Higher priority goes to: mountain groups, scout and leisure groups, parish groups, or social-educational intervention teams.
After the plots are rewarded, various environmental education activities are implemented. For example, municipal technicians provide a course on the basic rules of cultivation and operation in the orchards (Ref 6)
The allocation of plots is as following: (Ref 1)
- 9 plots are for residents of the neighborhood. Residents between the ages of 18 and 24, or those over 65, are prioritized.
- 5 plots are for families in the neighborhood.
- 4 are for unemployed people in the neighborhood, with a priority for those unemployed for the longest time.
- 2 plots are for non-profit associations from the neighborhood.
- 2 are for people with disabilities or representative associations of people with disabilities. People with disabilities registered in the neighborhood, or associations with registered offices in the neighborhood, have higher priority.
- 1 plot is for non-profit associations in Bilbao, especially for those that promote the natural environment and social cohesion in Bilbao. Higher priority goes to: mountain groups, scout and leisure groups, parish groups, or social-educational intervention teams.
After the plots are rewarded, various environmental education activities are implemented. For example, municipal technicians provide a course on the basic rules of cultivation and operation in the orchards (Ref 6)
Type of NBS project
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Please specify technological innovation
This NBS is a product innovation since community gardens are relatively new to Bilbao. But maybe its novelty consist in the fact that this action, to create community gardens, is done at an official level (1)
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
There is no mentioned that this NBS is copied from another project (1)
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
In 2017 the Bilbao neighborhood of Otxarkoaga-Txurdinaga joins the city's urban ecological project, with 56 new land located at the back of the Centro Formativo Otxarkoaga that will be cultivated by neighbors and long-term unemployed people of the neighborhood, non-profit associations and persons or associations of persons with disabilities. (5)
