Presentation of the Tópio's Pilot Phase in Thessaloniki, Greece December 2015 - May 2016 Tópio's pilot was implemented thanks to the support of the START: Create Cultural Change, a program of the Robert Bosch Stiftung conducted in cooperation with the Goethe Institut Thessaloniki and the Bundesvereinigung Soziokultureller Zentren e.V.

2. Embedded Educational Program
on Active Citizenship

3. 1. Exclusion from Decision Making
2. Exclusion from Public Space
3. No Active Participation
4. Neglected Public Realm

4. Engagement
Empowerment
Expression

5. Pilot Phase:
December 2015 – May 2016
19th Lyceum of Thessaloniki
My Neighbourhood

6. Marasli Street,

7. DECEMBER
2015
jANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
2016
INTERVENTION #1
INTERVENTION #2
INTERVENTION #3
T R A I N I N G
PLACEGAME

11. Generation of
Active Citizens
on a
Neighbourhood
Level
CREATIVE
PLACEMAKING
VISION

12. TRAINING INTERVENTION #1
INTERVENTION #2INTERVENTION #3
YOUTH

13. Which is my
neighbourhood?

14. What do I do in my
neighbourhood?

15. I live in my neighbourhood, I’m an
active citizen...

16. What I do or don’t like in:
- My school
- My neighbourhood
- My city

18. In my City,
I don’t like...
...the white
walls
...the dirt in the
streets

19. In my City,
I do like...
...the beautiful
people

20. Which spaces do I want to improve
in my neighbourhood?

23. INTERVENTION #1

27. INTERVENTION #2

32. PLACE GAME

35. INTERVENTION #3

36. *in Greek, “komple” is slang for “all fine”
and an acronym for “Active Piece of City”

41. THE BRIGHT FUTURE

42. Thank you very much!
Contact Tópio:
Facebook: Tópio
Blog: www.topioplacemaking.tumblr.gr
Email: vivian.doumpa@gmail.com
With the support of:
stART is a program of the Robert Bosch Stiftung conducted in
cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki and the
Bundesvereinigung Soziokultureller Zentren e.V. (German
Association of Sociocultural Centers)