{"id":43959,"date":"2018-05-31T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/?p=43959"},"modified":"2018-06-11T12:41:23","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T15:41:23","slug":"new-digital-platform-connects-community-projects-and-businesses-in-mare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=43959","title":{"rendered":"New Municipal Digital Platform Connects Favela Projects and Businesses in Mar\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clique aqui para Por<\/strong>tugu\u00eas<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

On May 25, Rio de Janeiro municipality’s urban planning and research institute, the\u00a0Pereira Passos Institute<\/a>\u00a0(IPP), presented its city-wide information sharing platform, Rede Comunit\u00e1ria Integrada<\/a> (Integrated Community Network, or RCI) to an audience in the favelas of\u00a0Complexo da Mar\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0in the city\u2019s North Zone<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The RCI, still in its initial phase following a launch in December of last year<\/a>, serves as a digital network for users to create, share, and search public profiles. The platform is designed for users to advertise and find<\/a> \u201cresumes, services, projects, companies, NGOs, events, governmental and private institutions, and other actions related to economic and social development in the communities of Rio de Janeiro.\u201d The portal, and its pilot implementation in Mar\u00e9, was a promise laid out in Mayor Crivella’s municipal Strategic Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Pereira Passos Institute hopes the RCI will facilitate information sharing between communities, connecting candidates to job opportunities and giving greater visibility to local events, services, and organizations. Despite all Rio has to offer, events and services often go underutilized. \u201cLast Monday,\u201d said the IPP\u2019s Andrea Pulici \u201c[Mar\u00e9 NGO] Luta Pela Paz<\/a> held a job fair. The other institutions here had no idea it was going on.\u201d With the RCI, the IPP hopes to change that.<\/p>\n

Aside from public profiles, the portal includes a job search function, a virtual library stocked with websites and resources, and an interactive map displaying the locations of community services and events. The format is the result of a three-phase process of focus group consultation with Mar\u00e9 residents, conducted with support from the World Bank as part of the city project Rio de Excel\u00eancia<\/a>. Portal data is currently available for Complexo da Mar\u00e9 and the IPP intends to expand the RCI to other communities shortly.<\/p>\n

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Among those who participated in RCI\u2019s community consultation process was lifelong Mar\u00e9 resident Begha Silva, who gained nationwide attention<\/a>\u00a0in 2015 for his Cineminha do Beco<\/a> project, a free itinerant movie theater he created for the children of Mar\u00e9. For Silva, the RCI was a welcome initiative. \u201cIt\u2019s another tool for people to hear about what is happening here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Also present at Friday\u2019s event was Patricia Moura from the art collective Mar\u00e9 Faz Arte<\/a>. Commenting on the multitude of artisans active in Mar\u00e9, Moura said she had long thought that local artists deserved more visibility around the city. \u201cI thought, why don\u2019t we bring this out into the open? But it\u2019s difficult.\u201d She approved of the RCI, saying, \u201cit\u2019s showing our work to whoever wants to see it, but also to those who want to participate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"RCI<\/a><\/p>\n

The RCI\u2019s greatest potential may lie in its ability to show the rest of the city the ingenuity and vibrance<\/a> that lies within Rio\u2019s favelas. Pi\u00ea Garcia of the\u00a0Favelas Observatory<\/a>\u00a0emphasized this point: \u201cWe are a territory of great potential\u2026 though historically seen as a place of violence and of absence<\/a>. Having tools to talk about the favela in a different way is really important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Check out the RCI here<\/a>\u00a0to get a glimpse of what communities like Mar\u00e9 have to offer.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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