Ciudad Mural – SDGs 16 and 17

The implementation process has the following steps: • Project planning (territory of implementation, schemes of financing and collaboration with stakeholders and local actors) • Territorial and community diagnosis (to develop operational strategies of community immersion, trust generation and involvement of actors.) • Call and selection of artists • Community consensus for the intervention • Training, habilitation and immersion as bases for intervention • Collective creation of murals • Closure of the community project that communicates the transformation carried out • Documentation of project results The exploration of the community starts with an invitation for all people to participate, which results in an encounter and dialogue. Houses are visited, the community is recognized, the streets are crossed and the local characteristics are investigated. An operations center is established and the 'key actors' of the community are identified to collaborate with the project. Simultaneously, the call for artists is made, with an emphasis on local artists. During the project, the artists, the Colectivo and the community live in the community, generating strong bonds of friendship and union. A participatory diagnosis is made through which the most important needs of the community are detected, from their own words, considering the ideas they have to solve them. There are also convivial meetings, neighborhood meetings and workshops that seek to strengthen the capacities of people in the community, as well as restore trust between neighbors. Elicit methods of conflict transformation are put into practice according to the theory of John Paul Lederach. Where the facilitator is a catalyst that highlights, brings to the front and existing communal knowledge related to conflicts between individuals, groups and communities. The methodology is structured under the structure of non-violence, achieving the active participation of the people interested in the transformation. Before beginning to paint, the artists are assigned a family. They interview and live with this family to generate the sketch together. After the approval of the family, a participatory feedback session is held among the artists. Also, at this time workshops are held with the community and the artists, in order to invite them to share their talents. In the collective mural painting, the community, volunteers and more people are invited to paint together. Finally, a closing ceremony is held with the artists and people who have participated in the organization of the project. The whole community is invited to a celebration and a tour through all the murals, where each one is explained. At the end of the tour, the food prepared by the community is shared. In 2018-2019 the Ciudad Mural project was subjected to an impact assessment study was carried out on the project. Using a sample of 8 cities, this mixed evaluation with quantitative and qualitative instruments considered the perspective of all stakeholders: local actors, community, concessionary, etc. It was carried out with technical rigor and endorsed by a group of 3 important institutions: Tec de Monterrey (University), Camino Colectivo and Adeco (NGOs). This stage of learning and continuous improvement helped to strengthen the management of the program and its results.