Rio's Municipal Sustainability Strategy

"Léo Dias is an architect of complex improbable bridges. He designs projects that connect people who would never meet: Organic and natural leaders from Rio's favelas, multinationals with a social agenda, and the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro. Leonardo's innovative bridges sustain the dialogue in the diveded city of Rio de Janeiro."
- Renato Pereira, City Government of Rio de Janeiro, Head of Policy and Public Affairs

Services:

Sustainability strategy
Project co-creation
Coalition building / collective impact facilitation
Narrative designing

Partners:

PROLE
Prefecture of Rio de Janeiro

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Context:

Brazil and Rio de Janeiro have a powerful agenda with the Olympic Games 2016 and the World Cup 2014 along with a surge in private investment. There is now a unique opportunity to achieve greater and collective impact through building alliances, PPP - public-private partnership - and project implementation to enhance social, environmental and economic development.

Challenges:

Deliver communication plan for citizen participation within the Olympic Games and World Football Cup frameworks
Plan projects to maximize legacy for Rio de Janeiro inhabitants, supporting the communication plan (focused on poor communities and favelas)

Social Technology methodology: