CO/ALIGN

Civil society organizations (CSOs) are pivotal players in 15-minute City transformations, bridging gaps between citizens and decision-makers and connecting technical mobility discourses to local needs. Despite this, CSOs face significant obstacles, including limited resources, political resistance, and restricted access to decision-making processes. CO/ALIGN investigates and leverages the transformative capacity of coalitions between CSOs, multi-level urban governments and knowledge institutions in advancing sustainable mobility transitions, and collaboratively develops inclusive participatory strategies to scale up these coalitions from the street or neighborhood level. It addresses the following objectives: develop a European-wide ATLAS of CSO tactics, strategies, and coalitions; understand how transformative change is achieved; test and evaluate strategies for inclusive upscaling. CO/ALIGN tackles these objectives through a comparative analysis in Antwerp, London, Turin, Cluj, and Barcelona. Its practical output is a COMPENDIUM: a hands-on toolbox with actionable frameworks supporting coalitions in their pursuit towards community-centered 15-minute City transformations.