“A Tale of Two Cities”: Challenges to Urban Sustainability faced by Afro Europeans.

Sustainable Development

- a human rights based approach to development, concerned with the future

as well as the present.

... “make cities and human settlements

inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”

Sustainable Development Goal 11

BRISTOL EUROPEAN GREEN CAPITAL2015

Population- approximately ½ million.

Changing demographics- BME pop’n increased by

10% to 22% between 2001 & 2011.

- 50% + BME pop’n in some neighbourhoods.

People African Descent- approx. 6% of pop’n .

City of Sanctuary 2011

Structural Barriers

• Fiscal austerity• Inequality e.g. in education

& employment• low numbers of Afro

Europeans in policymaking & leadership

• Social deprivation in neighbourhoods with high density BME populations, e.g. poor housing, traffic

congestion, &air pollution.

… safe, resilient, inclusive, and sustainable ?

INCLUSIVE

Better access to justice, development, and other EU priorities on human rights is needed for PAD.

e.g. ‘mandatory anti racist training for all personnel in the field of law enforcement’, ENAR’s Draft Framework of National Strategies for tackling Afrophobia

SAFE

Community Development Community Outreach

RESILIENT

The Bristol Manifesto for Race Equality

Engaging community participation &

leadership through inclusive policy

building for impact in race equality and

urban sustainability.

CHALLENGES• < 10% of Bristol City Council

staff are BME; 3% earn £50,000+

• Policy development needed to raise awareness on International Decade for People of African Descent .

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BCC aims to change its resilience challenge into a resilience dividend i.e. “fall more safely and rebound more quickly” in times of natural disaster etc, Judith Rodin, Rockefeller Institute.

SUSTAINABLE

Awareness of human rights is needed to

empower PAD to attain sustainable

development goals, e.g. urban sustainability

and environmental equality.

The Role of Civil Society… create impact

through dialogue and tailor made

responses

to Afrophobia,other

manifestations of racism,

discrimination &inequality !

FINH. B. A. Olaiya, M.A., UWE Postgraduate Researcher

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