Although İpsala is a small rural city, it has already an active Citizens' Assembly with 10 working groups. Three proposals of actions are planned to be realized in the framework of Responding Together project

Since 2009 the Mayor has tried to introduce some democratic infrastructure through establishing a Citizens’ Assembly (although there is no legal obligation to do so in Ipsala since its population is below the minimum number required by law to establish one). The aim of the Citizens’ Assembly was to enable every segment of society to be represented; support was given by the municipality in the form of a work venue. Its role is to find deficiencies and to inform the Municipality. The Mayor supported the innovative act and thus established the Assembly. He wanted to encourage all political parties, including the opposition, to hear and listen to the citizens' voices and to enable a complex group to come together. Meetings are held every 1, 2 or 3 months according to the agenda. The Leader of the Assembly is the Vocational Training School Director.

The Citizens' Assembly has 10 working groups: education, culture, sports, health, environment, infrastructure, tourism, international affairs, trade and consumer rights and natural disasters. There are 4 people in each group, hence total membership of the Assembly is 40.

Historically, the first settlement in Ipsala existed 8000 years ago when Vikings were also living there. It was a district capital during the Ancient Greek period and, during Ottoman times, horses were bred in Ipsala. It has been a new district since 1928 following the founding of the Turkish Republic. A booklet has been published on the History of İpsala in Turkish.

Today the total population is about 30,000 with 8,000 inhabitants living in the town centre. 30% of Turkey's rice production is based in East Thrace; there are about 200,000 hectares of rice fields in İpsala. There are three dams: two smaller ones and another that is as big as the country's GAP dam. The Maritsa River runs along the border with Greece (Bulgarian River Maritsa, Greek River Eros). The dam provides water for rice production in Ipsala, while the Bulgarians are hoping to produce electricity from the Maritsa. There are continual cultural and commercial relations with Bulgaria and Greece, and Trakyakent provides support for these relationships. Mayor Mehmet Karagöz attended the Bulgarian General Meeting of Local Authorities as a representative of Trakyakent; they have Thracian colleagues in Bulgaria and Ipsala is 4 kilometres from the Greek border. The commercial relations with Greece are very important, and as a town on the countries' border Ipsala has a very important role. It is the gateway to Europe with over 1 million vehicles crossing the border every year. It is a place of transition between Anatolia and Europe. There are twin-townings with Greek towns in the Sosti Region, with Alexandroupoli and Komotini in Greece, and Istabula in Bulgaria. Plans are underway for a similar twinning project with Hungary. As part of this project, citizens lunch together at weekends creating intercultural links and when Ipsala hosts festivals, Greek and Bulgarian populations are also invited. In addition to a Multiprogramme High School, an Anatolian High School, five primary schools and one kindergarten, there is a vocational training school that is a branch of Thrace University in Ipsala. In terms of services, all the local authority branches are here as well as a national branch of the Ministry of Forestry and Waterworks.

The Assembly is currently carrying out research and presenting proposals to the Municipality. Research has been conducted on numerous issues such as the falling population due to youth emigration; education levels of the town’s population; unemployment in the area; the urban living environment; and civil awareness. Solutions suggested have included creating accommodation for young people and students; creating a tourism campsite at the entrance of the village; renovating the historic bridge, Kemal Köprüsü; resolving problems of industrial pollution in Ergene, though this is on a national scale and over 14 years in debate. Furthermore, one of the biggest problems relates that prior efforts to improve public spaces by the Assembly are often undermined by vandalism and destruction by the local population – leading to suggestions for civil behaviour awareness-raising, or training for young persons and children. Proposals have been made but there is often no budget to implement them. In other instances, such as the bridge, a contract for its renovation was drawn up after the approval of the Earthquakes and Historic Buildings Council. The Thrace Development Agency is funding the renovation.

In terms of actions carried out: 1. To raise awareness about environmental issues the Assembly has organised the planting of a forest. The local authority provided the seeds following an Assembly group recommendation, then the entire Coordination group collaborated together to carry out the action. 2. There was a second project on pollution and litter. The Assembly, general public and children all worked together to collect litter on the streets and promote a "tidy town". 3. Concerning the rights of women, on 21st June a conference was held at the Local Authority Seminar Room. All women were invited with the aims to raise awareness about Women’s Rights. The day also involved a Midsummer Women’s festival.

Participation in Responding Together project (SPIRAL 1st cycle)

The Coordination Group has held 3 meetings over the last four weeks since the Project training on 6th March and has decided on three concrete proposals for actions ,which have since been presented in the Responding Together meeting with the Citizens’ Assembly Coordination Group (12 people present) on April 8th:

1. Women with no work experience receive training in sewing and embroidery in public training centres (there is a folk centre where this can be done). The women will work together to design income-generating ideas or product development to help reduce costs of decorations, etc. and to provide these products on a wider scale for parties, ceremonies and more. There were also suggestions that this training could be combined with food production knowledge, thus raising awareness about agricultural diversification and self-sufficiency. In addition, there were proposals for IT skills development in order to be able to blog and communicate on a wider scale. 2. Increase alternative agricultural products to diversify earnings: Honey production, perma-culture, greenhouse agriculture… projects planned for garden owners or those with access to gardens with an aim to hold a farmers' market, to increase health and nutrition, thus raising awareness on the importance of a balanced diet. The idea of using CSA system (agreement between producers and consumers) has been discussed. 3. Training in schools to increase family involvement in youth development… training to be delivered for families, including domestic training, family and psychological training for families.

Melgaço é uma vila raiana portuguesa no Distrito de Viana do Castelo, região do Norte e sub-região do Minho-Lima, com cerca de 1 500 habitantes.

É sede de um concelho com 238,25 km² de área e 9 213 habitantes (2011), subdividido em 13 freguesias. O município é limitado a norte e leste pela Espanha, a sudoeste pelo município de Arcos de Valdevez, e a oeste por Monção. É o município mais setentrional do país.

O ponto mais elevado do concelho situa-se no Giestoso, com 1 335 metros de altitude, na freguesia de Castro Laboreiro.

Em Melgaço existe toda uma tradição de contos e fábulas com criaturas fantásticas como arganões e outros seres com poderes mágicos. Esta cultura popular foi sendo transmitida oralmente ao longo de gerações, estando atualmente em declínio.

Paredes de Coura é uma vila portuguesa no Distrito de Viana do Castelo, região do Norte e sub-região do Minho-Lima.

É sede de um município com 138,19 km² de área e 9 198 habitantes (2011), subdividido em 16 freguesias. O município é limitado a norte pelos municípios de Valença e Monção, a leste por Arcos de Valdevez, a sul por Ponte de Lima e a oeste por Vila Nova de Cerveira.

O ponto mais alto do concelho situa-se no Corno do Bico, com 883 metros de altitude, na área da paisagem protegida com o mesmo nome.

Ponte do Lima é uma vila portuguesa no Distrito de Viana do Castelo, região do Norte e sub-região do Minho-Lima, com cerca de 5125 habitantes. É caracterizada pela sua arquitetura medieval e pela área envolvente, banhada pelo Rio Lima. É a vila mais antiga de Portugal.

É sede de um município com 320,25 km² de área e 43 498 habitantes (2011), subdividido em 39 freguesias, cujo presidente da Câmara Municipal é Victor Mendes. O município é limitado a norte pelo município de Paredes de Coura, a leste por Arcos de Valdevez e Ponte da Barca, a sueste por Vila Verde, a sul por Barcelos, a oeste por Viana do Castelo e Caminha e a noroeste por Vila Nova de Cerveira.

Localidade muito importante desde a era Romana, possuiu um Palácio da Corte do Reino de Leão, documentado por achados arqueológicos e outros documentos escritos.

Vila Nova de Cerveira (conhecida frequentemente apenas por Cerveira) é uma vila portuguesa no Distrito de Viana do Castelo, região do Norte e sub-região do Minho-Lima, com cerca de 1 400 habitantes.

É sede de um município com 108,47 km² de área e 9 253 habitantes (2011), subdividido em 11 freguesias. O município é limitado a nordeste pelo município de Valença, a leste por Paredes de Coura, a sueste por Ponte de Lima, a sudoeste por Caminha e a noroeste pela Galiza (concelhos do Rosal e Tomiño).

Île d'Yeu (French pronunciation: ​il djø) is an island and commune just off the Vendée coast of western France. The island's two harbours, Port-Joinville in the north and Port de la Meule, located in a rocky inlet of the southern granite coast, are famous for the fishing of tuna and lobster.

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Administratively, the commune of L'Île-d'Yeu (with that spelling) forms part of the Vendée department and the Pays de la Loire region of France.

The island is reached by ferry from Fromentine or Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. Air transportation is available at Île d'Yeu Aerodrome (IATA: IDY, ICAO: LFEY), with commercial service from Nantes Airport.

Neolithic markings in the native stone and an unusual concentration of megalithic dolmens and menhirs attest to the island's early sanctity.1 Irish monks from Bangor, County Down, dedicated their monastery on the Île d'Yeu to Hilaire; Saint Amand, from Poitou received early training there, but it was destroyed by Viking raiders in the ninth century.

During the tenth century, monks from Marmoutier near Tours and monks of Saint-Cyprien at Poitiers built a new monastery and dedicated it to Saint Stephen. The castle built on an islet linked to the coast by a bridge is first mentioned in 1356.

Since the nineteenth century Île d'Yeu has attracted many artists. Jean Rigaud (1912–1999), official painter to the French Navy, had a house there, as did Maurice Boitel (1919–2007). Jean Dufy (1888-1964) l made about twenty paintings of l'Ile d'Yeu during several summer stays between 1926 and 1930.

The proclaimed hero of Verdun and the leader of France's wartime collaborationist Vichy régime, Philippe Pétain, died in prison on the island in 1951 and is buried there.

The island's seaweeds have been the subject of studies by the French marine biologist Françoise Ardré.

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The Vieux-château de l'île d'Yeu ("Old castle of the Isle of Yeu") is a fortification île d'Yeu off the French Atlantic coast in the département of Vendée

Olivier IV de Clisson, a great builder of castles, undertook the work with the aim of protecting the islanders in the event of foreign invasion. The longest of these had been led by the famous English pirate, Robert Knolles, who managed to seize the castle in 1355 and occupied the island for 37 years. In 1381, the île d'Yeu was retaken during the reconquest of Poitou by Olivier V de Clisson

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During the Renaissance, Jean V de Rieux, master of the isle, erected towered walls around the castle. This type of construction was carried out by Italian engineers brought back from the Italian Wars by King Francis I. This protection proved effective in 1550 when several thousand Spanish soldiers attacked from the north. Held in check under the walls by the local garrison, they were forced to retreat by sea to the Iberian peninsula.

Later, Vauban perfected this style of military architecture for his famous forts. The Vieux-château, made obsolete by the construction between (1654 and 1660) of small coastal forts following Vauban's technique, was demolished at the end of the 17th century, along with several other ancient castles on the French coast, by order of Louis XIV, worried that they could be taken by an enemy and used as strong points.

The Vieux-château de l'Île d'Yeu has been classified as a Monument historique (Historic monument) since 1890.

Hergé was inspired by the Vieux-château in the design of The Adventures of Tintin comic The Black Island.

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Port-Joinville, situé sur la côte nord-est de l’île d'Yeu, accueille les ferrys en provenance de Fromentine-La Barre-de-Monts (pour 60 % d'entre eux), La Fosse-Barbâtre (Île de Noirmoutier) ou Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. En 2006, 746000 passagers ont emprunté son embarcadère1. Toponymie

Port Joinville s'est d'abord appelé "Port aux Bretons", puis "Port Breton" du fait que les marins bretons trouvaient là un refuge en haute mer dans une zone poissonneuse et y faisaient leur pose et leur ravitaillement avant de partir au loin ou de rejoindre leurs ports d'attache en Bretagne.

Au XVIIème siècle, en 1658, le port se voit offrir d'importants travaux d'extension et un creusement afin de recevoir des navires allant jusqu'à 200 tonneaux à la demande de Jeanne-Pélagie de Rieux d'Assérac et surtout de l'intendant du Roi Louis XIV, Fouquet, qui en contribuant à sécuriser l'ile et le port, nourrissait ses propres projets. C'est ainsi que Port Breton s'est appelé un temps "Port-Pélagie" en hommage à Jeanne-Pélagie de Rieux d'Assérac.

Puis il est baptisé au moment de la Révolution, "Port-de-la-Sans-Culotterie", avant de devenir définitivement "Port Joinville" le 4 février 1846, en remerciement à François-Philippe de Joinville qui avait fait construire les quais de la Chapelle et le brise-lames, et amélioré les défenses militaires.

Le brise-lames avait lui-même été edifié quelques années auparavant par des travaux qui durèrent de 1834 à 1843, pour protéger des courants de nord-est l'entrée du port tandis que l'estacade en forme de passerelle encadrant en parallèle la passe fut construite de 1880 à 1883 pour remplacer des tourelles de halage du coté est. Histoire

Jusqu'au XVIIe siècle, seul un petit port naturel existait, protégé par deux jetées de pierre. Il était apprécié comme étape entre Bordeaux et les ports du Nord, particulièrement par les marins bretons, d’où son nom de « Port aux Bretons » puis, plus tard, de « Port-breton »

Au XVIIe siècle, un nouveau quai fut construit. En 1846, le port fut rebaptisé Port-Joinville en l’honneur de François d'Orléans, prince de Joinville, qui avait contribué à son développement. Au XXe siècle, s’ajoutèrent un bassin, un port de pêche moderne et un port de plaisance. Depuis 2005, des catamarans peuvent être mouillés à côté de la gare maritime.

XXe siècle

Aménagements du port...

Le 19 février 1973, à 2 heures du matin, le cercueil du maréchal Pétain est enlevé par des membres d'un commando d’extrême-droite commandité par Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour (celui-ci n'étant pas présent sur les lieux) ; cet avocat célèbre, ancien candidat à l'élection présidentielle (1965) et sympathisant de l’OAS, avait monté cette opération dans le but de transférer la dépouille du Maréchal Pétain à l'ossuaire de Douaumont (Verdun). Ce transfert correspondait à un souhait de Pétain, tel qu’écrit dans son testament de 1938, qui souhaitait reposer auprès des centaines de milliers de soldats français qui y sont tombés. Mais l’enlèvement est découvert, le cercueil est caché dans un garage de Saint-Ouen, avant que les membres du commando soient arrêtés et révèlent le lieu où la dépouille du maréchal est cachée2. XXIe siècle Evolution des équipements du Port Économie Pêche

Pendant longtemps la pêche est demeurée la source principale de revenus de Port-Joinville, mais cette activité est en déclin. Un certain nombre d’usines de traitement des poissons ont été fermées et, en 2005, un grand hall de vente à la criée a été démoli. Tourisme

Aujourd’hui, le revenu des insulaires provient essentiellement du tourisme estival. Port-Joinville est apprécié pour son habitat original, constitué de typiques petites maisons blanches. Le long du port se trouvent de nombreux commerces liés à la pêche et aux pêcheurs, des bars et boutiques. À côté d’un grand supermarché, on trouve des petits détaillants traditionnels (boulangers, bouchers, ferronnerie).

La bicyclette est un moyen de déplacement particulièrement populaire sur l'île et de nombreux loueurs de vélos fleurissent. Des lignes de bus offrent une alternative aux voitures.

Lieux et monuments

Église Notre-Dame construite en 1828, située en haut de la rue Gabriel Guist'hau. Station de sauvetage en mer (à côté de la Poste) Musée de la pêche et musée local situé quai de la Chapelle. L’histoire et l'évolution de la pêche à travers le temps. Le musée mémorial de l'île d'Yeu (mémorial Pétain) situé rue du Marché. La stèle de la place de la Norvège. Sur le Port, le canot SNS052, "Patron Noe Devaud" baptisé du nom du patron du canot de sauvetage Paul Tourreil qui participa au sauvetage dramatique du cargo norvégien en 1917. Sur le Port, le Corsaire, dernier bateau en bois à "cul rond" de la flotte islaise, construit en 1963 qui fait l'objet de soins permanents.

Medidas tomadas pessoalmente por Wislen para diminuir o impacto de suas ações no emissão de gas de efeito estufa.

O maior impacto por enquanto é em relação às viagens de avião e alimentação.

Gostaria de achar fornecedores de frutas orgânicas, direto do produtor, ou pelo sistema das Amaps.

Tentarei, à longo prazo, achar um meio mais econômico de ir ao Brasil, por exemplo de navio.

- Transportes : 3,9 T de CO2

1 vôo Brasil - Europa + 2 ida/volta Paris-Lisboa

Eu não possuo carro, viajo principalmente de trem, onibus e transportes publicos.

- Alimentação : 2,3 T de CO2

A alimentação tem procedências variadas, com consumo de carnes que diminui cada vez mais (o que diminui o impacto de emissões de CO²). Além de produtos comprados direto do produtor e por meio da Amap. Tenho um alto consumo de frutas e sucos comprados no supermercado.

- Casa : 1 T de CO2

Meu atual alojamento é aquecido com madeira, retirada de arvores mortas, o impacto é praticamente nulo. O aquecimento da agua provém de painéis solares.

- Serviços publicos : 1,5 T de CO2

Quanto aos serviços publicos, existe uma emissão fixa.

- Consumo : 95 Kg de CO2

Meu consumo ja é bem baixo

Total dos 5 setores : Transportes - 3,9 T ; Alientação - 2,3 T ; Casa - 1 T ;  Serviços publicos - 1,5 T e Consumo - 95kg de CO2 = 8,8 T

Como a minha maior emissão de CO² concentra-se em transportes : viagens de avião, tentarei diminuir, na medida do possivel por viagens de trem ou carro compartilhado.

Para a alimentação, além da diminuição no consumo de carnes, tentarei comprar cada vez mais produtos orgânicos, e diretos do produtor, como frutas, onde tenho um alto consumo. Além disso, vou consumir mais sucos de frutas feitos em casa, que comprados no supermercado.

Famille de trois personnes: Karina, Daniele et bebé Massimiliano de 21 mois ( en Juin 2021)

Habitant à Bruxelles dans un appartement du centre ville. Karina et Daniele travaillent dans le tertiaire en ville.

Measures in the social sphere,support for the disadvantaged strata of society, guidelines for the "3rd sector", care

To have a pet, an animal to provide company, feelings towards pets, activities with pets, problems of pets