Launch Event of the Travel Guide on Restorative Cities

The EFRJ Working Group on Restorative Cities (WGRC) was established in 2018 to bring together different local experiences that have the intention of creating a cultural change with citizens who are empowered in their conflict resolution skills and decision making. During the drafting of the travel guide, the WGRC was made up of representatives of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), municipalities or universities active in the field of community oriented restorative justice initiatives in the following cities: Bristol (United Kingdom), Como and Lecco (Italy), Leuven (Belgium), Tempio Pausania (Italy), Tirana (Albania) and Wroclaw (Poland). 

The results of this journey are included in the publication “A journey around restorative cities in the world: a travel guide” with the purpose to increase attention and provide learning opportunities for policymakers and practitioners working on, or who are interested in restorative cities. This guide aims to demonstrate the process of constructing a restorative city, where such a process is ongoing, or to raise awareness on the potentialities of constructing a restorative city, where such a process has not yet started.

The travel guide is structured in four sections:

• an introductory chapter to the travel guide and to its topic;
• a second chapter presenting the main highlights of the journey around restorative cities worldwide;
• a third chapter analysing in detail the ten restorative cities;
• a fourth chapter indicating the next steps.