ToNite – Urban security as a participatory challenge

Tackling urban security and crime prevention with an innovative approach and a multidisciplinary methodology is the aim of ToNite.
The project arises from the belief that urban security is linked to a proper and diverse use of public spaces. A pleasant and liveable public space offering social, cultural and economic activities and initiatives to citizens, encourages a positive and secure attendance of it.
The idea of the ToNite project is to activate and engage the local community in the design of new possible solutions to answer to a complex urban issue – the one of urban security in public spaces and crime prevention – during evening and night-time hours.
Therefore, the City of Turin has activated a collaborative process for supporting and promoting the delivery of community-based services and initiatives, empowering and co-creating social impact initiatives with local stakeholders (such as local associations and organisations, social enterprises, citizens…) to put in place in the targeted project area.
Together with this action, the City of Turin co-designed with local communities new urban regeneration intervention, aimed at improving social cohesion and protection in the use of public spaces at evening and night time.
The experimentation of these participatory actions and initiatives led to a new common and shared use and perception of public spaces and security.