The Fondazione per l’Innovazione Urbana is participating in Political Poetic, a project by the Teatro dell’Argine aimed at secondary school students in Bologna between the ages of 14 and 20.
The goal is to hear their voices on crucial issues such as the environment, work and the economy, inequality, city and community, and peace and justice.

The project is dedicated to discussing the themes of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to refine these objectives for our territory and propose actions and recommendations to local institutions, decision-makers, political and strategic planners, and all citizens and representatives involved.
It is organized into thematic working tables, labs, conferences, and public events on the issues in the 2030 Agenda, but also moments of immersive and experiential performance that give young people a voice. In particular, the Fondazione per l’Innovazione Urbana is dedicated to conducting labs on the challenges of sustainability in local secondary schools.
These have involved about 500 young people in creating a connection with the District Lab activities and administrative policies, revealing proposals for policies and changes in daily personal use.

To work with teenagers in an active, involved way, the Foundation has designed and realized a table game called ‘Il futuro è in gioco’ [The Future is at Stake]. Players are divided into teams and are challenged with questions and answers about the 17 goals in the Agenda and what the City of Bologna is doing to reach them.

Political Poetic falls under the project ‘Così sarà! La città che vogliamo’ [This is how it will be! Our ideal city], realized by the Emilia-Romagna Teatro Fondazione, co-financed by the European Union – European Social Fund under the National Operational Programme on Metropolitan Cities 2014–2020 promoted by the City of Bologna.