Harmony Project
The Harmony project aims to disseminate and apply preventive and restorative practices with a view to preventing and resolving situations of neighborhood conflicts and disturbances to residential tranquility more effectively and sustainably.
This is for the benefit of residents and professional and/or volunteer practitioners who intervene in this context.
The Toolbox
This toolbox aims to promote and implement restorative practices to effectively and sustainably prevent and resolve situations of neighborhood conflicts, disturbances to residential peace and, more broadly, public tranquility.
Above all, it is intended to be a practical instrument that demonstrates its interest on the ground for anyone – citizen, volunteer, professional – who wishes to build a more harmonious living environment within their city or living space.
The toolbox integrates a set of practices and experiences from the field of restorative justice applied to the management of interpersonal conflicts which have been identified for their potential, which are tested in real conditions in the field and which are the subject of an evaluation to measure their efficiency in the field.
At the end of the Harmony project, the toolbox will include a user guide to facilitate its appropriation.
The Partners
Members of the Partnership:
- The Communal Social Action Center of Carvin (France)
- The community association “Il Gabbiano ODV” (Italy)
- The NGO “Oranjehuis” and Ligand (Courtrai, Belgium)
- The University of Sassari (Italy)
Our Method
Identify good and promising practices.
Crucial step for Harmony - Restaurative practices at the heart of collective housing which organized a workshop in Sassari (Sardinia) to supervise field practitioners engaged in testing tools contributing to the resolution of neighborhood conflicts.
Mediators, educators, psychologists, social workers from the countries involved in the project 🇧🇪🇫🇷🇮🇹 were there to share their concrete experiences, highlight successes, but also raise difficulties without filter.
An essential space to take a step back, draw inspiration from others, and above all: adjust the tools to make them more efficient and impactfull.
Led by Wim and Michael from Ligand with the OASE method, the workshop was not just a simple meeting but a key moment to strengthen the relevance of our actions, refine the methods, and achieve our objective: to bring more harmony between residents of housing complexes who are experiencing difficulty.
A huge thank you to all practitioners for their commitment, their critical perspective and their desire to improve our approaches and our tools!
Supervision is not a luxury, it is a powerful lever for transforming experimentation into real social innovation and having an impact on the ground.
Thanks also to Università di Sassari and its Restorative Justice team for hosting this very important event.
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Responding to the invitation of the University of Sassari, the partners of the Harmony - Restaurative practices at the heart of collective housing project will participate in the seminar “Opportunities and challenges of restorative justice in cities – Restoring territories, developing communities”.
🗓 October 21, 2025, 2:30 p.m.
📍 Dostoyevsky Hall – Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sassari (via Roma 151).
The seminar, organized by the Department of Human and Social Sciences as part of the Erasmus+ HARMONY project – Restorative practices at the heart of collective housing.
This meeting will be an opportunity to reflect on the opportunities and challenges of restorative justice in vulnerable urban contexts. Good practices for constructive management of social conflicts and responses to damage situations will be presented, with a concrete look at local communities in 🇧🇪, 🇫🇷, 🇮🇹.
🎤 The seminar will be held in English with simultaneous translation into Italian.
🗒✍️ Registration link in the first comment.
🇪🇺 Harmony is a project co-financed by the Agence Erasmus+ France / Education Formation and the European Union. ... See MoreSee Less
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🗒Feedback from a team of practitioners from Kortrijk (Belgium):
Working in a social housing environment is not always easy. Small tensions can turn into heated discussions. At such times, it is important to continue to communicate.
Our rental orientation team is currently undergoing training in "Recovery-oriented communication with the neighborhood".
This gives them additional tools to maintain dialogue even in difficult circumstances.
Thanks to the wise advice of Michael Michiels from Ligand and the support of the European project Harmony - Restaurative practices at the heart of collective housing ... See MoreSee Less
Werken in een sociale woonomgeving is niet altijd evident. Kleine spanningen kunnen uitgroeien tot verhitte discussies. Op zo'n momenten is het belangrijk om te blijven communiceren. Ons team… | SW+
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Werken in een sociale woonomgeving is niet altijd evident. Kleine spanningen kunnen uitgroeien tot verhitte discussies. Op zo'n momenten is het belangrijk om te blijven communiceren. Ons team huurbege...0 CommentsComment on Facebook