The Motivations

The project "The City of Children" was born in Fano in May 1991.
Not wanting it to be interpreted as strictly educational or as simply a support for children, the project was given, from the beginning, a political motivation: work toward a new governmental philosophy of the city, engaging the children as parameters and as guarantors of the needs of all citizens. Not, therefore, a greater commitment towards an increase in the resources and services for children, but towards a different and better city for all, so that the children too can live an experience as autonomous and participating citizens. The project is founded on various motivations, of which the most important and significant are synthesized here below.
The downgrading of cities is, in large part, due to the choice of giving preference to the needs of adult male citizens and those that are productive as an economic and administrative priority; this situation is suffered by all citizens but even more so the most vulnerable and the youngest. The power of the adult worker is demonstrated by the importance that the automobile has taken on in our society, conditioning the structural and functional choices of the city and creating serious difficulties for the health and safety of all the citizens.