We contribute to more sustainable, just and inclusive communities and human settlements

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We aim to co-create projects and facilitate access to financial resources.

We promote the right for all to have a dignified quality of life.

About Us

Via Austroboreal e.V. an organisation based in Berlin with activities in Europe and Latin America

Our members are professionals of diversified expertise who together are complementary in their work to achieve the same goal: to promote just, inclusive, and sustainable development. We all have a strong commitment to populations and ecosystems in situations of vulnerability and risk. We carry out projects that impact both urban and rural settlements – wherever there is life and a need for support.

What We Do

We seek to establish permanent collaboration and cooperation between Europe and countries with more constrained development opportunities

We work especially but not limited with countries of origin (Brazil, Peru, Chile, Spain). We implement strategies for projects that promote responsible and foresightful use of natural and human resources, enabling a sustainable and friendly development with communities, territories and ecosystems.

We also do consultancy for the development of public policies and strategic socio-urban plans. We all have a strong commitment to populations and ecosystems in situations of vulnerability and risk. We carry out projects that impact both urban and rural environments – wherever there is life and a need for support.

Projects We’ve Done

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Brazil

Education for Climate Justice

Programm to promote action for climate justice in schools in the region of the Ribeira Valley, São Paulo.

Brazil

National Policy of Urban Development

Workshop with communities in Iporanga, São Paulo, to set the Sustainable Urban Development Goals (SDG 11).

Brazil

“Petar” without Concession!

Technical support to the community organization contesting the concession process for the “PETAR” natural park.

Germany

Climate Justice Camp Berlin

Climate Justice Camp for 8th-grade students from the school “Schule am Tierpark” in Berlin (Lichtenberg).

Germany

Gender Perspectives in Urban Development

DAAD-funded course for EPOS students on gender perspectives in urban development, emphasizing inclusive planning and diverse community needs.

Peru

Grain Bikes Initiative

Construction of three innovative low-tech machines with community participation, mainly student from the local school.

Germany

Gender Perspectives in Urban Development
2024

Second version of the DAAD-funded course on gender perspectives, feminisms and intersectional urban planning. 

Germany - Estonia - Austria

Youth Climate Bootcamp

Partenship with Estonia and Austria funded by Erasmus+ 

Germany - Spain - Poland

Make it Fair!

Youth program in partnership with Dinamia and You Simply Can

Who We Are

Josefa Zavala

Sociologist

MA Research Training Program in Social Sciences

Daniela Raffo

Architect and Urbanist

MSc. Urban Management

 

Ana Garcia

Civil Engineer

MSc. Urban Management

 

Julissa Rios

Lawyer

ESG & Sustainability Specialist MSc. Urban Management

Juliana Rivas

Sociologist

MSc. Urban Management

Ana Beatriz Nestlehner

Architect and Urbanist

MSc. Urban and regional Planning

Cibele Kojima

Urban Planner

MSc. Urban and regional Planning

Yumi Neder

Architect and Urbanist Social Psychologist

MSc. Urban management