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
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