1st Participatory Journey integrates community into the IlhaMuseu project

UNESCO promotes the 1st edition of participatory sessions - Participatory Journeys - to create IlhaMuseu, a Museum of the North Coast of São Paulo in Ilhabela. The first Participatory Journey occurs in Ilhabela on 14-15 June 2023. The event will discuss the values and mission of the future museum with the community and local institutions. Furthermore, the Participatory Journeys align with the proposal for International Museum Day (18 May) observed by the International Council of Museums (ICOM). In 2023 this international day is dedicated to the theme “Museums, sustainability and well-being”.

Organized in partnership with the Foundation for Conservation and Forest Production of the State of São Paulo (Fundação Florestal), the event will be the first of a series of sessions aimed at sharing and dialoguing with the community in the municipalities of Ilhabela, São Sebastião, Caraguatatuba and Ubatuba (São Paulo state, Brazil). The expectation is that the consultations, convened via public call and held in each of the municipalities on the North Coast, will establish an effective dialogue, listening to proposals, suggestions and expectations from local institutions, traditional communities, and civil society in general to promote partnerships for strengthening the project.