ABSTRACT
The Rabot neighbourhood is one of the poorest in Ghent: it has more people receiving benefits, more low incomes, more unemployment and more single-parent families compared to the rest of the city's districts. In the diverse neighbourhood, 29.6" of residents are foreign nationals and 68.5" percent of residents are of foreign descent. In this neighbourhood, community development workers assist citizens to become active and organise themselves to respond to issues and opportunities that can help both the neighbourhood and their own personal development. They do this through a variety of activities that can be considered as co-production in core public services. Within the neighbourhood different co-production projects can be found, organised by the city as well as by non-profit organisations, all aimed at reversing neighbourhood decline, counteracting crime rates and/or social exclusion, and increasing liveability.
