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When Salvador decided to run to beco- field was always full of activity, and the
me one of the Rockefeller Foundation’s same followed outside Salvador. We ce-
100 Resilient Cities, we were not very lebrated many international partnerships.
confident. Resilience was, and maybe still We have learned from other 100RC cities,
is, a strange word, and definitely a new collaborated with other cities in Latin
concept in the scenario of public policies America, exchanged knowledge with ci-
for urban development. So how would ties in Europe, North American and Oce-
Innovative
we develop a Resilience Strategy? What ania, and have been twinned with African
would “resilience” mean to Salvador? We and Asian cities in South-South relations,
1
knew that being resilient was more than spreading our axé . Martha Schoeler
reacting to shocks or natural disasters,
but to tend to the chronic stresses the The results from this participatory exerci-
city in a holistic, multidimensional, peren- se of collecting ideas, projects and taking
nial and long-lasting manner. our knowledge further through specific
studies were organized in five pillars that
We were guided by a quote by writer Cla- outline the Strategy. These pillars were
rice Lispector: “Everything I don’t know is led by Daniela Guarieiro, Felipe Fonseca, Open to the word
in my favour. As it is an untouched field, it Martha Schoeler and Luana Luna, who
is also free of stigmas. Everything I don’t added the responsibilities of being Depu-
know is the largest and best part of me: ty Chief Resilience Officers to their duties
my largesse.” As we knew little about as managers in their own fields, aided by
resilience, we soon learned that this is a Maristela Souza. Collaboration became Inclusive and integrated
contextual and unique concept for every even more widespread with the support
city. The process for building the Strate- of many secretaries and undersecreta-
gy was unprecedented, as a great num- ries, directors, managers and other city Adriana Campelo Luana Luna
ber of collaborators from the Municipa- associates. Every step of building the Chief Resilience Officer
lity, the civil society, companies and the Strategy was created collectively. And
city (!) volunteered to help. we were able to experience the most
powerful largesse.
It was a new field, the team was brimming
with energy and our events were always
very popular. The Strategy features the
point of view of children, entrepreneurs,
students and teachers, opinion makers, Adriana Campelo
community leaders, and people from Sal-
Chief Resilience Officer Collaborative
vador in its multiplicity. Back home our Resilient
Multiple identities
1 A word from the Iorubá language that means “power” and “energy”.
Felipe Fonseca Daniela Guarieiro Maristela Souza