Edi Rama: Take back your city with paint

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevoditelj: Katarina Drozdek Kadić Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

In my previous life, I was an artist.

U prošlom životu bio sam umjetnik.

I still paint. I love art.

Još uvijek slikam. Volim umjetnost.

I love the joy that color can give to our lives

Volim radost koju boja može donijeti našim životima

and to our communities,

i našoj zajednici,

and I try to bring something of the artist in me

i ja nastojim uključiti umjetnika u meni

in my politics,

u moju politiku,

and I see

i ja vidim,

part of my job today, the reason for being here,

to kao dio mog posla danas, da razlog zbog kojeg sam ovdje

not just to campaign for my party,

nije samo kampanja za moju stranku

but for politics, and the role it can play

već za politiku, i ulogu koju ona može imati

for the better in our lives.

u poboljšanju naših života.

For 11 years, I was mayor of Tirana, our capital.

Jedanaest godina bio sam gradonačelnik Tirane, našeg glavnog grada.

We faced many challenges.

Suočavali smo se s mnogim izazovima.

Art was part of the answer,

Umjetnost je bila dio odgovora.

and my name, in the very beginning,

I moje ime je na početku

was linked with two things:

bilo povezano s dvije stvari:

demolition of illegal constructions

rušenjem ilegalnih konstrukcija

in order to get public space back,

kako bi vratili javni prostor

and use of colors in order to revive the hope

i upotreba boja kako bismo probudili nadu

that had been lost in my city.

koja je bila izgubljena u mom gradu.

But this use of colors was not just an artistic act.

Ali ova upotreba boja nije bila samo umjetnički čin.

Rather, it was a form of political action

Bila je to prije forma političke akcije

in a context when the city budget I had available

u kontekstu u kojemu je gradski proračun koji mi je bio na raspolaganju,

after being elected amounted to zero comma something.

nakon što sam bio izabran, iznosio nula zarez nešto.

When we painted the first building,

Kad smo obojali prvu zgradu

by splashing a radiant orange on the somber gray

stavljajući kričavu narančastu preko tmurne sive boje

of a facade,

fasade,

something unimaginable happened.

nešto nezamislivo se dogodilo.

There was a traffic jam

Nastala je gužva u prometu

and a crowd of people gathered

i gomila ljudi se okupila

as if it were the location of some spectacular accident,

kao da se tu dogodila neka spektakularna nesreća

or the sudden sighting of a visiting pop star.

ili iznenadni posjet pop zvijezde.

The French E.U. official in charge of the funding

Francuski predstavnik Europske unije zadužen za financiranje,

rushed to block the painting.

požurio je da zaustavi bojanje.

He screeched that he would block the financing.

Počeo je vikati da će zaustaviti financiranje.

"But why?" I asked him.

"Ali zašto?" pitao sam.

"Because the colors you have ordered

"Zato što boje koje ste naručili

do not meet European standards," he replied.

ne odgovaraju europskim standardima", odgovorio je.

"Well," I told him,

Pa, rekao sam mu,

"the surroundings do not meet European standards,

"okruženje ne odgovara europskim standardima,

even though this is not what we want,

iako to nije ono što želimo,

but we will choose the colors ourselves,

ali sami ćemo birati boje,

because this is exactly what we want.

jer to je točno ono što mi želimo.

And if you do not let us continue with our work,

I ako nam ne dopustite da nastavimo s radovima,

I will hold a press conference here,

održat ću novinarsku konferenciju,

right now, right in this road,

ovdje, baš sada, baš na ovoj cesti,

and we will tell people that you look to me

i reći ćemo ljudima, da gledate na mene

just like the censors of the socialist realism era."

baš kao cenzori socrealističke ere."

Then he was kind of troubled,

To ga je malo zabrinulo

and asked me for a compromise.

i zatražio je kompromis.

But I told him no, I'm sorry,

Ali rekao sam mu ne, žao mi je,

compromise in colors is gray,

kompromis među bojama je siva,

and we have enough gray to last us a lifetime.

a mi ovdje imamo dovoljno sive za cijeli život.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

So it's time for change.

Znači, vrijeme je za promjene.

The rehabilitation of public spaces

Rehabilitacija javnih prostora

revived the feeling of belonging

oživjela je osjećaj pripadnosti gradu,

to a city that people lost.

kojeg su ljudi izgubili.

The pride of people about their own place of living,

Ponos ljudi na njihov životni prostor

and there were feelings that had been buried

i osjećaji koji su bili zakopani

deep for years under the fury of the illegal,

duboko godinama ispod bijesa zbog ilegalnih,

barbaric constructions that sprang up in the public space.

barbarskih konstrukcija koje su niknule na javnom prostoru.

And when colors came out everywhere,

I kada su se boje pojavile svugdje,

a mood of change started transforming the spirit of people.

duh promjene počeo je mijenjati duh ljudi.

Big noise raised up: "What is this? What is happening?

Počela je galama:"Što je ovo?"Što se događa?

What are colors doing to us?"

Što nam boje rade?"

And we made a poll,

I organizirali smo glasanje,

the most fascinating poll I've seen in my life.

najfascinantnije glasanje koje sam vidio u životu.

We asked people, "Do you want this action,

Pitali smo ljude: " Želite li ovu akciju

and to have buildings painted like that?"

i da zgrade budu ovako obojane?"

And then the second question was,

I drugo pitanje je bilo:

"Do you want it to stop or do you want it to continue?"

"Želite li ovo prekinuti ili želite da se nastavi?".

To the first question,

Na prvo pitanje

63 percent of people said yes, we like it.

63% ljudi reklo je :"Da, sviđa nam se."

Thirty-seven said no, we don't like it.

Trideset sedam je odgovorilo:"Ne, ne sviđa nam se."

But to the second question, half of them that didn't like it,

Ali na drugo pitanje, polovica onih kojima se nije sviđalo,

they wanted it to continue. (Laughter)

željeli su da se nastavi s tim. (Smijeh)

So we noticed change.

I primjetili smo promjenu.

People started to drop less litter in the streets, for example,

Ljudi su počeli bacati manje smeća na ulice, na primjer,

started to pay taxes,

počeli su plaćati porez,

started to feel something they had forgotten,

počeli su osjećati nešto što su zaboravili

and beauty was acting as a guardsman

i ljepota je služila kao čuvar

where municipal police, or the state itself, were missing.

tamo gdje gradska policija i sama država nisu bili uspješni.

One day I remember walking along a street

Sjećam se da sam jednog dana šetao ulicom

that had just been colored,

koja je baš nedavno bila obojana

and where we were in the process of planting trees,

i gdje smo bili u procesu sadnje drveća,

when I saw a shopkeeper and his wife

kada sam vidio vlasnika trgovine i njegovu ženu

putting a glass facade to their shop.

kako stavljaju staklenu fasadu na svoju trgovinu.

They had thrown the old shutter

Bacili su staru roletu

in the garbage collection place.

na mjesto gdje se skuplja smeće.

"Why did you throw away the shutters?" I asked him.

"Zašto ste bacili rolete?" , pitao sam ih.

"Well, because the street is safer now," they answered.

"Pa, zato što je ulica sada sigurnija", odgovorili su.

"Safer? Why? They have posted more policemen here?"

"Sigurnija ?Zašto? Postavili su više policajaca ovdje?"

"Come on, man! What policemen?

"Ma, daj čovječe! Kakvi policajci?

You can see it for yourself. There are colors,

Pa, i sam možeš vidjeti. Tu su boje,

streetlights, new pavement with no potholes,

ulična rasvjeta, novi asfalt bez rupa,

trees. So it's beautiful; it's safe."

drveće. Prelijepo je, sigurno."

And indeed, it was beauty that was giving people

I zaista, ljepota je davala ljudima

this feeling of being protected.

osjećaj zaštite.

And this was not a misplaced feeling.

I to nije bio pogrešan osjećaj.

Crime did fall.

Stopa kriminala se smanjila.

The freedom that was won in 1990

Sloboda koja je pobijedila 1990.

brought about a state of anarchy in the city,

donijela je stanje anarhije u grad,

while the barbarism of the '90s

dok je barbarizam devedesetih

brought about a loss of hope for the city.

donio gubitak nade za grad.

The paint on the walls did not feed children,

Boja na zidovima nije nahranila djecu,

nor did it tend the sick or educate the ignorant,

također nije brinula o bolesnima ili educirala neuke,

but it gave hope and light,

ali je davala nadu i svjetlo

and helped to make people see

i pomogla ljudima da vide da postoji

there could be a different way of doing things,

i drugačiji načini da se neke stvari naprave,

a different spirit, a different feel to our lives,

drugačiji duh, drugačiji pogled na naše živote.

and that if we brought the same energy and hope

I da ako unesemo istu energiju i nadu

to our politics, we could build a better life

u našu politiku, možemo stvoriti bolji život

for each other and for our country.

jedni za druge i za našu zemlju.

We removed 123,000 tons of concrete

Uklonili smo 123.000 tona betona

only from the riverbanks.

samo s riječnih obala.

We demolished more than 5,000 illegal buildings

Srušili smo više od 5.000 ilegalnih građevina

all over the city,

u cijelom gradu,

up to eight stories high, the tallest of them.

najviše od njih su imale i do osam katova.

We planted 55,000 trees and bushes in the streets.

Zasadili smo 55.000 stabala i grmova u ulicama.

We established a green tax,

Uveli smo ekološki porez

and then everybody accepted it

i onda su ga svi prihvatili

and all businessmen paid it regularly.

i svi poslovni ljudi su ga redovito plaćali.

By means of open competitions,

Kroz otvorena natjecanja

we managed to recruit in our administration

uspjeli smo u našu administraciju zaposliti

many young people,

puno mladih ljudi

and we thus managed to build

i tako smo uspjeli izgraditi

a de-politicized public institution

apolitičnu javnu instituciju

where men and women were equally represented.

u kojoj su muškarci i žene jednako predstavljeni.

International organizations

Internacionalne organizacije

have invested a lot in Albania during these 20 years,

su puno investirale u Albaniju tijekom ovih 20 godina

not all of it well spent.

od čega nije sve potrošeno na dobar način.

When I told the World Bank directors

Kada sam rekao direktorima Svjetske banke da želim

that I wanted them to finance a project to build

da financiraju projekt

a model reception hall for citizens

izgradnje modela dvorane za prijem građana

precisely in order to fight endemic daily corruption,

baš u cilju borbe protiv endemske dnevne korupcije

they did not understand me.

nisu me razumjeli.

But people were waiting in long queues

Ali ljudi su čekali u dugim redovima

under sun and under rain

ispod sunca i dok je kišilo

in order to get a certificate or just a simple answer

kako bi dobili certifikat ili samo jednostavan odgovor

from two tiny windows of two metal kiosks.

kroz dva mala prozora, dva metalna kisoka.

They were paying in order to skip the queue,

Plaćali su da ne bi čekali u redu,

the long queue.

u dugom redu.

The reply to their requests was met

Na njihove zahtjeve odgovarao je glas

by a voice coming from this dark hole,

koji je dolazio iz mračne rupe,

and, on the other hand,

i sa druge strane,

a mysterious hand coming out to take their documents

misteriozna ruka koja se pojavljuje kako bi uzela njihove dokumente

while searching through old documents for the bribe.

tražeći među njihovim starim dokumentima mito.

We could change the invisible clerks within the kiosks,

Mogli smo mijenjati nevidljive službenike u kioscima svakog tjedna,

every week, but we could not change this corrupt practice.

ali nismo mogli promijeniti ovu korumpiranu praksu.

"I'm convinced," I told a German official

"Uvjeren sam", rekao sam njemačkom službeniku

with the World Bank,

Svjetske banke,

"that it would be impossible for them to be bribed

"da bi bilo nemoguće za njih primati mito

if they worked in Germany,

kada bi radili u Njemačkoj,

in a German administration,

u Njemačkoj administraciji,

just as I am convinced that if you put German officials

u istoj mjeri u kojoj sam uvjeren da bi, kad bismo na njihovo mjesto stavili njemačke službenike

from the German administration in those holes,

iz njemačke administracije u ove rupe,

they would be bribed just the same."

da bi i oni također primali mito.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

It's not about genes.

To nema veze s genima.

It's not about some being with a high conscience

To ne znači da netko ima savjest na višem nivou,

and some others having not a conscience.

a da netko drugi nema savjest.

It's about system, it's about organization.

To ima veze sa sustavom, sa organizacijom.

It's also about environment and respect.

Također je vezano za okolinu i poštovanje.

We removed the kiosks.

Uklonili smo kioske.

We built the bright new reception hall

Sagradili smo novu dvoranu za prijeme,

that made people, Tirana citizens,

zbog koje su ljudi, građani Tirane,

think they had traveled abroad when they entered

mislili da su otputovali u inozemstvo kada su u nju ušli

to make their requests.

kako bi predali svoje zahtjeve.

We created an online system of control

Napravili smo "online" kontrolni sustav

and so speeded up all the processes.

i tako ubrzali sve procese.

We put the citizen first, and not the clerks.

Stavili smo građane na prvo mjesto, a ne službenike.

The corruption in the state administration

Protiv korupcije, u državnoj administraciji,

of countries like Albania --

u zemljama poput Albanije --

it's not up to me to say also like Greece --

da ne kažem, kao što je i Grčka --

can be fought only by modernization.

možemo se boriti samo modernizacijom.

Reinventing the government by reinventing politics itself

Rješenje je reorganiziranje vlade kroz reorganiziranje same politike,

is the answer, and not reinventing people

a ne reorganiziranje ljudi

based on a ready-made formula

na osnovu već smišljenih obrazaca

that the developed world often tries in vain to impose

koje razvijeni svijet često uzalud pokušava nametnuti

to people like us.

ljudima poput nas.

(Applause)

( Pljesak).

Things have come to this point

Stvari su dosegle ovu točku

because politicians in general,

zato što političari općenito,

but especially in our countries, let's face it,

a naručito u našim zemljama, suočimo se s tim

think people are stupid.

misle da su ljudi glupi.

They take it for granted that, come what may,

Uzimaju zdravo za gotovo da će , bilo što da se dogodi,

people have to follow them,

ljudi morati njih pratiti,

while politics, more and more, fails to offer answers

dok politika, sve više i više ne uspijeva u nuđenju rješenja

for their public concerns

za brige javnosti

or the exigencies of the common people.

ili potrebe običnih ljudi.

Politics has come to resemble

Politika je počela nalikovati

a cynical team game played by politicians,

na ciničnu timsku igru koju igraju političari

while the public has been pushed aside

dok je javnost gurnuta u stranu

as if sitting on the seats of a stadium

kao da sjedi na stolicama u stadionu

in which passion for politics

na kojem strast prema politici

is gradually making room for blindness and desperation.

postupno ustupa mjesto zasljepljenosti i očaju.

Seen from those stairs, all politicians today

Gledano s tih stolica, svi političari danas

seem the same,

izgledaju isto

and politics has come to resemble

i politika je počela nalikovati

a sport that inspires more aggressiveness

na sport koji stvara više agresivnosti

and pessimism than social cohesion

i pesimizma nego društvene jedinstvenosti

and the desire for civic protaganism.

i želje za građanskim protagonizmom.

Barack Obama won

Barac Obama je pobijedio

— (Applause) —

-- (Pljeask) --

because he mobilized people as never before

jer je mobilizirao ljude kao nikad prije

through the use of social networks.

korištenjem socijalnih mreža.

He did not know each and every one of them,

Nije poznavao svakog od njih,

but with an admirable ingenuity,

ali ih je sa zadivljujućom genijalnošću

he managed to transform them into activists

uspio transformirati u aktiviste

by giving them all the possibility to hold in their hands

dajući im da u svojim rukama drže

the arguments and the instruments that each would need

argumente i instrumente koji su svakom od njih bili potrebni

to campaign in his name by making his own campaign.

da vode kampanju u njegovo ime stvarajući vlastitu kampanju.

I tweet. I love it.

Tweetam. Obožavam to.

I love it because it lets me get the message out,

Obožavam to jer mi pruža priliku da prenesem poruku,

but it also lets people get their messages to me.

ali također omogućava ljudima da prenesu svoje poruke meni.

This is politics, not from top down,

Ovo je politika, ali ne od vrha na dolje,

but from the bottom up, and sideways,

već odozdo na gore i sa strane.

and allowing everybody's voice to be heard

I mogućnost da se svaki glas čuje je

is exactly what we need.

upravo ono što nam je potrebno.

Politics is not just about leaders.

Politika nije vezana samo za vođe.

It's not just about politicians and laws.

Ne radi se samo o političarima i zakonima.

It is about how people think,

Radi se o tome kako ljudi razmišljaju,

how they view the world around them,

kako vide svijet oko sebe,

how they use their time and their energy.

kako koriste svoje vrijeme i energiju.

When people say all politicians are the same,

Kad ljudi kažu da su svi političari isti,

ask yourself if Obama was the same as Bush,

zapitajte se je li Obama isti kao i Bush,

if François Hollande is the same as Sarkozy.

je li Francois Hollande isti kao i Sarkozy.

They are not. They are human beings with different views

Nisu isti. Oni su ljudska bića sa različitim pogledima

and different visions for the world.

i različitim vizijama za svijet.

When people say nothing can change,

Kada ljudi kažu da se ništa ne može promijeniti,

just stop and think what the world was like

samo stanite i razmislite kako je svijet izgledao prije

10, 20, 50, 100 years ago.

10, 20, 50, 100 godina.

Our world is defined by the pace of change.

Naš svijet je definiran tempom promjene.

We can all change the world.

Svi mi možemo promijeniti svijet.

I gave you a very small example

Dao sam vam samo jedan mali primjer

of how one thing, the use of color,

kako jedna stvar, upotreba boja

can make change happen.

može pokrenuti promjenu.

I want to make more change

Želim donijeti još više promjena

as Prime Minister of my country,

kao premijer svoje zemlje,

but every single one of you can make change happen

ali bilo tko od vas može donijeti

if you want to.

promjene ako to želi.

President Roosevelt, he said,

Predsjednik Roosevelt je rekao:

"Believe you can, and you are halfway there."

"Vjeruj kako možeš,i prošao si već pola puta."

Efharisto and kalinihta.

Efharisto i kalininhta.(Hvala i laku noć).

(Applause)

(Pljesak)