VS/2007/0615

MUTUAL LEARNING ON SOCIAL INCLUSION AND SOCIAL PROTECTION

PARTNERSHIP

European Anti-Poverty Network (Portugal – leading

partner); European Anti-Poverty Network - Castilla La Mancha Union Régionale des Entreprises d’Insertion –

Languedoc Roussillon Flemish Network of Associations of People

Experiencing Poverty Anti-Poverty Information Centre Caritas Romania Confederation European Anti-Poverty Network International Labour Office

MAIN OBJECTIVE

make more clear and effective the relationship

between employment, social welfare and social

inclusion and to enhance strategies and practices,

particularly those coming from the fields of social

economy and local development, where this positive

relation can be concretized.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES Conducting a European survey on social and employment inclusion, to

produce a catalogue of real ‘employment and social welfare for inclusion’ measures and actions in each country or region);

Put in evidence the relevant actions concerning the connection between employment, inclusion and protection (active inclusion) and social economy through a kind of ‘peer review’ action

Demonstrate (by putting in evidence concrete actions and micro-projects) the power, capability and added value of social economy to produce active inclusion with different publics trough employment specific measures

Use CIARIS as a powerful tool of mutual learning for designing and implementing active inclusion social policies (minimum income, employment and others) by capitalizing current knowledge ad practices and providing technical assistance in the framework of the Structural Funds

Produce a ‘road map’ for inclusion taking in consideration: different actors, different strategies, different publics and different contexts

ACTIVITIES…

1. European General overview on Employment and

Inclusion Policies:

Development of a report with an overview on Employment and Social Inclusion policies during the last 10 years in Europe.

This report will be developed by an external expert.

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2. National / Regional Researches:

The aim of national / regional researches is identify key strategies, programmes and actions in the field of the promotion of employment and the social welfare for inclusion.

The 2nd phase of this working package is organising national / regional Workshops between different actors for the discussion of these reports.

Each partner will be responsible for the elaboration of its report and development of the workshops in their own country.

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3. Bilateral Peer Reviews:

Each partner will organize a peer review to receive another partner. This peer review could be a workshop or visits involving 3 or 4 experiences of inclusion through employment initiatives.

• Portugal/Spain

• France/Belgium

• Romania/Bulgaria

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4. Selection of experiences:

Each partner will select 3 or 4 different experiences/organisations confronted with problems of poverty and social exclusion. They will constitute a laboratory for designing strategies of “bridging” employment initiatives to social inclusion and fight against poverty and social exclusion.

OUTPUTS

Report of the European general overview on employment and inclusion policies during the last 10 years;

National reports

Report of National Peer Reviews

Package of on-line training on capacity building bridging employment, social protection and social inclusion strategies in the fight against poverty and social exclusion

Improvement and update of CIARIS

Road Map

www.bridgesforinclusion.reapn.org