MUTUAL LEARNING ON SOCIAL INCLUSION AND SOCIAL PROTECTION 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 Organisation

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 inclusive entrepreneurship, 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… 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.

…ACTIVITIES… 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.

…ACTIVITIES… 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

…ACTIVITIES 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

TIMETABLE

Date / Month Location Activity Responsible partner 2008 12th January Porto 1st Steering Committee REAPN/ILO January to February European Level 1st Working Package – European Report REAPN 2nd – 3rd April Brussels 2nd Steering Committee REAPN/EAPN March to June National Level 2nd Working Package – National researches and Workshops All partners September 3rd Steering Committee March to September Package of “Consulting” modules (Guidelines) ILO September to December 3rd Working Package – Peer Reviews 2009 January 4th Steering Committee January to September (starting since the beginning) 4th Working Package – Development of Experiences All Partners May 5th Steering Committee November Final Seminar Road Map