SYMBIOS PROJECT DEMOGRAPHIC CRISES,LIVEABLE TERRITORIES AND INCLUSION A SOCIOTERRITORIAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE EUROPE 2020 STRATEGY
Symbios Partners: Xunta de Galicia. Welfare & Labour Authority. Instituto Galego de Estatística (Galician Statistics Institute) Axencia Galega de Desenvolvemento Rural (Government Agency for Rural development policies) Regional Council of North Karelia (Finlandia) University of Santiago de Compostela- IDEGA University of Tràs-os-Montes e alto Douro- CETRAD (Portugal) University of Zyud- CERST (The Neetherlands)) University College Cork (Ireland) Colexio Oficial de Traballadores Sociais de Galicia (Galician social workers Association) Confederación de Centros de Desarrollo Rural (COCEDER) Rural development centres confederation Lack of employment opportunities, economic activity, and services Youngsters exodus ; Fertility rate decreasing ; population ageing Services delivering becomes hardly sustainable or unfeasible Lack or serious difficulties in accessing to basic services Less liveable territories
SYMBIOS Project key issues: Declining Ageing Territorial Imbalance Territorial inequity/exclusion Social consequences and collateral effects Externalities ………………………… Social innovation Unused potential Labour inclusion opportunities Re-planning services Reshaping territories Sustainability ………………………. Lack of employment opportunities, economic activity, and services Youngsters exodus ; Fertility rate decreasing ; population ageing Services delivering becomes hardly sustainable or unfeasible Lack or serious difficulties in accessing to basic services Less liveable territories
KICK OFF MEETING 1 ST SEMINAR ANALYSIS AND SHARED VISION(S) September ND SEMINAR GOOD PRACTICES AND BENCH LEARNING May RD SEMINAR RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS June 2015