Public project
events
Policy seminar in
Oporto (Portugal)
June 25th & 26th, 2012
The seminar focuses on the first
step in the formulation of the
CO.RE. community-shared
governance model: starting from
the results of ad hoc analyses
carried out in the involved
territories, participants will be
asked to reflect about the overall
potential of the involved
territories in terms of job and
social inclusion for people at risk
of social exclusion.
Participation in the seminar is
upon invitation. Relevant
documentation will be made
available on the project website:
http://www.coreinclusion.eu
Local participatory events in
the partner territories
Throughout June, July and
August 2012
Please, contact the CO.RE.
partner closest to you. Contact
details are on the last page of
this newsletter.
Issue 1: May 2012
The “Community-shared Responsibility to promote disadvantaged people’s inclusion paths - CO.RE.” Project Outline
Upcoming Events
Country Presentations: Italy & Portugal, pg2; Bulgaria & Spain, pg 3; Northern Ireland, pg4
Key contacts
A community-based approach to improve social and
labour inclusion opportunities for vulnerable persons
The CO.RE. acronym stands
for “Community-shared
Responsibility to promote
disadvantaged people’s
inclusion paths” and gets to
the “core” of the question: how can local
communities respond to the global
economic crisis and to the increasing
employment crunch, and mobilise their own
resources - in terms of human capital,
economic wealth, and local vocations?
Current public debate on inclusive social
and employment policies has highlighted
the key role of local partnerships to bring
about a more effective and coordinated
approach based on cooperation between
public institutions, companies, and social
enterprises.
The CO.RE. project starts from this
assumption and tackles the issues—
common to all partner territories—of youth
unemployment and social exclusion of
vulnerable groups. The project proposes an
innovative governance model for social-
inclusion policies based on participatory
processes which activate local economic,
social and political resources and players.
The proposed local partnership model
builds upon the notion of “community
outreach” that implies the engagement of
local stakeholders and other relevant actors
being responsible and accountable for local
development and the promotion of active
employment policies. In partner territories
specific accompanying measures for
vulnerable persons will be designed and
implemented, providing personalised
guidance paths.
Furthermore the CO.RE. community
outreach actions will be implemented by
means of transnational policy seminars,
public local working tables and
awareness-raising measures designed so
as to promote knowledge and foster
consensus on the project’s inclusive
actions, and leading to the set-up and
signature of the local “community-shared
agreement” in each partner territory. The
agreements will set the terms and
conditions of the CO.RE. governance
model and will be formalised in local
memoranda of understanding.
The project was launched in February,
2012 and will run until July, 2013.
The CO.RE. partners are located in Italy,
Bulgaria, Portugal, Spain, and the United
Kingdom.
You can find the complete list of partners
with their contact details in the last page!
CO.RE. Newsletter
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The project is co-funded by the
European Commission under the
European Global adjustment Fund - EGF
Agreement no: VS/2011/0479
In Portugal, the CO.RE project is being developed in
Lordelo do Ouro, a parish in Oporto city with 22,212
inhabitants.
The partnership team is formed by the PARISH
COUNCIL OF LORDELO DO OURO; by ADILO, a local
association that promotes community development
projects and support the most vulnerable population
in employment and training areas, psychosocial
support to children, youth, adults and families; by
INDUCAR that promotes non-formal education and
develops projects for social integration and by
INSPIRE that develops its activity
in the communication for
sustainable development area.
Since the launch of the project in
March, 2012, we collected
demographic data and carried out
two participatory diagnoses – the
first in April and the second in
May – which involved unemployed
residents of all ages, associations
that develop work in the parish,
and public entities.
The purpose was
to survey local
needs, in the
eyes of
residents,
entities and
organisations
that already work
in the territory, to identify the potential of Lordelo do
Ouro . The result allowed us to compile a list of 30
stakeholders from areas such as restaurants, hotels,
supermarkets chains, local industry and banks – that
may have an important role in the CO.RE. project.
We also identified some local people of the parish
who have a successful life and we felt that they also
should be heard to tell us their stories, revealing
what obstacles they had to face and how they
handled them and also to transmit their points of
view and recommendations to the project.
At the same time, we are organizing the Policy
Seminar which will take place in Oporto on 25th-26th
June, 2012.
Portugal Update
The activities of the CO.RE. project in
Italy will be developed and implemented
in Tuscany.
The project is coordinated by the
consortium “Società della Salute delle
Colline Metallifere”. With its head offices
in Follonica, it is a public consortium
whose members are the local health
department and the following six
municipalities : Massa Marittima, Monterotondo
Marittimo, Montieri, Follonica, Gavorrano and Scarlino.
Its action aims at encouraging the direct involvement of
local communities in the definition of social and health
services, their planning and implementation through
innovative governance patterns aimed at improving
citizens’ wellbeing and environmental quality. The
Società della Salute is committed to carry out pilot
activities in its territory involving youth at risk of social
exclusion and other vulnerable groups.
The other Italian partners are also located in Tuscany:
ESPRIT is a private non-profit consortium, created in
2003 as the Intermediary Organisation for the
management of the European Social Fund’s Global
Grant “Small Grants” in Tuscany. ESPRIT has been
developing its research and development activities in
the field of social innovation by participating in regional,
national and EU-level initiatives and projects. It has
thereby been elaborating its vision on active policies for
social inclusion and cohesion, based on mainstreaming
concepts such as citizens’ empowerment, active
participation, and social responsibility of stakeholders.
Accademia Europea di Firenze is a non-profit cultural
association founded in 1992 with the aim of promoting
the European dimension of learning for youth and
adults, and influencing local employment policies and
measures. It is an accredited training agency in the
fields of guidance and vocational training.
UNCEM Toscana is a non-profit association representing
the municipalities and the communities in mountain
areas in Tuscany. It promotes projects in the fields of
innovation, welfare and local development, adopting a
network-based approach thus optimising the use of
available local resources. It also acts as a consulting
body in the regional policy
making processes on
topics related to the
development of mountain
areas.
Italy Update: involving local stakeholders and youth
at risk of social exclusion
The Colline
Metallifere area in
Tuscany
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The Spanish consortium is composed of
the Agency for Social Services and
Dependency of Andalusia (ASSDA),
ONECO – Consulting & Mobility, and Taller
ACSA - Antropología y Ciencias Sociales
Aplicadas.
ASSDA is a Public Agency from the Junta
de Andalucia in Southern Spain. It has its
legal public status and it operates
independently for the fulfilment of its
aims. It is currently attached to the Regional Ministry of
Health and Social Welfare. ASSDA covers three main areas
of action: 1. The organisation and provision of services for
the management of the system promoting the autonomy
and attention of people in a “dependent” situation in
Andalusia; 2. Social services and assistance to people at
risk of exclusion and/or with substance addiction
problems; 3. The development, management and
promotion of “social resources” for persons, families and
groups in order to promote a sustainable welfare, and
resources and measures for the protection of children.
ONECO is a consultancy for European projects in the area
of Education, Culture, Employment and Youth. ONECO
offers its services as consultants for programmes such as
the Lifelong Learning Programme, Progress, Culture 2007-
2013, Youth in Action, Europe for Citizens, writing
proposals and implementing project activities. Also, it acts
as an intermediary organisation that looks for placements
for young people from all over Europe in Sevilla, from Spain
and abroad. ONECO is deeply committed to bringing
European politics closer to citizens.
Taller ACSA is a non-profit organisation founded by a group
of anthropologists, sociologists, and social psychologists
specialized in the fields of social inclusion, migration,
minorities, and cultural studies. The mission of Taller ACSA
is to promote mutual learning and discussion, exchange
and collaboration with other social actors in order to
underpin social intervention through research. The guiding
principles of Taller ACSA include networking and
cooperation with institutional actors; effectiveness,
sustainability and innovation of projects; transferability and
promotion of the principle of equal opportunities and
participation.
For the “CO.RE” project the Spanish partnership has
already taken a first important step. With the purpose of
building the “needs analysis report” and signing the
“European Common Agreement”, several focus groups are
being held and interviews to key stakeholders are taking
place. The target groups of these activities are people with
special difficulties entering the labour market (young
people, migrants, women…) and taking part of local
activities; local and regional authorities; social enterprises
and SMEs with a commitment in
corporate social responsibility (CSR).
The Spanish team will bring to the
Conference in Oporto some local
stakeholders with the aim of bringing
the project outcomes closer to the
local civil society and multiply the
foreseen project impact.
Spain Update
The Andalusia
Autonomous Community
within the Spanish state
The Bulgarian partnership working on CO.RE. found its final
shape with some delay, but is now complete and already
functioning. It involves three stakeholders which will focus
their efforts on a small but diverse territory: the
municipality of Kuklen, located very close to Plovdiv – one
of Bulgaria’s biggest and most beautiful cities.
“We wanted to target a small but diverse territory where
the involvement of stakeholders will be easy and the
impact of the project will be very visible”, says Dolores
Grigorova, who is coordinating the Bulgarian partnership.
“We’ve found support and understanding from the local
authorities and we are looking forward to start applying the
common responsibility approach that feeds the CO.RE
project methodology”, she adds.
Dolores and her colleagues from C.E.G.A. Foundation have
been working in the field of social inclusion since 1995,
when the organisation was officially registered. Based in
Sofia, C.E.G.A. Foundation has always worked in the
countryside trying to support local actors in solving their
own problems. C.E.G.A. has the leading role in the
Bulgarian partnership of the CO.RE project.
Another partner, Darsik LTD, is a private company
specialised in accounting services. “We’ve always been
socially-oriented and our participation in this project is
a natural choice”, says Rumyana Kiryakova from Darsik.
The company plans to contribute to the project by bringing
expertise in business planning to the project target group.
The last organisation to join the partnership, but promising
to play a crucial role in it, is the social foundation Indi Roma
97 located in Kuklen. The foundation is purely community-
based, working intensely for the social inclusion of the
Roma community in the Kuklen Municipality. It will be the
main actor in approaching both the target groups of the
project and the local stakeholders. “We are happy that
such projects happen in the small municipalities, because
people here have problems too and, in terms of income
generation and employment, those
problems are even bigger”, the
organisation’s chairwoman Albena
Kostadinova says.
All three partners agree that the
Bulgarian partnership is determined to
make the best of the project activities
and bring the optimum impact. The
strong willingness expressed by the
administration of Kuklen Municipality
to support the project activities in all
stages, is another guarantee for that.
Bulgaria Update
The Plovdiv region in
Bulgaria
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“La Giralda” in Seville
In Northern Ireland, the CO.RE. partnership
consists of Queen’s University, Young Enterprise
Northern Ireland, and RSM Tenon.
Queen’s University is Northern Ireland’s largest
and oldest university and is a member of the
Russell Group of leading UK universities. Young
Enterprise offers training and development
opportunities to over 100,000 school pupils each
year. RSM Tenon is the UK’s 6th-largest business
services organisation.
Each organisation is committed to using its unique
resources to help young people achieve their full
potential.
Since the CO.RE. kick-off conference in Florence in
March, the Northern Ireland project group has
made several positive developments. Having held
three focus groups, and completed extensive data
collection and stakeholder analysis, we are now
working to finalise our pilot project.
Our target group consists of school pupils aged 17
who are still in education and have high potential
but lack the opportunity and support to make
informed decisions about their future. In Northern
Ireland, there are a range of existing programmes
targeting the unemployed. Not wanting to ‘reinvent
the wheel’ or develop a programme for groups that
already have access to support, the group made a
conscious decision to focus on students
who are in their final years of secondary
school and at a crucial point in their
academic life where they are making
decisions about their future.
The pilot project is recruiting 8-10
participants, and will give them the
opportunities to grow personally and
professionally through ‘taster’
experiences of entrepreneurship,
university, and work placements.
Northern Ireland Update
For further information, comments or suggestions please contact:
4 CO.RE. Newsletter, Issue 1 May 2012
ITALY
Consorzio “Società della Salute delle Colline Metallifere”
Mr Luciano Fedeli, President
Website: www.sdscollinemetallifere.it
Email: sdscollinemetallifere[at]gmail.com
ESPRIT - www.esprit.toscana.it
Ms Elisa Mancinelli, Project manager
Email: e.mancinelli[at]esprit.toscana.it
Accademia Europea di Firenze - www.aefonline.eu
Ms Silvia Volpi, Project manager
Email: volpi[at]aefonline.eu
UNCEM Toscana - www.uncemtoscana.it/
Mr Andrea Barducci, Project manager
Email: a.barducci[at]uncemtoscana.it
PORTUGAL
Junta de Freguesia de Lordelo do Ouro - http://jf-lordelodoouro.pt/
Ms Maria Margarida Fernandes, Head of Unit
Email: margarida.fernandes[at]lordelo.net
Rede INDUCAR - Educação não formal e integração social -
www.inducar.pt/
Ms Susana Pereira, Project manager
Email: susana.pereira[at]inducar.pt
ADILO - Agência de Desenvolvimento Integrado de Lordelo do Ouro -
www.adilo.pt
Mr Agostinho Rodrigues, Manager
Email: adilo[at]iol.pt
INSPIRE Mudança - Comunicação para o desenvolvimento
sustentável - www.inspire.pt
Ms Claudia Cruz, Project manager
Email: geral[at]inspire.pt
SPAIN
Junta de Andalucia - Agencia de Servicios Sociales y Dependencia
www.juntadeandalucia.es/agenciadeserviciossocialesydependencia
Ms Mercedes García Sáez, Project manager
Email: mercedes.garcia.saez[at]juntadeandalucia.es
Taller ACSA - Antropología y Ciencias Sociales Aplicadas -
http://taller-acsa.org/
Mr Giuseppe Beluschi Fabeni, Project manager
Email: gbf[at]taller-acsa.org
ONECO - Consultoría & Movilidad - www.oneco.org/
Ms Valle Casado Maestre, Project manager
Email: consulting[at]oneco.org
BULGARIA
C.E.G.A. Foundation - Creating Effective Grassroots Alternatives -
http://cega.bg
Ms. Dolores Grigorova, Project manager
Email: dolly[at]cega.bg
INDI ROMA 97 Foundation
Ms Albena Kostadinova
Email: indiroma[at]mail.bg
DARSIK Ltd
Ms Rumyiana Kyriakova
Email: darsik[at]abv.bg
UNITED KINGDOM
RSM Tenon - www.rsmtenon.com
Mr Kevin Shine, Project manager
Email: kevin.shine[at]rsmtenon.com
Young Enterprise Northern Ireland - www.yeni.co.uk
Ms Deborah Lamberton, Project manager
Email: deborah.lamberton[at]yeni.co.uk
Queen’s University Belfast, Careers Office - www.qub.ac.uk
Ms Deirdre Deery,
Email: d.deery[at]qub.ac.uk
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