Local contracts for the promotion of social development – the case of Évora.

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1 - The emergence of local contracts for the social development in Portugal; 

2 - Local Contracts for Social Development and Europe 2020; 

3 - The Local Contract for Social Development of Évora.

Overall Objective

The purpose of Local Contracts for Social Development is to promote the social inclusion of citizens, in a multi-response and integrated way, through a partnership workflow, in order to fight social exclusion and persistent poverty in depressed areas.

Local Contracts for Social Development focus on the concentration of resources in four areas of intervention:

1.Employment, training and qualification;2.Parental and family intervention;3.Community and institutions empowerment ;4.Information and accessibility.

Europe 2020: An overview MAJOR OBJECTIVES

•Increasing the employment rate of people aged 20 to 64 years from the current level of 69% for at least 75%.•Achieving the goal of reaching 3% of GDP in R & D, in particular by improving the conditions of investment in R & D by the private sector, and develop a new indicator to keep pace with innovation.•Reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by at least 20% compared to 1990 levels or 30% if conditions warrant, increase to 20% share of renewables in our final energy consumption and increase in 20 % energy efficiency.•Reduce the percentage of youths who drop out of school to 10% compared to the current 15% and increase the proportion of people aged between 30 and 34 years who completed higher education from 31% to at least 40%.•25% reduction in the number of Europeans living below national poverty thresholds, which allows you to get out of poverty 20 million people. 

SMART GROWTH SUSTAINABLE GROWTH INCLUSIVE GROWTH INNOVATION «Innovation Union» 

CLIMATE, ENERGY AND MOBILITY «Innovation Union» 

EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS «Agenda for new skills and new jobs »

EDUCATION «Youth on the Move» 

DIGITAL SOCIETY«Digital Agenda for Europe»

COMPETITIVENESS «Youth on the Move» 

FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY «European Platform against poverty»

INCLUSIVE GROWTH - Goals

In Portugal 

Employment Goal:The national target on the employment rate in 2020 for the population between 20 and 64 is 75%.

Goal of Poverty Reduction:The  national  goal  is  a  reduction  of at least 200 thousand people in poverty by 2020. This reduction should be phased in this period, due to budget  constraints  and  consequent  effort  to  contain  that  Portugal  will  be the  subject  until  2013,  looking  ahead  to  a more significant decrease from 2013.

Entities involved in Local Contract for Social Development of Évora (including a commitment protocol signed for 3 years): 

Promoter Entity: City Council of ÉvoraFunding Entity: Institute of Social SecurityCoordinating: Caritas of Évora (a  private  institution  of  social solidarity  selected  by  the  City  Council  of  Évora  –  a  charity institution)Executing entities:

•Caritas of Évora;•Association for Social Welfare and Development of Cruz da Picada

The CLDS Évora teamJosé Maria Ribeiro (Coordinator)

Célia Franco António Varela

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Sara Rodeia Maria Luísa Silva

Action Plan •36 months  (April 2009 to April 2012);•Prepared  by  a  local  team  consisting  of  the  executive  core  of  the Local Council for Social Action of Évora;•It  also  incorporates  activities  not  financed  by  Local  Contract  for Social  Development  of  Évora,  considered  important  for  the  local intervention  to  be  implemented,  including  actions  that  mobilize community  resources,  focusing  on  the  integrated  development  of the  Local  Contract  for  Social  Development  of  Évora  in  several areas, including housing, health, sports and education.

Framework for Intervention 

Based  on  the  social  diagnoses  and  social development plans existing, problems/ needs by intervention area  were identified .

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Axis 1: Unemployment, low educational, qualifications and professional difficulties in entering the labor market, lack of motivation and expectations, lack of work habits; Axis 2: Lower social and parenting skills, lack of skills in household management,  resistance  to  change,  family  breakdown,  isolation, loneliness and depression; Axis 3: Reduced civic education, lack  of  feeling  of belonging, difficulty in coordination of interventions by different entities within the territory, technical difficulty in forming associations; Axis 4: Lack  of  equipment  in  the  area  of  new  technologies, lack of training in information, communication and technologies for inter-generational context. 

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Target Audience 

•Unemployed;•Young people looking for a first job;•Beneficiaries of social integration income;•Active population;•Elderly;•Children and Young people;•Leaders  of  institutions,  especially  private  institutions  of social solidarity (Charities).

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Axis of Intervention 1 - Employment, Training and Qualification

•Monitoring of the integration process;•Qualifications or constraints;•Supporting entrepreneurship;•Actions  target  at  employers  between  employers,  potential employees, professional schools and training centers;•Training and information directed to economic agents.

 

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Axis Intervention 2 - Family and Parental  Intervention

•Family planning;•Information / training / education for citizenship and human rights;•Self-help groups;•Actions for personal development;•Actions for personal skills training;•Actions to domestic economy;•Actions for the definition of life projects;•Actions for the identification and diagnosis of stress and risk factors in families;•Social and cultural actions for the elderly;•Proximity volunteering with older people.

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Axis Intervention 3 - Community and Institutions Empowerment

•Support for self-organization of the inhabitants•Establishment  of  associations  (residents,  or  youth issues).

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Axis of Intervention 4 - Information and Access 

With training facilitators of access to Information Technology and Communication.

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ReferringInstitutions

Receiving And

 analysing

Social Security Services

Schoolls, trainning centers

Public Employment

 Services

Social Care Services

Other

Validation and 

Assignment of  case manager

Integration into the 

CLDS ÉvoraDatabase 

Follow up interviews

Target Population

Methodological Approach of CLDS Évora

Axis II

Axis III

Axis I

Axis IVDefinition of actions to be implemented

So far:•Over 500 beneficiaries supported;•Good adhesion of the local community;•Achievement of the goals;•Improved coordination between organizations;•Significant increase of the capacity of service;•Greater effectiveness and efficiency of services and responses to identified problems;•Improving levels of satisfaction of beneficiaries.

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Summary of the Intervention Strategy of the Local Contract for Social Development of Évora: 

•Methodology of integrated care;•Skills development;•Promoting  active  citizenship,  entrepreneurship  and  social responsibility;•Involvement of  the  local  community from partnerships  with  local media and effective partnership working;•Awareness  of  the  need  for  social  innovation  to  increase efficiency  and  effectiveness  of  support  provided  by  private institutions of social solidarity.

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Conclusion :

That according to the Europe 2020 strategy, which calls for inclusive growth, we believe that the implementation of  the Local Contract  for Social Development program, in  Portugal,  may  contribute  to  increasing  the  rate  of employment and poverty reduction, recognizing that the proximity of  the problems of  local entities,  including the municipalities,  is  in  most  situations,  an  added  value  to find  a  local  answer  and,  therefore,  more  appropriate responses.

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Thank you for your attention.

Maria Luísa SilvaE-mail: mlfcsilva@gmail.com

Telephone: 00351 927 971 961

Local Contract for the Social Development of Évora

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