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Barcelona
Barcelona – Conclusions

Each of the projects presented has certain specific characteristics. For this reason, we will look at impact, sustainability and the possibility of diffusion in each of the projects individually. Impact Case 1: Urban revitalisation: the La Mina Transformation Plan The PTBM has had a significant impact on neighbourhood revitalisation, in terms of both urban and…

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Teresa Montagut, Gemma Vilà, Marta Llobet and Sebastià Riutort (Universitat de Barcelona)

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Pamplona
54. Social integration enterprises and social clauses

54.1. Short description Employment policies in Spain have long included temporary employment schemes for the unemployed, usually run by local authorities. The idea that offering a chance of working for some time is better than just claiming benefits has a long tradition, based on the idea that it is better for the dignity of those…

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Manuel Aguilar Hendrickson (Universitat de Barcelona)

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Pamplona
55. Social integration housing

55.1. Short description The social integration housing (viviendas de integración social, or VIS) programme allows a number of TSOs to buy second–hand homes that may be resold or rented to low-income people with whom they are engaged in a social work process. It allows a more flexible approach to access to housing for specific persons…

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Manuel Aguilar Hendrickson (Universitat de Barcelona)

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Pamplona
56. Casas Amigas

56.1. Short description Casas Amigas (friendly homes) is a child care service for children under the age of three that is provided at the carer’s own home. Two associations (one in Pamplona, one in rural areas in Navarra) provide the service, which is regulated and subsidised by the regional government. It is officially considered as…

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Manuel Aguilar Hendrickson (Universitat de Barcelona)

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Pamplona
57. Neighbourhood children’s services

57.1. Short description The fourth case we are analysing in Pamplona is a group of neighbourhood associations that carry out social activities aimed at the prevention of social problems amongst children. It is the result of a movement of community associations that developed leisure activities for children and of its integration into the local government…

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Manuel Aguilar Hendrickson (Universitat de Barcelona)

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Pamplona
Pamplona – Conclusions

All four analysed innovations were born as initiatives of TSOs. In all cases there has been one (or several) TSOs that wished to do something in a specific new way that have either started to do it on their own and then found the way to obtain public support (cases 1, 2 and 4), or…

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Manuel Aguilar Hendrickson (Universitat de Barcelona)

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Birmingham
71. Youth Employment and Enterprise Rehearsal (YEER)

71.1. Short description In 2010 The Future Melting Pot (TFMP) set up the YEER pilot project (for 1 year) to provide business support to black and minority ethnic individuals who were not in employment, education or training (NEET) with the main aim of participants being able to set up their own enterprises. YEER was designed…

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Nadia Brookes, Jeremy Kendall and Lavinia Mitton (University of Kent)

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Birmingham
72. Lone parent support

72.1. Short description The lone parent support project was delivered by Employment Needs Training Agency (ENTA) and partners, and offered a holistic approach to addressing barriers to work for lone parents. Once contacted people were assessed, agreed an action plan and then received on-going support and mentoring from the project team (this continued once they…

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Nadia Brookes, Jeremy Kendall and Lavinia Mitton (University of Kent)

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Pamplona
Pamplona – Introduction

Local background of the social innovations The history of social policies in Navarra during the last 30 years shows a certain degree of ambivalence. The regional and local governments have frequently boasted of having a level of social service provision clearly above the Spanish average and of being a pioneer in the development of social…

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Manuel Aguilar Hendrickson (Universitat de Barcelona)

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Barcelona
Barcelona – Introduction

Local background of the social innovations The administrative decentralisation of the political structure in Spain grants regional and local councils a set of legislative and executive competencies which, in the case of social welfare services, are very far-reaching (Aguilar et al. 2011). This decentralisation of competencies has given considerable leeway to each territory in the…

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Teresa Montagut, Gemma Vilà, Marta Llobet and Sebastià Riutort (Universitat de Barcelona)

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