The 'citizens centers' form a base for resources, for living together, for projects, for social/professional integration and are dedicated to the new information and communication technologies.
Thus these centers provide a link between the citizens and the local actors to achieve a maximum of social capital for all these zones and to engage in projects for the benefit of the affected local communities.
Member: Full
Representative:
Blanka Elfmarkova
Director General
Tel: +420 2 224920886
Fax: +4420 2 224921883
E-mail: Blanka.elfmarkova@mpsv.cz
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLS) was established in 1990. It is responsible for social policy (e.g. people with disabilities, social services, social benefits, family policy), social security (e.g. pensions, sickness insurance), employment (e.g. labour market, employment support, employment of foreigners), labour legislation, occupational safety and health, equal opportunities of women and men, migration and integration of foreigners, European Social Fund and other social or labour related issues.
MoLSA provides methodological guidance for Labour Offices, Czech Social Security Administration, Czech Occupational Safety Office, Occupational Safety Inspectorates and for the Office for International Legal Protection of Children.
MoLSA runs 5 Social Care Homes for children and adults with physical or mental disabilities.
MoLSA supervises three Government-funded organizations: the Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs, the Institute for Occupational Safety Education and the Research Institute for Occupational Safety.
The Ministry currently employs approximately 18,000 members of staff.
On-going projects:
MoLSA is currently implementing two projects (for another two projects it provides financial support):
1) "Laps & Raps" project - the overall aim of this proposal is to develop a framework and methodology for the creation of Local Action Plans (Laps) or Regional Action Plans (Raps) for Social Inclusion which will enable the more effective integration of area-based approaches with wider conurbation or regional and national-level strategies.
In order to achieve this overall aim this proposal has the following objectives:
- To develop and undertake four transnational peer review and development workshops.
- To develop an online good practice exchange and development forum, which would bring together access to resources, case studies connections with practitioners and policy officers for developing local, regional and National plans.
- To assist local partners to develop/ improve local or regional plans for social inclusion. Read more>>
2) Project "Gender budgeting in practice"
The main goals of the project are to analyse a contemporary situation of gender budgeting at central, regional and local level in each partner's state and to support the implementation of gender budgeting as a standard tool in the budgetary process at regional and local level.
Activities:
- Comparative analyses surveying the gender equality issues in the legal order with a view to gender budgeting and its application in practice.
- International conference
- Regional seminars
- Information campaign
Following projects are financially supported by MoLSA:
3) Project "STOP social exclusion"- Centre of Non-profit Organizations
Activities:
- Provision of information, which is the condition for the following:
- Participation of all relevant actors in all stages of development of the strategy, from policy definition to implementation, monitoring and evaluating.
The first part of this awareness-raising project will aim at explaining basic terms, policy aspects of European social inclusion strategy and all related policies, documents and instruments (for example European Social Fund, Social Exclusion Program, etc.). Information have already started to be provided on such elements of the respective strategy as Social Exclusion Program, first proposed chapters of NAPs/inclusion, JIM. Project partners will motivate other actors (NGOs, public administration) to take part in implementing the strategy, monitoring its progress and evaluate it.
4) Project " Europe includes everyone" - Centre of Political Analyses
The project focuses on inclusion concerns, specifically engaging stakeholders in local and nation-wide programmes targeted at social inclusion (i.e. implementation of the National Action Plan on Social Inclusion and developing awareness of the Lisbon Strategy Programme activities) and building general awareness among these groups, via use of standard PR/communications tools, on efforts the EU is endorsing (NAPSI, Reform strategy documents, etc.) to help improve the socio-economic situation or marginalised groups in the Czech Republic.
Activities:
- Direct inclusion of target audience in project discussions
- Use of personal testimonies in producing product information materials
- Incorporation of media partners into project activity proposals
- Dissemination of information to decision-makers across the Czech Republic
More info>>
Other areas of interest:
MoLSA is among others responsible for coordination of Social Inclusion Strategy in the Czech Republic. It coordinates the process of development of the Joint Inclusion Memorandum and the National Action Plan on Social Inclusion and it is also responsible for the implementation and the delivery of the Plan.
MoLSA also provides financial support for the community planning process. Community planning is focused ont the promotion of partnership, development of regional social policies and planning of social services at the regional or municipal level, NGOs and users of social services. It is based on mutual cooperation among responsible institutions (municipalities and regions), users and providers of social services. The objective is to develop a continuous planning process and to establish full cooperation within all levels.
QeC-ERAN contacts:
Jitka Zukalova
Na Poricnim pravu 1
128 01 Prague 2
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 2 221 92 2118
E-mail: Jitka.Zukalova@mpsv.cz
and
Mr Radek Suda
Department of Family Policy
Na Poricnim pravu 1
128 01 Prague 2
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 2 2192 3007
E-mail: radek.suda@mpsv.cz
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France
Seine Saint Denis
Conseil général de la Seine-Saint-Denis
Member: Full
Political representative: M. Claude Bartolone , Président du Conseil général
M. Gilbert Roger , Premier Vice-président en charge du Développement économique, de l'emploi, des relations européennes et internationales
Population: 1 459 074 (2005)
Qec ERAN contact person:
Andreas Löns
E-mail: alons@cg93.fr
Ghazaleh Monazzami
E-mail:
gmonazzami@cg93.fr
Madeleine Delaperriere
E-mail: mdelaperriere@cg93.fr
Tel: +33 1 43 93 87 26 ou + 33 (0)1 43 93 87 20
Fax: +33 1 43 93 42 29
Direction des Affaires Européennes, Internationales et de la Culture de la Paix Service des Affaires européennes
93006 BOBIGNY Cedex
FRANCE
Website: http://www.seine-saint-denis.fr
Domaines de travail de l'autorité locale :
- L'action sociale, l'insertion : l'aide aux personnes handicapées, l'aide aux personnes âgées, l'aide sociale à l'enfance
- L'Education : la construction, la rénovation et l'entretien des collèges, partenariats avec les universités
- Le Développement économique, l'emploi, la formation
- L'aménagement du territoire, l'amélioration des transports publics, lhabitat
- La Santé. la prévention
- La Citoyenneté : les actions en direction des publics fragilisés : les jeunes, les femmes, les personnes âgées, les personnes handicapées, la lutte contre toutes les formes de discriminations
- La Jeunesse
- La Culture , le Sport, les Loisirs
- L' Environnement et le Développement durable : gestion de parcs départementaux, biodiversité
- L'Europe et l'International : Politique de cohésion 2007-2013, Coopération européenne, Relations internationales et Coopération décentralisée.
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Description des projets:
- Schéma départemental des Personnes Agées, Schéma départemental des Personnes handicapées
- L'insertion professionnelle et sociale : le Plan départemental d'insertion
- L'emploi : les Chartes pour l'emploi signées avec les grandes entreprises
- Les collèges : le "coupon informatique" pour acheter un ordinateur
- L'enseignement supérieur : partenariat avec l'Université Paris 8, soutien à des projets de promotion de l'enseignement supérieur
- La Jeunesse : aide au financement de cartes de transports en commun, aide au financement du permis de conduire, Plate-forme des Droits de l'enfant et des jeunes
- Prévention des conduites à risques et de la santé dans un espace dédié aux jeunes
- L'Observatoire Départemental des violences envers les femmes : espace d'échanges et de réflexion, outil d'analyse et de recensement et vecteur de communication et d'information sur ces phénomènes de violences
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Italy
Cosenza (City Council)
Crotone (City Council)
Lecce (City council)
Turin ( City Council)
Venice (City Council)
Rome (Department XIV - Local Development, Training and Employment Policies
Cosenza (City Council)
Member: Full
Political Representative: Eva Catizone, Mayor
Citta di Cosenza
Piazza dei Bruzzi
87100 Cosenza
Italy
QeC-ERAN Co-ordinator
Leonardo Acri
European Office
Piazza dei Bruzzi
I-87100 Cosenza
Tel: + 39 098 481 3212
Fax: +39 098 481 3211
E-mail: lacri@comune.cosenza.it
and
Alfredo Grazioso
Comunity of Cosenza
Piazza dei Bruzzi
I-87100 Cosenza
Tel: +39 098 481 3371
Fax: +39 098 481 3370
E-mail: comunecosenza@libero.it
Website
http://www.comune.cosenza.it
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Crotone (City Council)
Member: Full
QeC-ERAN contact person:
Francesco Valerio
Vivo Municipio 8
Crotone 88900
Tel : +39 3357390470; +39 0962921418
Fax +39 0962921418
Email: valeriofrancesco@comune.crotone.it
and
Domenico Falzetta
Email: falzettadomenico@comune.crotone.it
and
Marina D’Onofrio
Contact person
Piazza della Resistenza
Tel : +39 0962921418
Fax : +39 0962921418
Email: Mardo2560@yahoo.it
Population: around 65.000/70.000
Main areas of activities:
Crotone municipality is included in the European Communitary Initiative Programme "URBAN II" (2000-2006), aimed to supporting the less integrated areas of the European Union , in the Programme URBACT and in the Project UDIEX - UDIEX Alep, a widely extended thematic area with over 400 participants, coming from more than 23 cities of the European Union.
UDIEX - UDIEX Alep promotes and stimulates exchanges of "good practices" about diversity and urban exclusion , using a methodology based upon Research/Action and Action/Learning with the purpose of evaluating in a transnational and international dimension the inclusion and social intervention praxis in favour of the weakest social groups and people at the margins.
In 2006 one of the international and transnational workshops into which the Communitary Actio Programme UDIEX - UDIEX Alep is articulated will be held in the city of Crotone. The exchange of "ood practices" will have the following issue as a main subject : "Capacity of adaptation to the economic and social changes and use of the new technologies of information and communication as tools of emancipation and empowerment".
Crotone's municipality has contacts also with other European networks such as: ESN "European Social Network", ESP "European Public Social Platform", EC "Euro Cities - The Network of Major European Cities" bringing forward the following actions:
- Studying the inclusion process in a specific way , relatively to the National Action Plans and their links at a local and regional level.
- Exchanging "good practices" and knowledge in regards to the different approaches for the development of local and regional inclusion plans.
- Understanding the way Action Plans can be better built up through citizens' and stakeholders' participation.
- Considering the future contribute of the local Inclusion Plans and their complementarity.
One of the most interesting events organized after the European enlargement by these networks has been the Third Round Table about Poverty and Social Exclusion : "Social Inclusion in an enlarged Europe : New Challenges, New Opportunities", a conference organized in Rotterdam (17 - 20 November 2004) by the Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs of the Netherlands and the European Commission, the European Parliament and international organisations.
To sum up , Crotone' s main challenges are :
- Employment (high rates of unemployment , long- term unemployment, submerged work)
- Development of enterprises especially in the following sectors : tourism, artistic, cultural and historical resources
- Social affairs and measures tackling poverty, social exclusion and dropping out of people at the margins,
- Education and longlife learning,
- European dimension to build up or strengthen in local policies.
On-going projects:
For description see above (main area of activities). Crotone is presently involved in the following projects: PIC II, URBAN II, EQUAL, PON, POR, Leader + and GAL
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Lecce (City Council)
Member: Full
Representative: Paolo Perrone, Sindaco, Major
Contact details:
Via Rubichi, 1
73100 Lecce
Italy
Tel. 0832682228
Fax. 0832 682223
sindaco@comune.lecce.it
QeC-contact person:
Emanuela Chiriaco
Tel + 39 0832 68 29 72
E-mail:emanuela.chiriaco@comune.lecce.it
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Rome (Department XIV - Local Development, Training and Employment Policies
Member: Full
Representative:
Federico Bardanzellu, Head of Department XIV
QeC-contact person:
Giuseppe Panebianco
Integrated projects coordinator
Comune di Roma
Department XIV - Local Development, Training and Employment Policies
Lungotevere de Cenci 5
00186 ROME
Tel + 39 339 65 20 488
Fax +39 0 6 68 13 64 07
E-mail:giuseppe.panebianco@comune.roma.it
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Turin (City Council)
Member: Full
Political Representative: Ilda Curti, Deputy Mayor for Urban Development and Integration
Citta di Torino
Via Corte d'Appello 16
10122 Torino
Tel. +39 011 4431199
E-mail: ilda.curti@comune.torino.it
QeC-ERAN contact person:
Luisa Avedano
Turin City Council
Municipal Estate, Participations, ICT,
Innovation and Integration Dept.
Coordination Projects Sector
Urbact and EU Project Unit
Via San Francesco d'Assisi 3
10122 Turin - Italy
Tel: +39.011.4432546
Fax + 39.011.4432525
GSM +39.349.4161157
E-mail: luisa.avedano@comune.torino.it
Website
www.comune.torino.it
The City of Turin is the capital city of the Piedmont Region, a high-developed area in the North Western part of Italy. It counts over 0.9 million inhabitants settled on 130,17 Km 2, while the metropolitan area is wider and includes over 50 smaller municipalities with about 1.7 million inhabitants. Turin has an economically dynamic environment and the whole area is living quite a crucial period. In fact, the socio-economic pattern is deeply changing from being the main Italian automotive industrial district to become an innovative district based on high-level education, research, tourism and culture. From being well known as the main FIAT's premises (headquarters and many plants), Turin is working hard to reshape its identity. The City is promoting itself and its surroundings on the international tourism market, and it has hosted the Olympic Winter Games in February 2006.
Since 1996 the City is implementing many urban regeneration projects and programmes (17 at the moment) co-funded either at national, regional and local level or at the European one.
Turin has a ad hoc service named Territorial Development Department which is running many urban regeneration programmes for a more detailed description please see: www.comune.torino .it/periferie. (English version available)
Turin also designed and approved its second Strategic Plan aiming at creating a urban policy system including all the strategies of the City. See : www.torino-internazionale.org (English version available).
On-going projects:
Please visit www.comune.torino.it/internazionale/ where the majority of our European projects are presented.
Other areas of interest:
Being a local authority Turin is interested in and would like to be involved on the following topics: integration, citizens' participation, education, youth, urban issue, environment, housing...
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City of Venice - Comune di Venezia
Member: Full
Political Representative: Luana Zanella
Population: 270.000 residents
Website: www.comune.venezia.itwww.comune.venezia.it/ineuropaenelmondo
Main areas of activities:
- Urban regenerations
- Social inclusion policies
- Sustainable development
- New Information and Communication Technologies
- Culture
- International cooperation
Description of on-going projects:
Go to www.comune.venezia.it/ineuropaenelmondo
Representative:
Luana Zanella
E-mail:assessora.zanella@comune.venezia.it
QeC-ERAN contact persons:
Economic Development and European Policies Department
City of Venice
S. Croce 5002 int. 2/3
30135 Venice
Italy
Fax. +39 041 274 7813
Tel. +39 041 274 7817 (reception)
Paola Ravenna
Economic Development and European Policies Director Social Policies European Policies
City of Venice
Tel. +39 041 274 7821
E-mail:Paola.Ravenna@comune.venezia.it
Stefania Camuffo
Officer in charge for territorial cooperation
City of Venice
E-mail:stefania.camuffo@comune.venezia.it
Roberta Capuis
E-mail:roberta.capuis@comune.venezia.it
Website
http://www.comune.venezia.it/
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The Netherlands
Amsterdam Southeast has a population of over 86.000 with more than 130 nationalities and cultures. The most dominant group are the Dutch, Surinamese, Ghanaians and Antilleans. Thanks to its multi-cultural character, Southeast is a distinctive and attractive district of the city of Amsterdam.
The Southeast population is relatively young. Almost one-third of the population is under 20 years and approximately 55% is under 35 years. Only 10% of the people in South east are older than 65.
Since the eighties, Southeast's economic importance for the city of Amsterdam has greatly increased. Amsterdam Southeast employs more than 47.000 people and is therefore, after the city centre, the most important location of employment in the capital. The number of jobs and job opportunities is still increasing.
A very important assignment in Amsterdam Southeast is the renewal of Bijlmermeer. The renewal of the Bijlmermeer is a communal operation of several parties, each striving to achieve their own goals. It is a joint project of the Southeast district council, the city of Amsterdam and the Rochdale Housing Corporation. The urban renewal of this large residential area is a project, unique in the Netherlands for its scale, cost and ambition. Since 1992 the entire high-rise area of Bijlmermeer has been scheduled for renewal. In this project, the urban development, social economic renewal and renewal of administration of public places go hand in hand. The renewal of the Bijlmermeer entails not only the renewal of 12,500 homes, shopping centres, facilities and construction of infrastructure but also social projects which directly affects about 30,000 residents. Our approach is physical renewal based on social strategy. In this strategy, the connection between physical and social economic renewal is absolutely crucial. We believe that a one sided physical approach would be doomed to fail. The new homes must be capable of keeping the upcoming middle class in the area. At the same time this must not lead to sharp social segregation within the area. This implies, in the first place, 30% of the new homes will be controlled-rent housing and parts of the high-rise projects will be for sale. In addition there will be a mixture of housing types and the surroundings.
In the second place, the social-economic renewal functions as co-commission party for the physical renewal. Accommodation for child care, educational support, business spaces, sports facilities, collective church buildings, neighbourhood safety centres, empowerment centre, etc. can thus be given a place.
QeC-ERAN contact person:
Drs. Isaac A. Acheampong
Programme Manager
Concernstaf Afdeling Sociaal Economische Vernieuwing
Postbus 12491
1100 AL Amsterdam Zuidoost
Tel: +31 20-25 25 048
E-mail: i.acheampong@zuidoost.amsterdam.nl
Website: www.zuidoost.amsterdam.nl
Charlois (District of Rotterdam)
Member: Full
Mayor: Dick Lockhorst
Population: Charlois 68.000 (Rotterdam 560.000)
Main areas of activities:
- Social Inclusion
- Security
- Level of education
- Number of single, teenage mums
- Condition of housing
Oon-going projects:
- 'Safe Shopping' see : www.veiligondernemencharlois.nl
- 'Zorganizer', coordinated, holistic approach to improve living condition and social participation of people facing multiproblems,
- Regeneration of post- and prewar areas, one through construction of public private partnership.
QeC-ERAN contact persons:
Louwrien Andeweg
Tel: 0031 1041 07444
Jane Trosemito
Tel: 0031 1041 07415
Contact details:
Rotterdam District of Charlois
Boerhaavestraat 11 / postbus 5410
3008 AK, Rotterdam
Tel: +31 10 410 74 18
Fax: +31 10 481 01 76
Website: www.charlois.rotterdam.nl
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Poland
Starogard Gdanski (City Council)
Starogard Gdanski (City Council)
Member: Full
Political Representative: Edmund Stachowicz, Mayor
ul. Gdanska 6
83-200 Starogard Gdanski
Poland
Tel: +48 58 530 6006
Fax: +48 58 530 6000
E-mail: ratusz@starogard.pl
QeC-ERAN contact person:
Ludwik Szakiel
Head of International Co-operation Department
ul. Gdanska 6
83-200 Starogard Gdanski
Poland
Tel: +48 58 530 6062
Fax: +48 58 5306000
E-mail: ludwik.szakiel@um.starogard.pl
Website: www.starogard.pl
The main tasks of the International Co-operation Department are as follows:
1. coordinating, planning and implement the tasks dealing with the international co-operation and promotion of the city
2. coordinating the activity of municipality in the Euroregion "Baltic" and international networks
3. coordinating the activity within the framework of the EU structural funds and other programs (e.g. PAUCI - Polish-American-Ukranian Co-operation Initiative)
On-going projects:
CIEN project: GOOD PRACTICES IN CITIZENSHIP AND COEXISTENCE IN EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOODS - INTI programme
MAIN GOAL:
CIEN's goal is to generate knowledge through the exchange of experiences about policies for the promotion of citizenship and coexistence, developed in European neighbourhoods with a high concentration of non-EU immigrants, in order to transfer this knowledge to European cities.
PARTNERS:
Barcelona Provincial Council (ES)
West Sweden (SE)
London Borough of Haringey ( UK)
Centro Nord-Sud. Provincia di Pisa (IT)
Municipality of Mannheim (DE)
Municipality of Starogard Gdanski (PL)
Regional Development Agency Senec-Pezinok (SK)
Other areas of interest:
The City of Starogard Gdanski, in the Pomeranian region of Poland, is seeking a partner(s) city to co-operate with us on the development of a comprehensive City Promotion Strategy.
City Promotion is becoming essential for any city who wishes to attract visitors and businesses to their area. Competition in this area is high. Starogard Gdanski is therefore seeking a partner who has previous experience in this regard, who would be willing to share it with a city from a New Member Country. Inter-member co-operation is essential if the spirit of the European Union is to prosper in light of EU enlargement and participation is sure to prove a learning experience for both partners.
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Portugal
Amadora
Amadora (City Council)
Member: Full
Representative: Ana Monteiro, Câmara Municipal da Amadora
Contact Details:
Av. Gago Coutinho, 49 - 2 e 3
Amadora 2700-405
Portugal
Tel: + 351 96 586 15 67, + 351 21 494 82 03
E-mail: Ana.Monteiro@cm-amadora.pt
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ROMANIA
Bacau (Local Development Agency), RO
Bacau, Local Development Agency
Member: Full
Bacau Local Development Agency
6 Marasesti street 6
600017 Bacau
Romania
Website: http://adlbacau.ro
Qec- ERAN contact person:
Corneliu PRCOPE
Project Manager
Tel: +40 234 51 27 26
GSM: +40 745 515 052
E-mail: agentia@adlbacau.ro
Elena Ambrozie Crisiarcu
Project Manager Consultant
Tel: +40 234 512 726
GSM: +40 733 680 517
E-mail: translator@adlbacau.ro
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United Kingdom (UK)
Belfast
Belfast
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