TASK3/WG3 - COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF PRACTICES, WITH A VIEW TO PROVIDE POLICY INPUTS FOR A EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY PLATFORM (Months 34-48)
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Description
Aim
The aim of this task was to sort out from the evidence gathered and compared in the previous task, both good and bad practices, in order to identify the most enabling institutional frameworks and production arrangements and their potential for transferability. In particular, the practices enhancing efficiency, quality and users satisfaction, democratic participation, social and territorial cohesion, good working conditions, and equal opportunities were singled out. Contextually, the hypothesis that multi-scalar and multi-actor governance in social services works best in contexts with robust regulatory frameworks that ensure universal access, ‘minimum welfare standards’, and basic labour protection were tested. Such findings were then to be valorised in academic publications
Responsibility and Activities
This task was carried out by Working Group 3, coordinated by a WG3 Leader, and involved the following activities:
- Working Group organisational meetings.
- Parallel WG meetings to compare assessments of case studies.
- Working Group workshops to discuss drafts of papers for publication.
- Action final conference to present the final output of the Action to the broader public.
- Local stakeholders workshop to share findings with the local community
Participants
| WG3 Leader |
Anneli ANTTONEN - University of Tampere (FI) |
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WG3 Co-Leaders Policy domains |
Teppo KROGER - University of Jyväskylä (FI) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Older people and people with disabilities |
| Margitta MÄTZKE - Johannes Kepler, University Linz (AT) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Children and childcare | |
| Bettina LEIBETSEDER - Johannes Kepler, University Linz (AT) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Social assistance services | |
| Serena VICARI - Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca (IT) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Housing and neighbourhood | |
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Rosa MAS GIRALT - University of Leeds (UK) |
Social services and the crisis | |
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WG3 Co-Leaders Transversal themes |
José Luis GOMEZ BARROSO - Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (ES) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
EU Social Services Strategies/Policies |
| Margitta MÄTZKE - Johannes Kepler, University Linz (AT) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Conception underlying social policy strategies | |
| Stefania SABATINELLI - Politecnico di Milano (IT) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Vertical division of labour within the state | |
| Per JENSEN - Aalborg Universitet (DK) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Horizontal division of labour | |
| Sofia ADAM - National Technical University of Athens (GR) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Bottom up initiatives vs welfare state | |
| Blanca DEUSDAD - Rovira i Virgili University of Terragona (ES) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
The gender/care dimension | |
| Participant Parties/institutions |
TO BE DEFINED |
Output
- Action website
- Local networks of local actors (from the social services administrations, the private sector, the third sector, etc.), in the city/region of each participating institution, to exchange and validate knowledge about experiences and practices.
- Methodology material (templates, etc.)
- Action Working papers on website
- Self-evaluation exercise to assess the achievement of the the objectives of Task 3.
- Final Action Conference
- Academic publications: 2 special issues of journals and 1 edited book (FAP)