Lisbon is hosting the Social Innovation International Conference that marks the end of the EQUAL European Community initiative at a national and European level, running from 10 to 12 December at the FIL conference centre in Lisbon.
Click on each Day to watch presenters and participants comment on what they have learned during the eight years of EQUAL activity and what they consider important for the upcoming eight years of the European Social Fund.
This event is involving over two thousand national and international participants and representatives from political, economic and social entities from all over the European Union, including Vladimir Spidla, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. In addition to the debates and conferences by specialists and social entrepreneurs from around the world, there is also an exposition of projects, workshops, ad hoc forums, consultancy meetings and an exposition open to the public.
- Overview of the interviews
- Powering a New Future: 10 December 2008, Lisbon
- Powering a New Future: 11 December 2008, Lisbon
- Powering a New Future: 12 December 2008, Lisbon
For general information on the Powering a new Future conference, please visit http://poweringanewfuture.org/
Why a community of practice?
The ESF 2007 - 2013 strongly focuses on good governance and partnership across Europe. It also calls for the promotion of transnational cooperation with the aim of learning from one another. Supporting transnational cooperation is a new challenge to ESF managers, as it requires specific skills and resources, dedicated information and communication tools, and the development of procedures and frameworks for action that match those of the other ESF Programmes.
In order to stimulate and facilitate peer learning on promoting transnational cooperation between ESF managers, a European community of practice on Transnational cooperation has been set up. Its main functions are to:
- exchange practice and experience in designing, administring and monitoring transnational activities
- establish and manage an online platform to facilitate discussion and exchange of information
- contribute to the development of the necessary skills and to building institutional capacity to effectively promote, and benefit from, transnational exchange
- facilitate the development of suitable tools and procedures to make transnational cooperation work
If you have any problems regarding registrations or otherwise at this CoP, please contact Therese Lundgren, CoP moderator.
e-mail: therese@europeanminds.com
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