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Laps and Raps (Local Action Plans/ Regional Action Plans)
Peer Review Workshops
Laps and Raps Final Conference, Committee of the Regions, 22 June 2007
"Social Inclusion Planning: Connecting the local to the national and EU agenda" was the title of the final Laps and Raps project conference which took place in the Committee of the Regions, Brussels, on 22 June 2007.
The final project event was the culmination of a two year programme which brought together a diverse mix of public bodies, local authorities and NGOs from 7 EU Member States (11 partners) that are all involved in local/regional/national work related to tackling social exclusion as well as working on a Europe wide level. The overall aim of this project 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.
The conference highlighted the need for such a connection which is reflected by the fact that despite the centrality of the issue of social exclusion in terms of policy, the role of cities, towns and regions in the development of National Action Plans for Social Inclusion (NAPs) has been ad hoc and somewhat marginal.
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- Project activities - State of the Art, Andrea del Mercato, Director Social Policies, City of Venice
- Regional Action Plan for the Inclusion of the Algarve, Alexandra Amorim, Institute of Social Security, Portugal, see also "Draft regional action plan for inclusion - Algarve"
- Local and Regional Action Plans on Social Inclusion - Czech Republic, Sarka Horakova, Karvina
- The EU social protection and social inclusion planning, Antoine Saint-Denis, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, European Commission
- Experiences on elaborating Local Action Plans, Venice Local Action Group
- Local and Regional Action Plans for Social Inclusions - Framework and Methodology, Haroon Saad, Director QeC ERAN
Fourth Peer Review Workshop, Venice 19-22 April 07
 The fourth Peer Review Workshop took place in Venice from 19-22 April 2007. The two sub themes of the PREW were the accessability of:
a)Services for children
b)Services for people with disabilities
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- Project Activities - State of the Art, Andrea Del Mercato, Laps & Raps Project Manager, Director Social Policies, City of Venice
- Introduction to theme- Children and social inclusion, by Robert Arnkil, Arnkil Dialogues Co. and Work Research Centre, Tampere University
- Crotone case study: EVITA and H-SPORT Projects, by Giuseppe Bevilacqua, City of Crotone, Crotone
- Slovenian case study: Children and youth in transitional society - Analysis of situation in Slovenia in comparison to Municipality of Celje , by Tanja Lamut, Public Institution Socio
- The framework and Methodology for Action Planning, Haroon Saad, Director QeC- ERAN
- Toledo case study: Accessing to services and adaptability of building for people with this disability, the National Hospital for spinal cord injured , by Cristina Palencia Lopez, FECMES, Toledo
- Venice case study: The years of growth Centres: a service to prevent and combat child social exclusion , by Raffaella Goattin, Social Policies Directorate - Children and Youth Services, City of Venice.
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Third Peer Review Workshop, Lisbon 15-18 November 06
 The Third Peer Review Workshop took place in Lisbon from the 15th -18th November 06. The theme was on "Integration of immigrants" looking at how to deal with this subject at local level.
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Presentations:
- National Action Plan on Social Inclusion, Portugal, Fernanda Rodrigues, National Co-ordinator
- Welcoming and Integrating, High Commissariat for Immigration and Ethnic Minorities
- Professional Integration of Immigrants in Portuguese Society, Joao Pedro Henriques, IEFP
- Safira 3 project, Domineca Cerrelli, Province of Crotone
- Immigration and Promotion of Citizen's Rights Service, Gianfranco Bonesso, City of Venice
- Italian Perspective: Trends, issues and key measures, Guilia Zacchia, Brodolini Foundation, Rome
- Integration of immigrants: an overview, Haroon Saad, QeC-ERAN
- Format case study, Lucia Luzzolini, City of Crotone
- Good practice in ethnic minority integration in the UK, Liz Mackey, Black Training and Enterprise Group
- Integration of ethnic minorities in the Czech Republic with special focus on the Roma community, Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
- Algarve Regional Action Plan for Social Inclusion, Alexandra Amorim, Instituto de Seguranca Social
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Second Peer Review Workshop, Rome 3-6 May 2006
The second Peer Review workshop took place in Rome from 3-6 May 2006 and was hosted by the Local Action Group (Comune di Roma - Department XIV - local development, training and employment policies). The theme for the workshop was on "INTEGRATION INTO THE LABOUR MARKET FOR VULNERABLE GROUPS" .
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- Active Labour market policies for vulnerable groups: an overview, Professor Dan Finn, University of Portsmouth
- Labour market governance in Italy: a focus on adult population, Alessandra Caretta, Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini
- Adult population in the city of Rome: Seeking for a labour market without age bounds, Claudia Villante, and Alessandra Caretta, Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini
- Project for a Local Action Plan, Claudio Politi, English - Italian
- The European Commission: Local Employment Development and the IDELE programme, Dominic Rice, European Commission, Power Point Presentation
- Developing a Methodological Framework for Developing Local and Regional Plans for Social Inclusion, Overview of the Project, Haroon Saad Director - QeC-ERAN
- Presentation of the conference paper: "Towards a framework for local and regional action plans, Peter Ramsden Freiss Ltd.) (for full report see below)
- Integration of immigrants, who live in West Athens, into the local labour market, Katopodis Andreas, Diamantopoulos Moskos, ASDA
- Immigrants' integration in the Portuguese Labour Market, Catarina Oliveira
- Local Action Plan for employment and social inclusion, Municipality of Thessaloniki
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First Peer Rieview Workshop, Prague 8-11 February 2006
 The first Peer Review Workshop of the Laps and Raps project took take place in Prague, Czech Republic on 8-11 February 2006.
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Presentations:
- National Action Plans for Social Inclusion, Hugh Fraser, European Commission
- Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, Hugh Fraser, European Commission
- Developing a methodological framework for Laps/Raps (Haroon Saad,QeC-ERAN)
- Presentation of the conference paper: "Towards a framework for local and regional action plans, Peter Ramsden Freiss Ltd.) (for full report see below)
- Community Planning of Social Services in the Czech Republic, Tereza Klouckova, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
- Community Planning of Social Services in the town of Havlickuv Brod, Ivana Strassova
- Czech Case Study on Community Planning
- Case study: LAP - the Portuguese approach, Instituto da Segurancia Social, Portugal
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Workshop report (Peter Ramsden Freiss Ltd.),
click here to see Power Point Presentation of this report. This report will be further developed throughout the project duration. A final product will be presented at the closing conference.
- Case studies report , Peters Ramsden
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Background
The overall aim of the peer review workshops is to support the development of a common framework and methodology for developing LAPs /RAPs and need to be viewed as a rolling, cumulative process.
Each workshop will bring together a delegation of 3 participants from Local Development Group that each partner will establish at the outset of this project. These LDGs will be cross sectoral, and connect into regional, national and local actors and ensure involvement of participants who will bring direct experience into the exchange process.
In order to achieve this aim, the first workshop will focus on creating a common framework. The methodology will have three elements:
- An expert paper which presents a common framework for developing LAPs/RAPs
- Inputs from partners in terms of case studies
- Identification of issues/problems that need to be addressed
The end result will be a common framework that all partners can employ.
The three subsequent peer review workshops will follow the same methodology:
- An expert paper on the theme(s) agreed for the peer review (these themes would relate to one of the 6 priorities). This paper would apply the common framework
- Inputs from partners in terms of their local practice
- Identification of issues /problems that need to be addressed
The end result would be a template relating to each priority which would provide the means for each Local Development Group to develop their LAP/RAPs.
In short, the methodology is build on the experience of partners and enhanced through expert input AND exchange of experience between partners( and in the case of the first workshop , also invited agencies with experience in developing LAPs/RAPs).
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This project is financed by the European Commission through the Community Action Programme to Combat Social Exclusion 2002-2006, Transnational Exchange Programme
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