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competences for poverty reduction

competences for

poverty reduction

Programme COPORE Conference23rd and 24th of April 2010Hogeschool van Amsterdam

Social Exclusion

for Combating Poverty and

2010European Year

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2 competences for poverty reduction 3

COPORE (COmpetences for POverty REduction)

is a consortium of health, social and educational

networks that presented to the European

Commission successfully an ERASMUS

Accompanying Measures Project within

the framework of the European Year 2010,

combating poverty and social exclusion. It will

be managed by ENOTHE, the European Thematic

Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher

Education.

The COPORE project aims to de� ne competences

and recommendations for health, education and

social work students and practitioners on how to

contribute to poverty reduction strategies. The

project aims to bring together all major actors

in the � eld, identify good practices, and develop

a common language on social determinants of

health and indicators of poverty.

Although looking for ways to combat poverty

is not innovative in itself, the introduction of a

interdisciplinary approach to the education of

health, educational and social work students,

linking the education to research and to society

in the speci� c � eld of health and social care and

de� ning the competences in the � eld are new

ideas.

The project aims to select existing good

practices in the � eld of interdisciplinary

community care, and invites students to develop

interdisciplinary projects on poverty reduction in

collaboration with disadvantaged groups from

local communities. Working groups will prepare

strategic papers on themes including community

development and client participation,

competences for monitoring social determinants

of health, interdisciplinary approaches,

preventive and outreaching approaches, and

multidisciplinary education with regard to

poverty reduction.

The various activities culminate in this

international conference in the Hogeschool van

Amsterdam, where selected good practices

will be presented, the best students project will

be awarded and the strategic papers will be

discussed. After the conference conclusions and

recommendations will be disseminated to a wide

audience in the health and social sectors.

The various activities culminate in this

international conference in the Hogeschool van

Amsterdam, where selected good practices

will be presented, the best students project will

be awarded and the strategic papers will be

discussed. After the conference conclusions and

recommendations will be disseminated to a wide

audience in the health and social sectors.

Introduction

Yair Aa - W

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Hogeschool van Amsterdam

ENOTHE- European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education

www.hva.nl

www.enothe.hva.nl

EFPC- European Forum for Primary Care www.euprimarycare.org

CICE- Children's Identity and Citizenship in Europe ERASMUS Network www.cice.londonmet.ac.uk

Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Kreisverband Mettmann www.drk-mettmann.de

Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen

EASSW-European Association of Schools of Social Work

www.khk.be

www.eassw.org/

University of Rousse www.uni-ruse.bg

Universidad de la Iglesia de Deusto/ Humanitariannet www.deusto.es

Fachhochschule Gelsenkirchen / Institut Arbeit und Technik www.iat.eu

University of Plymouth/ DIETS www.thematicnetworkdietetics.eu

Hellenic Association of Occupational Therapy www.ergotherapists.gr

Fundacio Universitaria Balmes ; Universitat de Vic www.uvic.cat

Caritas Arxiprestal - Vic www.caritasbv.cat/

International Council on Social Welfare European Region www.icsw.org

Skills for Health www.skillsforhealth.org.uk

COPORE - The partners


Programme23rd of April Morning

9.00 Registration 1st Floor

9.30 Opening SessionWelcome by:Ella Vogelaar, former Minister of Living Conditions, Neighbourhoods and IntegrationChair Primary Health Care, Branch Organisation

Hanneke van Bruggen, coordinator of the COPORE project

D 158

10.00 Dr.Rüdiger Krech, and Anand Sivasankara Kurup, WHO (Department of Ethics, Equity Trade and Human Rights) Primary Health Care and the Social Determinants of Health: Synergies for equity in healthh

D 158

10.40 Co£ ee Break

11.15 Quinta Ansem, EAPN (European Anti Poverty Network)The reality of poverty and social exclusion in the EU and the impact of the growing levels of inequality

D 158

11.45 Prof. De Maeseneer, EFPC (Chairman of the European Forum for Primary Care)Community Oriented Primary Care: integration of personal en public health care

D 158

12.15 Mark Räkers, HvA (De Karthuizer)Poverty reduction by working on healthy and sustainable social structures

D 158

12.45 Questions D 158

13.00 Conducted Tour around the Exhibition

Lunch

D 158

Restaurant

23rd of April Afternoon Best Student Presentations

14.15 Natalia Rivas Quarneti, Occupational Therapist; Tania Gómez Sachèz, Social educator; Ines Viana Moldes, Psychologist, University of Coruna Information and Communication Technology: making/breaking a gap

D 158

14.35 Ahmet Murt, Davut Cekmecelioglu, Oguz Kizilkaya, Semih KucukcankurtaranEMSA(European Medical Students’ Association) , TurkMSIC(Turkish Medical Students Association) and Turkish Young Doctors.Future Doctors about to Eliminate Di£ erences; when you are healthy; you are equal

D 158

14.55 Tea Break D 158

15.15-17.00

Parallel working groups 1st part

15.15 1.A

Interdisciplinary approach in Social and Health care to prevent and/or combat poverty;

D2.34

15.151.B

Interdisciplinary approach in Social and Health care to prevent and/or combat poverty;

D2.64

15.15II.A

Community development and client participation approaches to addressing health inequalities;

D0.32

15.15II.B

Community development and client participation approaches to addressing health inequalities;

D0.34

15.15III.A

Preventive and outreaching approaches D2.30

15.15III.B

Preventive and outreaching approaches C2.47

15.15IV.A

Eradicating disadvantages in education D2.28

15.15IV.B


15.15V

Work and Worklessness D2.62

19.30 Dinner in Odessa with the band Streetlighting


24th of April MorningKey speech

9.30 Prof. K. Isaacs, CLIOHRES (Sixth Framework History Network of Excellence) History, Poverty and Citizenship (inclusion) in Europe

D 158

Best Student Presentations

10.00 Kristof Berrens, Karen Drooghmans,Lies Ruelens, Lotte Sneijers, Wout Vangeel, Lore Vandeperre, University of Kempen, BECheque? Check!

D 158

10.20 Boryana Stancheva, Elitsa Velikova, Sonya Petrova, University of Russe, BG Ending child poverty: take up the challenge

D 158

10.40 Co£ ee Break D 158

Parallel working groups 2nd part

11.15IA

Interdisciplinary approach in Social and Health care to prevent and/or combat poverty

D2.34

11.151.B

Interdisciplinary approach in Social and Health care to prevent and/or combat poverty

D2.64

11.15II.A

Community development and client participation approaches to addressing health inequalities

D0.32

11.15II.B

Community development and client participation approaches to addressing health inequalities

D0.34

11.15III.A

Preventive and outreaching approaches D2.30

11.15III.B

Preventive and outreaching approaches C2.47

11.15IV.A


11.15IV.B


11.15V

Work and Worklessness D2.62

13.00 Lunch and guided tour through the exhibition

24th of April AfternoonGood Practices Parallel Sessions

14.15 Dr. Kristel Driessens, Karel de Grote Hogeschool, Antwerpen, BE Empowerment and linking against poverty. A strength-based and interdisciplinary approach for social work, training and research to combat poverty

D158

14.35 Sarah Kantartzis, Coordinator, Hellenic Association of Occupational Therapists, Athens, GR ELSITO Empowering Learning for Social Inclusion through Occupation - a European Learning Partnership

D158

14.55 Karin Smeets, Policy Manager Poverty Issues, Community Tilburg, NLSafety house

D158

14.15 Desislava Encheva and David Bisset, Russe, BGCreating a centre of excellence in the delivery of integrated services

D262

14.35 Dr. Jurenne Hooi, Madizo, Amsterdam, NL Prevention and Poverty

D262

14.55 Miss Soraya El-Khazen, Bow Centre (Project Coordinator) and Mrs Vanessa Barker (Social and Therapeutic Project Manager). Addressing Health Inequalities in Tower Hamlets East London

D262

14.15 Prof. Dr. Edlira Haxhiymeri and Ma. Elona Dhembo, University of Tirana, AlbaniaReducing youth worklessness through building bridges between university and labour market: the case of social work student practices

D264

14.35 Annegret Verbeek,Deutches Rotes Kreuz Kreisverband,Mettmann, DE. Demographic Change, job driving and blue light environment

D264

14.55 Salvador Simo, Placido Romero, Christian Ventosa,Cambra, Vic University, SpainMiquel Marti I Pol project

D264

15.15 Tea Break

16.00 Plenary session about the conclusions of the working groups D158

16.45 Announcement of the student award D158

17.00 Closing D158


Dr Rüdiger Krech Director

Department of Ethics, Equity Trade and

Human Rights

World Health Organization, Geneva

Dr Ruediger Krech has studied educational

sciences, medicine and public health and

holds a doctoral degree in public health.

He re-joined WHO as the Director for Ethics,

Equity, Trade and Human Rights as of 1

October, 2009. He was previously the Director

for social security in India at the German

Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and speaker of

GTZ’s projects and programmes in the area

of health and social protection in Asia and

Central and Eastern Europe. He has been in

charge of GTZ’s social protection work from

2003 to 2008. Before joining GTZ, he has held

various management positions at the World

Health Organization (WHO) Regional O« ce for

Europe in the � elds of health systems, health

policies, health promotion and ageing.

Primary Health Care and the Social

Determinants of Health:

Synergies for equity in health

The role of underlying social determinants in

reducing health of individuals and populations,

and the importance to address those social

determinants to reduce inequities in health is

very well documented in the report of the WHO

Commission on Social Determinants of Health

in 2008. Similarly, the World Health Report

on primary health care in 2008 described

the key challenges of a changing world, and

elaborated four key reforms that are necessary

to address those challenges. Those reforms

include universal coverage reforms, service

delivery reforms, public policy reforms, and the

leadership reforms. Translating these reports

in to e£ ective actions at the country, regional

and global level to address inequities require

understanding the synergies between them

and making the health systems responsive to

population needs.

The present paper will explore the synergies

between social determinants of health agenda

and the renewal of primary health care agenda,

illustrate the need for working with other

sectors, and explain the strategies of making

the health system responsive to population

needs.

Quinta Ansem

Quinta Ansem is the Dutch representative in

the European Anti Poverty Network. EAPN

aims to put poverty back on the agenda

and to lobby and campaign together with

its members for better and more e£ ective

policies to eradicate poverty and social

exclusion at national and EU level.

Quinta is educated as a social worker and she

is working as a trainer, coach, therapist and

policy developer. She has a long experience

in working with unemployed to uplift their

personal skills and self-esteem and therefore

also be able to better support their grassroots

organisation were they do unpaid work.

[email protected] – www.eapnned.nl

EAPN Motto: ‘You can’t speak about the

� ght against poverty and remain silent

about wealth’

So doing al kinds of project, weather it is in

social welfare work or in social health work.

Trying to help people to change their lives,

to give them back hope and improve their

opportunities, isn’t enough. We won’t achieve

any improvement in trying to eradicating

poverty and see the diminishing of the

numbers of people who live in poverty

or who are at risk of poverty. It will be like

mopping the ̄oor with the water tab still

running. To try to change this we have worked

for 20 years now to lobby the EU commissions

and other politician, on EU as well on national

level to make the di£ erence.

EAPN some achievements

1. Building a participative and

sustainable network

Sustained and growing network

Increasing participation of people in

poverty

Increasing funding of national and EU

networks

2. Impact on EU Policy?

New Articles in the EU Treaties

EU Social Inclusion Strategy (OMC on

Social Protection and Social Inclusion

EU Programme to support the strategy

(PROGRESS)

Key speakers


EU Recommendation on Active Inclusion

(Adequacy of Income, Access to Services,

Support for access to employment)

Partnership Principle in Structural Funds

EU Meetings of People Experiencing

Poverty

2010 EU Year Against Poverty and Social

Exclusion

But this isn’t the only problem. Also in the way

people experience poverty are addressed at,

and treated in al kinds of project, are directly

linked to the poor outcomes of many welfare

projects. EAPN believes in giving the poor

the opportunities to speak for themselves

and to come op with their own solutions and

support them to make those a reality.

The overall conclusions

More Equal Societies work better for

Everyone

The rich developed societies have

reached a turning point in human

history

Politics should now be about the quality

of social relations and how we can

develop harmonious and sustainable

societies

And doing that in respect and support

with those who need the respect and

support the most.

Prof. Jan De Maeseneer, M.D., Ph. D.

Jan De Maeseneer (°1952, Gent) graduated as

a Medical Doctor in 1977 at Ghent University

(Belgium). Since 1978, he has been working

part-time as a family physician in the commu-

nity health centre Botermarkt in Ledeberg,

a deprived area in the city of Ghent. From

1978 to 1981, he worked as a part-time

research-assistant in health promotion at

the De partment of Public Health (Prof. Dr. K.

Vuylsteek). Since 1981, he has been working

as a part-time assistant at the Department of

Family Medicine and since 1991, he chairs the

department. Since 1.10.2008 he is the vice-

dean for strategic planning at the Faculty of

Medicine and Health Sciences.

In 2004 Prof. De Maeseneer received the

“WONCA-award for excellence in health

care: the Five-Star Doctor” at the 17th World

Conference of Family Doctors in Orlando

(USA). In 2008 he received a “Doctor Honoris

Causa” degree at the Universidad Mayor de

San Simon in Cochabamba (Bolivia).

Community Oriented Primary Care (COPC):

integration of personal and public health

care

The World Health Report 2008: “Primary

Health Care: now more than ever!” invites

us to “putting people � rst”. This is a clear

invitation to health professionals, people

involved in education and social work

practitioners to re-think their position,

especially when it comes to poverty reduction

strategies. The report of the Commission on

Social Determinants of Health “Closing the

gap in a generation” asks clearly to tackle the

“upstream”-causes of ill health and poverty:

unemployment, bad housing conditions,

psychosocial stress, lack of participation and

diminishing social capital.

Practitioners, especially in the � eld of primary

health care, are confronted with those

“upstream causes” of social inequities in

health.

The “Community Oriented Primary Care”-

strategy has, since the forties of the previous

century, been put in practice, in order to help

health care providers and local communities,

to address the social determinants of health.

The COPC starts from a de� ned community

where problems with health and health-

being are identi� ed, both in the daily

practice and through systematic surveys.

This data collection is analysed, leading to

a “community diagnosis”, with involvement

of all the local stakeholders, especially the

civil society organisations. A strategy is put

in place, with involvement of all actors, in

order to � nd solutions for the most important

problems. Finally, there is a continuous

monitoring, so that the COPC-cycle becomes

a key-strategy. A special feature of the

approach is the intersectoral action for

health, so that social determinants of health

in the economic � eld, educational � eld,

urbanisation context, social participation,…

can be addressed. This will be illustrated with

examples from community health centres

in the city of Ghent (Belgium), from the

European Forum for Primary Care and from

the Network: Towards Unity for Health.


Mark Räkers

1964. Ex- journalist. Social worker on

homelessness for 20 years. Since 1997

involved in developing the practice of

prevention from homelessness. One of the

‘re-inventors’ of outreaching work in the

Netherlands. Teacher of (outreaching) social

work at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam.

Writer of books, articles and opinions on

social work and social subjects. In the

moment involved in developing a new

approach in social work with homeless

people: not to take over but to support,

empower and facilitate.

Poverty reduction by working on healthy

and sustainable social structures.

When we are thinking about and discussing

poverty there are two aspects: material

poverty and immaterial poverty. In a lot of, or

even most, cases these aspects are connected.

This means that in � ghting poverty we

have to focus on both aspects. Reduction

of material poverty doesn’t mean that the

person(s) involved will � nd social life as well.

Together with material poverty social poverty

like loneliness is a main problem we have to

deal with. Exclusion from social society is also

a very serious matter of poverty.

We can � nd a common language in � ghting

poverty based on Human Rights. Formal and

basic Human Rights are universal and based

on both material and immaterial rights. In

the European Social Charter there are articles

about this. For example Art. 13: Anyone

without adequate resources has the right to

social and medical assistance. And also art. 14:

Everyone has the right to bene� t from social

welfare services. In my interpretation these

articles are also about prevention of social

exclusion, and as a result of that o£ course

about working on social inclusion.

O£ course we can also regard these rights as

passive rights; this is the traditional way of

thinking. At the other hand we could state

that based on these rights society has the

obligation to create possibilities for social

participation in an active way. This means

that the focus of social workers should be

on community development instead of

individual help and support. Supporting the

(further) development of social structures

and connections provides a more sustainable

situation for the people involved.

The principle of Family Group Conferences

is helpful in clients participation. The social

network or family is responsible for the

decisions and the solutions. Social work and

other disciplines are supporting in realizing

the plans made by the people themselves.

In Holland we try to learn to work in this

way, but we are also supporting social work

institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

One of the important goals and results of

Family Group Conferences is revitalization of

social networks. Being part of a caring social

network means a more healthy situation, both

in a material and immaterial way.

In � ghting material and social poverty health

care workers and social workers could (and

should) work more together then they do in

the moment. People are not healthy when

their social situation is not well organized.

Prof. Kathy Isaacs

Born in Astoria, Oregon, 1943, Ann

Katherine Isaacs completed her studies at

the University of California, Berkeley, and

the State University of Milan, where she

obtained her Laurea degree cum laude in

1969. A ministerial research and teaching

fellow at the Superior Normal School of Pisa

(1971-1975), from 1975 on she has taught

Renaissance History at the University of

Pisa. She coordinates the European History

Networks CLIOHRES (www.cliohres.net, a

Sixth Framework Network of Excellence)


and CLIOHWORLD (www.cliohworld.

net, an Erasmus Academic Network). She

participated from 1989 in the ECTS Pilot

Project (History Subject Area); she is a

member of the management of Tuning

Educational Structures in Europe; she is an

ECTS/DS counsellor; she has coordinated or

participated in various TEMPUS projects to

extend the Bologna Process and Tuning to the

Russian Federation, Georgia and Central Asia..

History, poverty and exclusion

Poverty is a seemingly clear concept, but in

reality it is a continually changing cultural

construct – as well as a hard fact. Historically

‘poverty’ has meant di£ erent things and has

had very di£ erent connotations. In the work

of the History Networks, poverty, and the

� ght against it, is associated with ‘citizenship’

and ‘participation’. We know that ‘the poor’

have been the object of the attentions of

the better o£ in many societies, through for

example ‘charitable’ activities, and that they

represent a special kind of ‘other’, constituting

a warning for the elites. The challenges facing

the welfare state and the European model

of inclusion today are evident: in a time of

economic crisis such as ours, governments

and voters are tempted to make cuts,

emphasising in all � elds the needs of those

that ‘have’ full citizenship with respect to

those who do not. This inevitably creates new

and more di« cult problems for the excluded.

The centre of the ethical motivation of the

History Networks is to � ght xenophobia

and exclusion in all its forms. In our view,

History – or ideas about it – far from being

a thing of the past, is one of the most

powerful forces in determining individual

and collective identities, hence in forming our

understanding of who we are and who our

neighbours are.

We strive to create and disseminate materials

and strategies that can be used in research

and higher education, in order to prepare

the tools we think necessary in order to

assume a critical stance with respect to

exclusion: of immigrants, ethnic minorities,

the elderly, women ... all those who can be

and increasingly are presented as outside of

mainstream society, its needs and practices.

Our Networks have researched and published

innovative books on many relevant themes,

including: “Immigration/Emigration in

Historical Perspective; “Discrimination and

Tolerance and Historical Perspective”; and

“Citizenships and Identities: Inclusion,

Exclusion, Participation”. The most relevant

results with respect to poverty and minorities

will be presented and discussed.

Bind-Kracht in Armoede or ‘Empowerment and linking against poverty’Dr. Kristel Driessens, Karel de Grote Hogeschool,

Antwerpen, BE

Context of the practice

E£ ective social work with people in poverty

demands insights in their living conditions,

in the e£ ects of social exclusion and in their

strengths. It also demands a caring relationship

based on trust, a personalised approach with

goals that are formulated in dialogue with

the service user and a positive, emancipated

attitude. So e£ ective social work asks for a

combination of personal involvement and

a professional expertise. Using publications

and training programs Bind-Kracht expand

the social workers’ view on the complex

phenomenon of living in poverty, gives them

‘a language’ to talk about and to re ̄ect on their

work and strengthen their competences to

improve their social interventions and strength

based work in dialogue with people in poverty.

Description of the good practice

Bind-Kracht (empowerment and linking against

poverty) is a Flemish organisation consisting of

researchers, tutors and people living in poverty

that wants to improve the quality of social

work with people living in poverty. Together

ABSTRACTS of good practices

we build bridges to empower. We o£ er

support to professionals and volunteers who

counsel people living in poverty, by means

of (action-)research and development of

methodology, vocational training, coaching

and publications. Basic material made up

the doctoral theses on ‘poverty and social

service’ by Tine Van Regenmortel (Van

Regenmortel, 2002), psychologist, and Kristel

Driessens (Driessens, 2003), sociologist. We

consulted people in poverty through group

work in Recht-Op, a grassroot organization,

as well as social workers and volunteers in a

focus group. In these dialogues theoretical

frameworks and scienti� c perceptions were

� ne-tuned and converted into the social work

practice. This resulted in a book for social

workers containing perceptions on the living

conditions and life experiences of people

in poverty and empowering social service

relations. Based on this book, a number

of training programs, working tools and

re ̄ection tools were developed to support

social workers and volunteers who work with

vulnerable groups in society (Vansevenant,

Driessens & Van Regenmortel, 2008).

In our publications and training programs

we link scienti� c knowledge (from sociology

and psychology) and research results about

‘poverty and strength-based social work’ to

social work practice and to the perception of

people living in poverty.


ELSITO – Empowering Learning for Social Inclusion through OccupationSarah Kantartzis, Hellenic Association of

Occupational Therapists, Athens, Greece

Context of the practice

ELSITO is a Learning Partnership funded

under the Grundtvig (LLL) programme of the

EU. Partners are:

� GGZ in Geest partner VUmc, Amsterdam

(department dagbesteding & arbeid),

The Netherlands (Coordinator – Marion

Ammeraal). Developing local projects

such as «The Healthy Bite», «The

Network Table», «The Sport’s Project».

Collaborating locally with a broad

array of projects such as <<brewery De

Prael>>.

� Hellenic Association of Occupational

Therapists, Athens, Greece (Coordinator –

Sarah Kantartzis). Collaborating locally

with the Center for Ergotherapy Services

-Municipality of Heraklio Attikis, Athens,

and the Panhellenic Association for

Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Re-

employment

� Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel,

Belgium (Coordinator – Luc Vercruysse).

Collaborating locally with Pol parol

meeting place, in Leuven, Belgium

ELSITO aims:

1. to explore, describe and exchange good

practice in projects aiming for social

inclusion, through a learning partnership

between all persons involved in projects:

sta£ , OT’s and students and service users

(e.g.persons experiencing mental health

problems, immigrants and refugees)

2. To build up networks both locally,

nationally and across Europe of

similar projects in order to exchange

experiences and to disseminate good

practice to all stakeholders.

How does your practice address poverty

reduction

Persons experiencing mental health

problems, learning disabilities (mental

handicap), immigrants and refugees are at

particular risk of experiencing poverty and

social exclusion. The partnership is working

to explore, describe, exchange and develop

good practice in projects aiming for social

inclusion. The project explores social inclusion

as achieved through active participation in

daily life; including work (paid and voluntary),

leisure, social, creative and civic activities

(occupations).

Safety House and Care HouseKarin Smeets, Policy Manager Poverty Issues,

Community Tilburg, NL

The community Tilburg from the Netherlands

presents the project Veiligheidshuis

(safetyhouse) in cooperation with the

Zorghuis (Carehouse) as best practice for

COPORE.

These projects brings an important

contribution to the method of

povertyreduction in the City of Tilburg.

In 2006 the government o£ Tilburg asks her

poor citizen, in 120 interviews, what for them

the main problems are in the solution o£ their

� nancial problems.

One of the major things was the fact that

they have to deal with a lot of di£ erent

professionals from di£ erent institutions with

di£ erent messages and rules.

This fragmentation did not lead to solutions

but to more complex situations.

As an answer to this issue we started in

2007 a pilot called the “doorbraak”, with

as most important target to � nd a way of

collaboration » with di£ erent stakeholders.

The solution o£ the � nancial and other

problems of the family/ person was leading

and the method/service from all stakeholders

was supported to the solution.

The things learned about the “doorbraak”

are one of the experiences that lead to the

development o£ the Zorghuis( Care House)

Meanwhile are 150 employes from 20

di£ erent organizations working together

in one building with the same method and

the same target for people with complex

problems, including � nancial problems

The main objective of both ‘Zorghuis’

(Carehouse) and ‘Veiligheidshuis’ (Safetyhouse)

is: to ensue that adults, adolescents and

families with multiple problems don’t fall

through the cracks and therefore miss out on

the care, support and the services they need,

by means of prevention.

Veiligheidshuis and the recently associated

Zorghuis are meant and designed to direct

and shape the chain of service suppliers in

individual cases


Creating a centre of excellence in the delivery of integrated servicesDesislava Encheva and David Bisset, Equilibrium,

Russe, BG

History of the Complex and Overview of

Facilities/ Services

Equilibrium is a charity specializing in

the development and implementation of

programmes for children deprived of social

and educational opportunity. During 2009, the

organization became a signi� cant provider of

social services that are outlined below.

The services in question - delivered to children

at risk in the Ruse region in NE Bulgaria - are not

directed towards poverty alleviation per se. It

is certainly true that we work in reaction to the

results of poverty and deprivation that currently

prevail and it easily arguable that we impact

on the social wellbeing of future generations

through our work aimed at the prevention of

institutionalization of children – their speedy

social and educational rehabilitation.

We believe in child rights and familial rights and

we apply them in what we do.

We do not lobby for them or participate in

child / familial rights advocacy. This would

change our relationship with those to whom we

provide a service. We cannot use these people

to serve an agenda. Since its inception in 2004,

Equilibrium has been involved with mentoring and

social / educational rehabilitation working among

children described in our website as “educationally

and socially disadvantaged because of early life

experience that may have included domestic

abuse, separation from parents, institutionalization,

bereavement, prolonged deprivation or an

especially traumatic event.” (www.eq-bg.com). The

emphasis on rehabilitation has been carried over

into the area of service provision and we place

great emphasis on discouraging a sense of victim

hood, dependency, subservience and pessimism.

The methodsIntensive counselling

Training in life skills for adults – home

economy & budgeting, job seeking,

prioritization of essentials, community

ventures (eg skills exchange), transition from

social bene� ts to employment

Phasing out practical support to families in a

controlled manner to encourage initiative /

discourage dependency

Classes in life skills for our young clientele

Programmes in outdoor adventure and

performing arts in which the young

participants help shape the outcomes (eg

preparing for performances)

Investment of time, e£ ort and � nancial

resources in a programme of refurbishment

so that the premises no longer ‘look like a

place where poor people go’ – changing the

style and ambience

Encouraging public access and a sense of

community ownership through events and

open days

Prevention and PovertyDr Jurenne Hooi, Madizo, Amsterdam, Nl

Context and description of practice

MaDi is a social service provision that o£ ers

general social work, debt consultancy, social

work for elderly and recently a prevention

department. MaDi is situated in Amsterdam

South East and Diemen municipal and provides

her services free for all the residents of this

area (population: 100000).

The Prevention ̄oor was installed because of

the steady stream of clients requesting help for

major problematic debts. Most of these clients

had the following in common: no oversight

of their � nancial income and outcome, no

administration system or an up to date one and

poor understanding of their rights, rules and

regulations of the government. Often these

clients lacked certain competences, living in

poor conditions and being socially excluded.

The aim of the Prevention ̄oor is to bring

awareness to these clients and teach them

� nancial management skills. Also people who

were not yet in trouble could make use of

the services. The Prevention ̄oor developed

teaching and information material speci� cally

for certain groups like children of 11-12 years

old, teenagers, single young parents, food

bank clients and elderly. The Prevention ̄oor

also started with a weekly a ‘Post Sorteer

Dag’ for clients that wanted assistance

in scrutinizing their chaotic mail and

administration. Prevention consultants worked

also outreaching, giving information and classes

at places like the Food Bank, schools and on

request of local client-run organizations.

The services were applicable at al levels and

available without any barriers for the entire

population of Amsterdam South East and

Diemen. Individuals had access to the services

mostly during the week and sometimes in the

evening or weekend. The services were always

located in the community, free of charge and

easily accessible. Evaluations are held on a

periodic basis for possible adaptations of the

services provided. MaDi guaranteed continuity

of the services by also o£ ering integrated

services internally and externally. Collaboration

is present with other sectors like housing

agencies but also with businesses like Delta

Lloyd.

MaDi have regular meetings with local

authorities, civil society, volunteers, client-run

organizations and social networks.

Addressing Poverty Reduction

The prevention services that MaDi provide

have short and long term goals for reduction

of poverty: for the short term is the goal to

bring about competences for clients with major

debts problems to avoid a recurrence of the

same problems. For the long term is to start

with preventive measures as early as possible,

avoiding problems that contribute to poverty

and social exclusion.


Addressing Health Inequalities in Tower Hamlets East LondonMiss Soraya El-Khazen, Bow Centre (Project

Coordinator) and Mrs Vanessa Barker (Social

and Therapeutic Project Manager).

The Bromley by Bow Centre, London, UK

The Bromley by Bow Centre has earned

a reputation as a pioneering voluntary

organisation that has been a catalyst

and instigator of regeneration and social

integration over the last 25 years. It has

established a strong community-based

model of participation and partnership and

is a model which is � rmly based on a belief

that all individuals have a reservoir of human

talent and potential that can be untapped.

The Centre works in one of the poorest

boroughs in London and Europe and within

a community which faces chronic ill health

– (infant mortality is 50% higher than the

national average, 18% su£ er from long term

conditions or disability, and there are high

levels of malignant cancers, diabetes, asthma,

TB, stroke and hypertension). The community

is made up of high numbers of ethnic

minorities speci� cally Bangladeshi, Afro-

Caribbean, Somali and Vietnamese/Chinese

with high rates of unemployment, adult

illiteracy and mental health issues associated

with overcrowding, isolation and deprivation.

Over the past 25 years the Bromley by Bow

Centre has developed a model of integration

and accessibility with the dual task of

delivering high quality services (including

mainstream health, social care and education

services). It is a model which has been

tried and tested but continually honed and

improved as the needs in the community

change. It is this approach which makes

the Bromley by Bow Centre distinctive and

e£ ective in what it does.

Reducing youth workless ness through building bridges between university and labour market: the case of social work student practices. Prof. Dr. Edlira Haxhiymeri and Ma. Elona

Dhembo, University of Tirana, Albania

The project presented in this paper refers

to the tradition of social work department

at the University of Tirana which promotes

social work profession and help in reducing

youth workless ness through building bridges

between the department (its students) and

labour market actors.

Social work is a new profession in Albania,

lacking a history which in many cases

facilitates young graduates of other

professions to � nd a work place in the labour

market. In addition, youth is often among the

categories mostly a£ ected by workless ness

and unemployment.

Demographic change and job creationAnnegret verbeek, Deutches Reutes Kreuz

Verband, Mettmann, DE

Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are

international, political neutral, non-pro� t

orga ni sations without religious binding.

Together with others players they constitute

the wel fare associations which also are

involved in elderly care. This societal sector

will undergo major economic growth

because of the demographic change and

technological develop ments ahead. The

demography shift is alike amongst both,

the Germans and the citi zens with migrant

biography.

To cope with these demographic shifts in the

health and social sector, the considerable

economic power of seniors - referred to as

“silver economy“ - should be par ti cularly

mobi li zed in relation to growing demand for

culturally sensitive care for the elderly.

Modular quali� cation seem to be the way to

go for various reasons (health status, multi-

morbidity, dementia, medication rationales,

legal and administration requirements,

ethni city, cultural peculiarities, technical

know how, information technology and

requirements, educational impacts and ethics

to name just a few, necessary cross bridging

activities between the health and social sector).

Supported by the state Ministry of Work,

Health and Social A£ airs the German Red

Cross in Northrhine Westfalia could already

produce various modular instruction materials

and documentations which in future must be

added upon and implemented by growing

num bers of elderly care workers. When

planning new modules it must be taken into

account that 90% of the seniors want to stay

for the rest of their life at home. Thus home

care and new strategies in emergency care

will become a major issue. Consequently

further increase of the development potential

in elderly care requires welfare associations

political and organisational decision takers

must closely cooperate amongst each other

and in future should also include alarm services

and quali� cations for nursing assistants.

Required service infrastructure for this is

realized at state level by district administration.

Respective cooperation rules and pathways are

therefore to be tackled as well in the training

programs for new employees.

As new employees are liable to social security.

Increasing numbers of such employees will

positively a£ ect national economy and thus

will improve the quality of life of all citizens.


The Project Miquel Martí i PolSalvador Símo,Bsc OT, Msc, Plácido Romera,

Gardener, Christian Ventosa Cambra, student,

University of Vic

Coordinated by Universitat de Vic (Fundació

Universitária Balmes), in partnership with:

- The third sector: Caritas Arxiprestal,

F.C.M.P.P.O. (MH Foundation), Girbau

Foundation.

- The public sector: Vic City Council, Osona

local government

- The economic sector: Rotary Club, La Caixa

Foundation

The Project Miquel Martí i Pol integrates

health, education, research and the � ght

against poverty. The project is based on

gardening and restoration/reforestation

of natural spaces, done by clients, who

experience mental health, poverty and

immigration, and occupational therapy

students at the University of Vic.

Our vision is to confront at the same time

the social and ecological challenges of

contemporary Europe. The clients learn a

profession and simultaneously they realize

and develop a meaningful occupation with a

powerful therapeutic value. A key element of

the project is to educate society in the value

and potential of excluded people: they

are citizens who are contributing to society.

Universities must be a school for democracy

and citizenship (Dewey, 1969). The research

is a key factor of the project, studying the

contribution of meaningful occupation to

wellbeing and the construction of inclusive

communities and citizenship, � ghting against

poverty. The art of politics and partnerships is

central to the process, linking the social-health

sectors, with the economic and educational

sectors. The goal is to create a society based

on the values of justice, equality, freedom,

active respect and solidarity.

The project involves a group of political,

social and business institutions. The clients,

referred later on as the gardeners, come from

Caritas Arxiprestal and Osona Mental Health

Foundation. The inclusion criteria is that

participants must be persons experiencing

social exclusion, mostly related to mental

health issues, poverty, and the motivation

to be engaged in gardening or occupations

related to nature. Funding for the project is

obtained through La Caixa Foundation, Girbau

Foundation, Rotary Club Osona, Provincial

Government of Osona, Vic City Council and the

University of Vic.

Gardening project: the sessions take place

two days per week from 9.00 to 12.00 am.

The process of creating the garden took 18

months, from March 2005 to September 2006.

The project continued, since the garden needs

continual maintenance. Four of our gardeners

have placements in local companies. More

than 100 students have participated and 8-10

gardeners attend the programme. A system

of economic grati� cations is established,

compatible with their mental health pensions.

Restoration/reforestation projects:

A � st restoration of a natural space has

been developed in conjunction with Grup

Naturalista d’Osona. An important project

is starting January 2010. This project is

connected to RECOVER project, funded by

European Union. The goal of the project is to

recover the forest river of Ter. This is a long

term project (14 years). On average 12-14

persons attend the program. The program is

Monday to Friday, 8 to 15:00. This project is

based on normal salaries.

Developing new roles: Not only did the

participants become gardeners, but they

have also acquired the role of conference

speakers, talking about the project at the

Universities of Vic (Simó Algado at al., 2007),

Granada and Valencia. Educational tours

are developed, with a master class for all

the team at the gardens of Alhambra in

Granada, and in some of the best gardens

of the country. The students and one of the

gardeners presented a workshop based on

the project at the ENOTHE meeting hosted

in Coruña 2009.

The clients and students have an active

role in the education of the community

about their true potential. A blog (www.

jardimiquelmartipol.blogspot.com) and

a photo exhibition has been created and

exposed at a national and international level.


Belgium

Cheque? Check!

Kristof Berrens, Karen Drooghmans,Lies Ruelens,

Lotte Sneijers, Wout Vangeel, Lore Vandeperre,

University of Kempen, BE

Club Active is an organisation based in Balen

(a town in the North of Belgium) which has

a particular vision: their goal is to make sure

that all the inhabitants of Balen can fully

participate in leisure time, culture and sport.

Club Active is a powerful group of people

who live in poverty. They experience a lot of

problems trying to participate in a regulated

leisure time and culture o£ er. For examples:

� nancial problems, embarrassment, practical

problems, insecurity Club Active was,...

founded in collaboration with the Centre for

public welfare and Education Kempen.

Our project started with the request from

Club Active for more participation in Balen.

In total, our project relies on three strategic

goals:

First strategic goal: We have developed

a discount system to enable people

living in Balen to participate more in

sports, culture and leisure within their

community.

Second strategic goal: There will be a

presentation in Balen, where we will

introduce the discount system to a

network of people and organizations.

Third strategic goal: The forces and

strengths of Club Active stand central to

reach strategic goals 1 and 2.

Our goal is to develop a reduction system

for the people in poverty so that they can

participate more easily in sport, cultural

and leisure activities , without them being

stigmatised. Important for us is that we try

to involve the people in poverty in reaching

our goals. By doing this we let them feel that

the reduction system is something they’ve

developed themselves. We think that this is

good for their self-con� dence.

We start from the strengths of the people.

We sharpen up their strengths and we let

the members of Club Active do as much

as possible to involve them in the process.

We try as much as possible to do activities

together with Club Active. With this manner

we try to let them get to know us as how

we are as people, not only as students. This

is important for them and for us to build a

relation of trust.

We us two methods: Bindkracht (translated as

‘empowerment and linking against poverty’)

and Grassroots ABCD.

ABSTRACTS of best students projects Bulgaria

Ending child poverty: take up the

challenge

Boryana Stancheva, Elitsa Velikova, Sonya

Petrova, University of Russe, BG

The project focuses on two key topics: child

poverty and reasons for social exclusion at

early age.

The project aims at making a di£ erence for

the disadvantaged children and for the local

community. Three stages of implementation

are planned.

Regarding the disadvantaged children the

project concentrates on identifying what they

are in need of, which are the reasons to be

socially excluded. Workshopss with children

should be organized at the � rst stage. The

children will draw pictures, take photos and

take part in some role games.

A round table about child poverty and social

exclusion will take place at the second stage.

Representatives of the local authorities and

the social institutions in the region, experts,

non-governmental organizations, students

and other stakeholders will be invited to the

event. The main aims is to set both important

themes on the local agenda, to intensify the

dialogue between the stakeholders and to list

the possible solutions and measures which

would lead to child poverty reduction.

The results of the workshops, the survey

statistics and the ideas discussed on the

round table will be popularized at the third

stage of the project to the local community by

means of media. It is planned to be published

a round table bulletin and a brochure with

children photos, drawings and essays.

An aim of major importance is to create

opportunities for continuing the project and

multiplying the expected results.

The project is in the planning stage. The

activities and the methods that will be used

are determined.

Spain

Promoting social / participatory parity

for people at risk and / or attending social

exclusion in ACLAD through ICT.

Natalia Yanaína Rivas Quarneti. Occupational

Therapist. Student of Heatlh Science Master,

Tania Fátima Gómez Sánchez.Social Educator.

Pedagogue. PhD Student. Pedagogy and

Didactics Department, Inés Viana Moldes.

Occupational Therapist, Coordinator. Professor

of University of A Coruña.Spain

Introduction This project is located in northwest Spain,

in A Coruña-Galicia where programs aimed

for social or economic disadvantaged

groups exist. The partnership between

Citizens Association at Combating Drugs

(ACLAD), Information and Communication

Technologies Center and University of A


Coruña o£ ers a pioneer community approach

to promote social participation.

In ACLAD, social exclusion is a constant

among this population. On the other

hand, these clients demand knowing

the management of information and

communication technologies (ICT). This issue

is relevant in the Knowledge Society context

and the Digital Divide. Then ICT involves a

transformative potential in ̄uencing in any

part of the participation-exclusion continuum.

So, the main goal of this project is: To promote

social participation for people at risk and/or

attending social exclusion in ACLAD through

ICT.

Methods

The project structure consists in � ve phases:

Network development, implementation

management, project implementation; time

for re ̄ection and results collection.

Qualitative and quantitative approaches were

taken in order to evaluate the process.

Outcomes and conclusion

The assessment shows how social

participation has increased: relations with

their social environment have improved

and redistribution of economic and cultural

resources has occurred or is being promoted.

Moreover, client’s role has changed: they

have new tools for being proactive in their

environment empowerment. At the same

time, the partnership mentioned shows how

society is responsible and can promote the

participation of all citizens, bringing new

opportunities and breaking gaps.

Turkey

“Future doctors about to eliminate

di£ erences: When you are healthy, you are

equal”

Ahmet Murt, Davut Cekmecelioglu,

Oguz Kizilkaya, Semih Kucukcankurtaran

EMSA(European Medical Students'

Association) , TurkMSIC(Turkish Medical

Students Association) and Turkish Young

Doctors.

We can contribute to solve a problem best

if we focus on the subject we have the most

detailed knowledge about. Our core team,

consisting mainly of medical students would

do better if we try to see the issue of poverty

from health perspective. In most developed

nations health care form an enormous part of

a country’s economy. In � rst decade of 21st

century; health care consumed, in average,

8.4 per cent of GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

across the OECD (Organization for Economic

Co-operation and Development) countries

with United States(14%), Switzerland(11%)

and Germany(10,8%) being the top three.

That is why, coming up with an idea to

distribute health services better will be

invaluable to help the economical & social

well-being of a region.

Poverty refers to the condition of not having

the means to a£ ord basic human needs such

as clean water, nutrition, health care, clothing

and shelter.

This is also referred to as absolute poverty or

destitution. Relative poverty is the condition

of having fewer resources or less income

than others within a society or country, or

compared to worldwide averages.

It should not be very di« cult to guess the

fact that there is a non-negligible portion of

population who can not reach the health-care

services to meet their primary healthcare

needs. So, the � rst question to be answered is

who those people are after which

the second question comes; what are the

consequences to o£ er them the needed

services.

This project is a start of student initiative to

observe the local committee in underserved

parts of our region. The observations are

being carried out by students who has

been trained to conduct the work. The

trained students are also dedicated to be

responsible for primary healthcare services to

underserved community which will help to

diminish their perception of poverty.


The Conference is organised around key

speeches, examples of good practice,

students projects and 2 times ¦ ve working

groups, which each take up one important

strand. Hereafter you � nd a brief description

of the working groups. The work of the

groups will constitute the COPORE report.

“Competences For Poverty Reduction”

Five working groups:

1. Interdisciplinary approach in Social and

Health care to prevent and/or combat

poverty;

2. Community development and client

participation approaches to addressing

health inequalities;

3. Preventive and outreaching approaches;

4. Eradicating disadvantages in Education –

(Poverty reduction)

5. Work and worklessness.

The overall objective is to furnish guidelines

and reference points which are useful

in developing competences for poverty

reduction in European higher education.

The proposed work groups are organised

around di£ erent aspects of the overall theme.

Each work group is asked to discuss and

report on their speci� c topic, and also to

discuss and develop statements about the

competences needed for poverty reduction,

articulating these under three points: the

necessary competences at entry in higher

education; the necessary competences to be

formed during higher education; approaches

to teaching/learning and assessment that

are useful for forming and assessing those

competences, using the interdisciplinary

expertise of the Networks.

Before the conference, the members of each

group have been asked to write a short

statement (2 pages max.). Each one is asked

to address the working group theme from the

point of view of his/her Network as well as

their personal view point.

In particular we note that the Networks are

places where competences are developed

and that in the COPORE consortium, the

interdisciplinary aspects of dialogue about

poverty reduction are further developed. The

consortium COPORE can contribute to higher

education in health, social and educational

sciences by giving structure and publicity

to its � ndings and understanding of good

practice.

Here below is a brief explanation of what each

work group theme may entail:

1. Interdisciplinary approach in Social

and Health care to prevent and/or

combat poverty

This group will look at which

interdisciplinary teams can break the

circle of deprivation? How will their

approach be? How will they tackle the

social determinants of health? How do

they bring this into practice without

reducing e« cacy. What is the added

value of interdisciplinary work?

Tackling the wider determinants of

health requires a joint approach to local

social and economic realities - poverty,

employment, housing, and other factors

contributing to social exclusion - as well

as to the wider context of individual

health-related decision-making, such as

food, access to recreation or transport

etc.. What competences do our students

need and what learning strategies can be

used? And how do we implement this in

our education?

2. Community development and

client participation approaches to

addressing health inequalities

This group will think of how to

engage with communities and

build partnerships. Community

engagement, development and capacity-

building strategies aim to address

underlying causes of social exclusion

and inequalities, and contribute

to neighbourhood regeneration

programmes.

What strategies (like community

participation, empowerment)

are the di£ erent disciplines using

and how do they collaborate?

What competences are needed?

What learning strategies are used?

3. Preventive and outreaching

approaches; focus on health

inequalities

WHO’s Health 21 strategy now sets

a target of a 25 per cent decrease in

the life expectancy gap between

socioeconomic groups within European

countries by 2020.

This emphasis on targeting is justi� ed

by the observation that interventions to

improve health in the general population

may have little e£ ect on addressing

inequalities; they may even exacerbate

them if services are di£ erentially

accessed. For this reason, interventions

need to be targeted and prioritised in

order to evaluate progress in narrowing

the health gap. The focus may be on

deprived areas, neighbourhoods,

pockets of deprivation within more

aÁ uent wards, on hard to reach groups,

or on the provision and style of services

where gaps have been identi� ed

between access to services and need for

those services. Initiatives may address

individual risk factors or focus on the

context in which decisions are made.

Groups who are disadvantaged may be

reached by promoting speci� c services

in new ways.

4. Eradicating disadvantages in

Education – (Poverty reduction).

Here we can think of the accessibility

WORKING GROUPS


of primary, secondary and higher

education for minority groups, or equal

opportunities in education, as well as

enhancing school-based prevention and

youth development through coordinated

social, emotional, and academic learning

The health promoting schools framework

is constituted by � ve components,

namely promoting personal skills

through life skills education; developing

school policies which promote well-

being, creating a safe and supportive

teaching and learning environment;

strengthening community integrative

and health promoting approach (World

Health Organisation, 2006).

5. Work and worklessness

Europeans believe that those most at risk

of poverty are the unemployed, followed

by the elderly and those with low levels

of education or training. Statistics show

that the unemployed are indeed a group

particularly susceptible to poverty: 42%

of people out of work have an income

below the national poverty line.

And what about poverty among those in

work?

Having a job does not always protect

people from the risk of poverty. In 2006,

8% of EU-25 citizens in employment

(aged 18 and over) lived under the

poverty threshold, thereby facing

di« culties in participating fully in society.

Access to quality employment is a

sustainable way out of poverty and

social exclusion. There is a need to

design and implement integrated

and comprehensive active inclusion

strategies, and ensure social protection

systems able to mobilise people capable

of working, while providing resources

that can make it possible to live in

dignity, together with support for social

participation, for those who cannot.

Although most Member States refer to

“active inclusion” in their National Anti

Poverty Plan, they tend to treat the issue

mainly as a means to integrate people

into the labour market. A few Member

States construct “active inclusion” as a

holistic strategy that combines adequate

income support, inclusive labour

markets, and access to quality services.

Posters1

Providing a nation-based health insurance

to increase access to health care and

reduce poverty

Neda Milevska-Kostova, MSc, MCPPM, Executive

Director and Marija Gulija, MD, MSc, Senior

Researcher

Centre for Regional Policy Research and

Cooperation “Studiorum”, Skopje, Macedonia

Facing the multiple demands

of poverty today

Presenter: Diana Fatjó-Vilas i March

Co-authors: Elisabet Llauradó, Cristina

Costa, Marta Muntadas and Alba Artigas

in collaboration with Maria Kapanadze,

responsible for COPORE development at

Caritas Arxiprestral Vic, Spain

Diagnosis of malnourished elderly with

low income in Braganza, Portugal and

intervention strategies

Catarina So ̈a Gonçalves Miguel

(gerontology student)

Filipa Alexandra Brás Martins

(gerontology student)

José Filipe Ramos Costa (dietetics student)

Marco José da Fonseca Vener (dietetics student)

Nuno Filipe Macário Pires (dietetics student)

Polytechnic Institute of Braganza/ Health

School, Portugal

1 The ethical aspects: note, that all information and photos in presentations and exhibition are shared under the agreed written consent of the participants

“Future is in Our Hands”

Ms. Anahit Ayvazyan, Gayane Hovhannisyan,

Jora Karapetyan, Lilit Nazaryan, Armenian

State Pedagogical University Department of

Occupational Therapy

Yerevan, Armenia


Exhibition of Gallery: Beeldend Gesproken

During the COPORE meeting you can make

the most out of your breaks by enjoying

the art collection of “Beeldend Gesproken”

(Spoken Images)

The art lending gallery “Beeldend Gesproken”

is specialised in art of professional artists

with a psychiatric background. The gallery

is existing since 1992 and is an initiative

of “Arkin, GGZ Amsterdam”. The gallery is

lending and selling art works and in this way

it is supporting the artists to earn their living

and to participate in society.

The collection consists of work of over

hundred artists from all over the country.

You can also visit the gallery at

www.beeldendgesproken.nl or at

Borgerstraat 102, Amsterdam.

Photo exhibition based on 2 projects:

Participants in COPORE, from UVic and

Caritas:

Miquel Marti i Pol (MMP) project

(www.jardimiquelmartipol.blogspot.com/):

where students, participants and volunteers

have mode photos re ̄ecting the evolution of

the project.

Caritas photo-voice project: where

participants are expressing, using the

language of photos, their opinions about

the city they live in, their introspections,

their fears and inspiration. Separately,

the narratives and explanations would

be gathered.

Video exhibition will be based on 3 histories

(3-4 minutes each). Each history will be

explained by 3 video projectors playing

simultaneously.

Creative and technical methods for the

poor families

Exhibition presented by Ms. Pauliina Sairanen

and Ms. Päivi Juola Finland, JAMK University of

Applied Sciences, School of Health and Social

Work

Location: Tafelbergweg

Hogeschool van Amsterdam

Tafelbergweg 51

1105 BD Amsterdam Zuidoost

+31 (0)20 595 42 00

How to get there by train / metro (to station

Holendrecht / AMC)

• From Central Station, Amstel Station and

Bijlmer Station take metro 54 direction

Gein.

• From Station Sloterdijk, RAI, WTC take

metro 50 direction Gein.

• From station Holendrecht (between

stations Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA and

Abcoude) walk towards AMC and follow

the Hogeschool van Amsterdam signs.

Get o£ at Station Holendrecht. Turn to

the right, go down the steps and turn to the

right once again. Then you will see the AMC

building (hospital). Don't go there but instead

follow the bicycle path until you see a wooden

bridge on your right. Cross the bridge and

immediately on your left you will see the

Hogeschool van Amsterdam.

How to get there by Bus

• Lines 59, 60, 61,75, 120, 126 and 158

How to get there by Car

• From the A1: On Gaasperdammerweg

(A9) direction AMC. At the tra« c lights

you turn right (Meibergdreef ) and

immediately turn left. The second street

on your left will lead to the parking place

of the Hogeschool.

From the A2 (Utrecht) or Haarlem (A9)

direction AMC. At the tra« c lights

to the right (direction Abcoude =

Tafelbergweg). The second street on

your left will lead to the parking place of

the Hogeschool.

Social evening:

Odessa (near the central station)

Veemkade 259

1019 CZ Amsterdam

T: 020-4193010

F: 020-4193011

E: [email protected]

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