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8h of
November
2011
ELISAN Conference
Committee of the regions
European union program for employment and social solidarity
Progress (2007-2013)
Au possible, nous sommes tenus…
Programme
ANSA’s identity card
Fostering an experimental approach
“HOPE in stations”
“SIMS easy budget”
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Programme
ANSA’s identity card
Fostering an experimental approach
“HOPE in stations”
“SIMS easy budget”
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ANSA - Identity card
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Status : non profit making organisation, created in 2006.
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Creator: Martin Hirsch, former French High Commissioner for active inclusion
against poverty
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Aim: Combating poverty through the implementation of social innovations and
evidence-based initiatives
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Staff: 40 persons (professional staff & volunteers) with various backgrounds and
skills (public sector, local authorities, companies, charities, academics)
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Resources:
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Public subsidies (Ministry of social affairs, Caisse des dépôts et consignations,
local authorities, European Commission )
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Sponsoring companies (Microsoft, Free, SNCF, Steria, Accenture, , etc.)
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ANSA - Identity card
 Action principles:
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Linking the local and national levels (within the French administrative
centralization)
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Acting as an intermediary between the public and private sectors
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Involving those experiencing poverty (“the beneficiaries of the social policies”)
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Setting up result-oriented methods
 Topics :
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The Active Solidarity Income (Revenu de solidarité active : RSA)
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Access-to-employment-platform for recipients of minimum income
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Experimental integration contract (Contrat unique d’insertion : CUI)
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Social inclusion and ICT (Equip, connect and train disadvantaged families)
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Financial inclusion
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Innovative solutions for mobility
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Poverty and nutrition
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Access to medical care
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Employers mobilization
books: “Simplified access to your rights” “50 rights against exclusion”
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ANSA - projects
Certains projets de Solidarités actives ont un rayonnement national, c’est notamment le cas du réseau TIC’Actives,
de son intervention auprès du CNFPT et des ses Ateliers.
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Programme
ANSA’s identity card
Fostering an experimental approach
“HOPE in stations”
“SIMS easy budget”
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Fostering an experimental approach
Social Experimentation = Comparing different small-scale social strategies, in
order to select the best of them before putting them into general use.
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The term « experimentation » is often used in an approximate way to
designate a small local initiative, or a policy limited in time…
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Suggestion of a definition :
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A social policy innovation…
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Firstly initiated on a small scale, given the existing uncertainties about its
effects…
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And implemented in conditions allowing to evaluate its effects…
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With a view to its generalization.
Allows to:
 Avoid expenditure
 Save time
Obliges to:
 Define results indicators
since the beginning of the
project
 Build a strong partnership
with researchers
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Programme
ANSA’s identity card
Fostering an experimental approach
“HOPE in stations”
“SIMS easy budget”
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Context of the HOPE in station Project
“HOPE in stations : HOmeless People in European train stations”
European context
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Itinerancy is developing in a context of European convergence:
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Generalization of international mobility and increasing visibility of itinerant people,
facing similar difficulties,
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Permanent de-socialization,
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Increasing phenomenon of over-representation of foreign European or extraEuropean sub-groups within cities,
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Persistent difficulties accessing social welfare services and vital rights (health
care, food, etc.)
Railway stations have become natural places for homeless people to gather:
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A relatively safe and anonymous shelter
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A place to find means of subsistence
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A socializing place
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Experimental context
 Our idea : working with the natural appeal of railway stations to
organize contact with homeless populations there.
Assumptions to be tested
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The difficulties homeless people face imply the intervention of various
organizations: publics services (health, employment, housing….) , NGOs and
railway companies.
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The quality of the collaboration between very diverse stakeholders in a
determined place (here a train station) can be an important factor in the
capacity of a homeless person to get one solution to his/her very needs.
Therefore, the partners of the project are of three types:
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Railway companies
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Public authorities
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NGOs
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Global aim of the project
Global aim
Experiment train stations as places for organized services towards
homeless people, by:
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Developing a shared core of knowledge on homeless people in seven major
European train stations
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Exchanging best practices and comparing different types of organisations among
partners
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Setting up a reference authority in three railway stations of the project, in charge of:
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the coordination between all interventions towards homeless people in the train
stations,
the implementation of training tools towards those working in contact with homeless
persons on a daily basis,
the communication towards train users and homeless people themselves
Ultimately :
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Develop a consensus among the partners about what should be done on the local,
national and European level to answer to the problems of homeless people
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Make some political recommendations in December 2011.
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European Framework of the project
A European-level partnership
7 countries:
3 Partner countries
2 Partner countries
with an intermediate
status
2 associated
countries
Global budget:
784.000 €
Commission :
350 000 €
2 years project :
2010-2011
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Programme
ANSA’s identity card
Fostering an experimental approach
“HOPE in stations”
“SIMS easy budget”
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SIMS-Easy budget
Context
“SIMS-Easy budget”
for Social Innovation & Mutual Learning on Micro-savings in Europe
Global aim
Evaluate the impact of innovative programs promoting savings among
targeted vulnerable groups
Four target groups / Four countries
 Beneficiaries of social minimum income : Belgium
 Young workers : France
 Poor and historically underprivileged groups (the Roma) : Hungary
 Consumers with a history of debt : United-Kingdom
European project managed by RFA (Belgium)
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SIMS Easy budget
Main objectives
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Develop, test and evaluate four socially innovative approaches aiming to
promote micro-saving as a tool for social inclusion in four EU
countries
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Strengthen the participation and networking of all key actors involved
in the process (public bodies, local authorities, NGOs, financial services
providers, etc)
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Provide evidenced-based data on social experiments implemented
and information on transferability aspects to a wide range of
stakeholders
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Intensify mutual learning on micro-savings related policies aiming at
social inclusion
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Increase policy makers awareness and information based on social
experimentation findings to facilitate the adaptation of public policies
to evolving social needs
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Main objectives
Four pilot experiments
Four innovative social experiments pilots on micro-savings tested in
Belgium, France, Hungary and the United Kingdom - presented by
partners during the next session this morning
One pilot experiments' evaluation
The evaluation will thus focus on understanding and analyzing:
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how the projects were initially implemented,
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how relevant the actions and tools implemented are,
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and what are the effects on stakeholders and partners.
=> These analyses will help make recommendations
possibility and the ways to extend the process.
on
the
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Methodology
Experimentation in France
◗ Target: Young workers = apprentices
◗ Objectives: The training modules will focus on the knowledge and
the autonomy of the apprentices regarding two major subjects
◗ Methodology: instruct training modules integrated within the regular
educational program of the apprentices in CFA :
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Budget management: how to build your budget, identify your financial
resources and monthly expenses, exceptional costs, assess your
disposable income, make decisions regarding your purchases and the
allocation of your incomes, in other words to arbitrate between savings and
credit, and to have safety margins, etc.
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Relationship with the banking environment: what role does my bank
play, what is the role of my personal banking officer, which are the different
products and their characteristics, what monitoring and attention should I
have, etc.
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Steps
of the project
Experimentation
in France
Governance
Test Class
200
apprentices
Design of the
experimental
device
Control Class
200
apprentices
?
Test of the
module and
questionnaires
20 apprentices
?
?
modules teaching:
budget
management and
relationship to the
banking
environment
Step 1
April 2011
Evaluation of the
experimental
device: test
class/control class
?
Step 3
Step 2
February 2012
Exchanges
with partner
countries
Publications
September 2012
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Step 4
January 2013
Questionnaires before and
after the modules
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The Experimentation
experimentation in France in
: focus
on step 2
France
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Test class
?
November 2011
September 2012
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Control Class
Légende
?
November 2011
September 2012
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Self-administered
Questionnaire
Training sessions
Device for the apprentices
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Keys issues
European :
ensure
consistency
between 4
countries
Evaluation :
meet
objectives
of the
module and
objectives
of the
evaluation
MEASURE
IMPACT OF
THE TRAINING
Bring expertise :
contribution of
partners,
capitalize on
what they
already done
Field
obligation
(planning of
apprentices)
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Going further - What must be underlined
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An Experimentation set up and evaluated in two years
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The evaluation is based on a one only year’s project
A social experimentation is a process which needs time to be set up and
also to be evaluated
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Based on a the Social Responsibility of the private sector
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Knowing major differences between partners : from an opposition to an
adhesion
The implication of diverse stakeholders is very delicate and based on
the confidence they put on the assumptions shared
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Thank you for your attention !
Contacts:
Sylvie Le Bars
Agence nouvelle des solidarités actives
email: [email protected]
http://www.solidarites-actives.com
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