UNIVERSITY COOPERATION, A MAINSTAY OF THE NETWORK

The first decentralised meeting of the Network in Latin America has led to the official launch of an international platform for university cooperation on issues concerning the governance and management of solidarity-based social protection systems.

The aim is to network education professionals, university staff and representatives of the unions and mutual societies in order to build a resource centre.

As far as the content is concerned, the activities over the coming months will focus on expanding the Network’s toolbox, including:

• Training modules on the governance and management of social economy structures that are active in the areas of social protection and healthcare;
• Development of practical e-learning solutions to facilitate access to these training modules, regardless of geographical location;
• A project to develop an international diploma in governance of solidarity-based social protection systems.

This project highlights the philosophy and methodology of the Network, which is intended as a meeting place to develop and share ideas and skills in order to successfully implement common projects. You are welcome to contribute in any way.

If you are interested in the activities of the platform or would like to submit a contribution, please contact Sylvie GRASSO, Network Coordinator, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEVELOP AWARENESS AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS AND TOOLS ON SOCIAL PROTECTION AND HEALTHCARE

The ILO’s international experience in building “a social protection floor for all” shows that the most successful initiatives in this area are those which include effective awareness campaigns targeting the populations concerned.

 This is why the Network, in cooperation with Education International and the International Labour Office, wishes to provide education professionals and their organisations, as well as other actors and stakeholders in the provision of solidarity-based social protection, with the necessary resources to develop social protection awareness and education strategies.

To this end, we are currently working on:

• A compilation of social protection and healthcare awareness and education tools and campaigns developed in different parts of the world, in order to expand the toolbox available to all network members on www.educationsolidarity.org
• Based on the above-mentioned compilation, the production of a guide – to be published by the end of the year – with recommendations for the implementation of education campaigns.

We are very interested in any social protection and healthcare awareness and education tool or experience which may helps us expand and enhance the Network’s ongoing activities and database.

You may send materials and information on the tools and experiences you have implemented (success stories, difficulties encountered, etc.) to Thierry WEISHAUPT, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

NEW PROJECTS

• Launch of a project to set up a teachers’ mutual society in Costa-Rica in cooperation with the union ANDE
• Study trip to Japan to research dependency issues. This visit is scheduled to take place in January 2011, in partnership with the France-Japan Foundation of the “Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales” (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences) (Japan/France)