12th Conference EUSE Lisbon 2015

2. Employment
Networks
Catarina Nascimento
Carina Larsen
hosted by:
In association with:

3. Mission
Capacity Building to Excluded Urban Communities to improve
their livelihoods
Vision
Communities assume as active agents of their own sustainable
development
K´CIDADE – URBAN COMMUNITY
SUPPORT PROGRAMME

4. K’CIDADE in “key-words”
•To value the development of local based community
•Empowerment and participation
•Holistic vision of local communities – knowledge of the
territories - and an integrated approach
•Pluralism
•Working in partnership
•Vison of long term
•Sustainability

5. AREAS OF INTERVENTION
To strength community through capacity building to territories
agents and to creat solutions that contribute to a dynamic
community
•Economic Inclusion
•Education
•Social Cohesion

6. 0 20 40 60 80 100 km
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0 20 40 60 80 100 km
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Rede Empregabilidade Sintra
Rede Emprega
Gente
AtitudEmprego
Alta Pelo Emprego
Where we are

7. • Vídeo

8. Building a Network
Step 1 – Diagnosis
Step 2 – Development of activities
Step 3 – Governance and Planning
Step 4 – Motivation

9. Building a Network
• How long to build
1 to 3 months 6 to 18 months
Ongoing and
once a year
From the 3 to 9
month

10. Strategies of Animation
•TLC – Tender, Love and Care
•Coffee Technique, informal conversations, personal approachs
•Conflits mediation
•Roles and compromises

11. Challenges
•Animation process
•Finance for animation and activities
•Develop truly useful measures for the unemployed
•Principle of participation vs. mission of each organization
•Time to devote to the collective and colaborative work
•Leading role of organizations or technicians
•To measure the quantitative and qualitative impact
•Balance between the leadership, animation and participation

12. Thank you!
For more information:
carina.larsen@kcidade.com
catarina.nascimento@kcidade.com