The Mediterranean library of knowledge
Explore the ENI CBC Med Programme's library of deliverables: a comprehensive digital repository of diverse resources tailored for the Mediterranean region. Discover in-depth studies, innovative strategies, and practical tools spanning tools addressing key environmental, economic, and social issues. The library is your go-to source to find valuable knowledge to inspire new collaborative projects driving fair, sustainable and inclusive development across the Mediterranean.
MoreThanAJob train the trainer Workshops
More than 18 professionals specializing in social and labor inclusion participated in five online cross-border train-the-trainer workshops. These workshops focused on topics related to social economy and strategies to assist local actors in enhancing the provision of welfare services. The sessions covered areas relevant to Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Greece, and Italy.
MoreThanAJob: 10 pilot projects to promote social and employment inclusion of vulnerable groups
The MoreThanAJob project has successfully funded 10 pilot subgrants for co-production initiatives in collaboration with public authorities and SSE entities. These subgrants have led to direct benefits for over 3,000 individuals through the implementation of pilot projects.
MedTOWN Comparative study on SSE legal framework and its ecosystem
This report analyses the legal framework of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in 6 countries participating in the MedTown Project (Spain, Greece, Jordan, Palestine, Portugal and Tunisia), and the various issues related to it, such as procedures, formulas or instruments that facilitate the best implementation of SSE actions.The main issues to be addressed in the following report are:
• Regulatory and legal framework of the SSE and its ecosystem in the countries. SSE definition, regulation and purpose.
• Scope of application of the SSE regulations. Territorial and subjective. Main Actors Involved. Public and Private Sector.
• Who is responsible for drafting and amending SSE regulations? Problems in the application of the SSE and its regulations.
• SSE promotion measures. Recommendations and proposals for improvement and implementation of actions that facilitate SSE actions.
• SSE Conclusion and policy recommendations.
MedTOWN Regulatory and legal framework for public procurement (PP), Co-production of public policies (PPUB) in public-private partnerships (PPP) with SSE
This report analyses the legal framework of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in six participating countries of the MedTown Project (Spain, Greece, Jordan, Palestine, Portugal and Tunisia), and the various issues related to it, such as procedures, formulas or instruments that facilitate the best application of SSE actions, co-production of public policies, public-private partnerships, use of complementary social currencies, electronic payments. The main issues addressed are the following:
• Regulatory and legal framework related to the co-production of public policies (PPUB), Public-Private Associations/Partnerships (PPP) and Public Procurement (PP "Public Procurement") and its ecosystem in the countries.
• Definition, Regulation and Purpose. 2) Scope of application of the PP and PPP regulations. Territorial and subjective. Main Actors Involved. Public and Private Sector.
• Who is responsible for drafting and amending PPP regulations? Problems in the application of its regulations.
• PPP promotion measures. Recommendations and proposals for the improvement and implementation of actions that facilitate PPP actions.
• Conclusion and regulatory recommendations of PPUB and PPP.
MedTOWN Legal framework for the use of Complementary Currencies (CC), Electronic Money (EM) and Payment Service Providers (PSP)
This report analyses the legal framework of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in the 6 countries participating in the MedTOWN Project (Spain, Greece, Jordan, Palestine, Portugal and Tunisia), and the various issues related to it, such as procedures, formulas or instruments that facilitate the best implementation of SSE actions, co-production of public policies, public-private partnerships, use of complementary social currencies, electronic payments,
The main issues to be addressed in the following report are as follows:
• Regulatory and legal framework related to Complementary Currencies (CC), Electronic Money (EM) and Payment Service Providers (PSP) and their ecosystem in the countries. Definition, Regulation and Purpose.
• Scope of application of the regulations in CC, MS and PSP. Territorial and subjective. Main Actors Involved. Public and Private Sector.
• Measures promoting or encouraging CCs, MS and PSPs. Other forms of currency than legal tender. Institutions that may issue legal tender and electronic money.
• Current problems. Recommendations and proposals for improvement and implementation of actions. Recommendations and proposals for the improvement and implementation of actions.
Conclusion and policy recommendations.
MedTOWN Legal Regulatory Framework Mapping on SSE, co-production and complementary currencies
A total of 30 Research Studies at National Level (Spain, Greece, Portugal, Palestine, Jordan, and Tunisia) have been conducted through the MedTOWN project: Each National Researcher contacted 5 Thematic Legal Research Studies with national guidelines and recommendations to improve the legal regulatory framework in the following themes:
A. Regulatory and legal framework of the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) and ecosystem in the country
B. Co-production of public policies (PPUB) in public-private partnerships (PPP) with social and solidarity economy actors using social complementary currencies
C. Regulatory and legal framework for public procurement (PP) and specifically for co-production in public-private partnerships (PPP) with agents of the social and solidarity economy
D. Use of complementary currencies (CM), including a focus on the use of the legal figure of electronic money (EM),for co-production in public-private partnerships with agents of the social and solidarity economy
E. Use of electronic money (EM) and payment service providers (PSPs) as a legal framework for the implementation of such means of payment.
MedTOWN Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Report of the Demonstrative Actions
MedTOWN has created a framework for monitoring and evaluating social experimentation. This process was a complex task due to the diversity of social policies in each territory and the lack of regulatory frameworks for Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) and co-production across the six countries. MedTOWN's approach to this challenge was to provide findings that could immediately and practically serve policy-making. This was achieved by evaluating intentional, unintentional, and political changes in local socio-economic resilience.
The current evaluation aims to offer a regional perspective on the MedTOWN project, providing an overall assessment of its achievements, learnings, and findings. It synthesizes research and evaluation conducted by a team of local experts. The evaluation addresses both summative and formative aspects, examining whether the project achieved its goal of demonstrating the value of co-producing public policies with Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) actors. The assessment also aims to provide valuable insights for project actors and stakeholders, emphasizing the interconnected nature of summative and formative dimensions.
MedRiSSE Comparative Report and Analysis on co-production and public sector innovation
An in-depth comparative report and analysis on co-production and public sector innovation was completed, providing a comprehensive understanding of the social innovation elements of the 5 capitalised projects. The objective was to gain a broad understanding of how social innovation in the 5 projects was tackled and what the main issues and priorities to be considered for policy purposes are. Several focus groups and interviews/surveys with 5 project teams were organized to define the concept of social innovation and its impact in target countries.
TEC-MED model
The TEC-MED project aimed to develop and pilot a socio-ethic and cross-cultural care model in 6 countries from the Mediterranean basin (Spain, Greece, Italy, Egypt, Lebanon, and Tunisia). As a results of the formative research carried out in the work package 3, the state of the art, which consists in three activities: analysis of the 20 most promising initiatives in Europe and the Mediterranean basin aimed to the social care of elderly, analysis of the current social care systems in the countries participants though semiestructured interviews and SWOT analysis, a gap analysis through a Delphi study, and, finaly the TEC-MED model development and validation with experts in several meetings. The TEC-MED model is an integrative person-cented model of care for dependent and/or at risk of exclusion elderly people. It has six dimensions (subject of care, social and health providers, environment and system of care, technology, financing and governance), 5 key concepts (quality, research and dissemination, ethic, gender, social inclusion, transculturality), at the three level of management (micro, meso y macro level). The operationalization of the TEC-MED model could be a catalyst to promote quality services based on a socio-ethical and cross-cultural model for the elderly in the Mediterranean basin.
STATE OF THE ART – ANALYSIS AND CROSS-CULTURAL MODEL DEFINITION (WP3)
The WP3 “State of the art” was aimed to develop the foundation of the TEC-MED Model. It was composed of 3 activities sequenced over time. These activities were linked together, so that the result of the first activity allowed the development of the second and the third one. A.3.1.1. consisted in an integrative literature review in order to: 1) Analyze case studies about the most promising social care initiatives in Europe and the Mediterranean basin to elderly people with dependence and risk of social exclusion, and 2) analyze the social care models in the participants countries. A state of the art was developed and a checklists and semi-structured interview guide, in different languages, to be use in the next activity. A.3.1.2. consisted in the development of qualitative research based on semi-structured interviews and focus groups. With the results of these interviews and analyzing the background with the previous literature review a SWOT analysis to diagnosis the Social Care Practices in the participant countries was developed (Egypt, Greece, Lebanon, Spain and Tunisia). Finally, in A.3.1.3, first, a consultation online technical Delphi panel was developed with expert from the participants countries. With all the previous information, the TEC-MED model, and them validated with expert in an international online workshop. Thanks to a deep literature review and to the consultation with 207 stakeholders related with vulnerable elderly population at micro, macro y mesolevel, as well as final beneficiaries.