MedRiSSE

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Replicable Innovations of SSE in the provision of services and creation of decent jobs in the post covid-19 crisis recovery

About the project

Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) organizations have demonstrated the ability to provide high quality and stable jobs, to expand into new sectors and to innovate in response to social needs. This is the case in Italy where the number of jobs in the social economy has increased thanks to policies supporting social enterprises. Spain is undergoing effective regulatory process while in Tunisia, the Assembly of the Representatives of the People adopted the bill on SSE on 17th June 2020. Palestine and Jordan are currently undergoing a national reform to regulate SSE. Partners from these countries, who were involved in different ENI CBC MED projects tackling social inclusion, want to upscale the results of these projects to enable the co-production of municipal services with local SSE agents. It also wants to continue the communication and policy dialogue initiated by the 5 capitalized projects to keep advocating for legal and institutional reforms and policy innovations aimed at supporting emerging sectors of SSE, as well as the concepts of “co-production” and “social economy".

Key information

Acronym:

MedRiSSE

Full title:

Replicable Innovations of SSE in the provision of services and creation of decent jobs in the post covid-19 crisis recovery

Thematic objective:

A.3 Promotion of social inclusion and the fight against poverty

Priority:

A.3.2 Social and solidarity economy

Countries:

Spain, Palestine, Italy, Jordan, Tunisia

Financial data

1.1 million

Total budget

0.9 million

EU contribution

10%

Project co-financing

Highlights

Project in numbers

Partners

Countries

Technical outputs

Project duration

Start date

01 September 2021

End date

30 November 2023

Partnership

News

Events

Library

Project outputs

Documents

Videos

Objective

To promote the co-production of social policies to fight poverty, inequality, social exclusion and environmental unsustainability in the Mediterranean through developing SSE innovations and a joint framework approach of co-production of social policies

What will be improved?

The project will generate clear evidence and solutions to overcome existing identified barriers and provide public institutions, the donor community, SSE practitioners, local partners, and a multitude of other stakeholders with sustainable, low-cost and innovative capacities to deliver quality social services. Supporting the development of national, regional and local social economy ecosystems will be major step in order to boost job creation and innovation, to foster social inclusion.

Who will benefit?

1,500 SSE practitioners
250 researchers
250 public sector entrepreneurs and policy makers
Decision-makers mainly in social policies

Expected achievements

1 Mediterranean Co-production Lab on social innovation
5 policy briefs on social innovation to promote positive influence on policy makers
1 Mediterranean replication toolkits for the protection of economic and social rights
1 cross-country analysis report of national mappings and studies on social innovation

Contribution to policy-making

The project will contribute to policy-making at different levels by:
- Promoting public-community alliances for service provision in the Mediterranean. The idea of a universal public service to guarantee basic rights to people does not necessarily mean state-run, but it can be approached in alliance with community groups and social enterprises.
- Promoting policy innovation labs. In particular, they promote the computational thinking required by a reluctant state that is increasingly concerned to delegate its responsibilities to digitally enabled citizens with the ‘designerly’ capacities and technical expertise to ‘code’ solutions to public and social problems.
- Supporting SSE and creation of decent jobs: the capacity to create jobs in emerging sectors, for example in the silver economy, and to contribute to the formalization of the informal economy.
- Promoting financial innovations in the field of public utilities: the use of local currencies as democratized payment alternatives. Local currencies support local businesses and bolster communities against globalizing trends, which limit the circulation of money regionally.

About the project

Acronym

MedRiSSE

Title

Replicable Innovations of SSE in the provision of services and creation of decent jobs in the post covid-19 crisis recovery

Description

The purpose of MedRiSSE is to develop a Mediterranean scalability pathway for social innovations that enable the Co-production of municipal services with local Social and Solidarity Economy agents (SSE) that have emerged from interactions between the government and the SSE involved in several ENI funded projects. These innovations represent successful and efficient practices for the achievement of the SDGs in general, and for the protection of the most vulnerable groups in the post Covid19 economies in the MSB. The strategy of the project revolves around widening the SSE and Co-production Community of Practice (WCoP) launched by the MedTOWN project, further involving policy makers, SSE actors, researchers, etc. The WCoP will benefit from social innovations and capacity building resources regarding the role of SSE in the promotion of decent jobs and social inclusion (MoreThanaJob), the promotion of SSE ecosystems (MedUP, IESS, progress) and the empowerment women in cooperatives through fair trade and eco-tourism (RUWOMED). The WCoP will be linked to a new Mediterranean Co-production Lab (LAB) that will help establish conditions for innovation in the delivery of public services through alliances with SSE and help them identify and foster opportunities for collaboration. The lab will develop an evaluation methodology to understand the potential for scalability of the different co-production models or social innovations, which, in turns, will evolve into a Mediterranean Co-production Toolkit for Public Sector Innovation. This Toolkit will help both SSE practitioners and public servants understand and apply innovation in their daily work. Lastly, the project will continue the communication and policy dialogue initiated by the 5 capitalised project under a harmonised approach, to continue advocating for legal and institutional reforms and policy innovations aimed at supporting emerging sectors of SSE, as well as the concepts of “co-production” and “social economy".

Role

Name of the organisation

Country

Region

Contact

Lead beneficiary

Assembly of Cooperation for Peace

Spain

Comunidad Valenciana

Partner 1

An-Najah Najah National University

Palestine

Partner 2

Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid Department

Italy

Toscana

Partner 3

Agricultural Development Association

Palestine

Partner 4

The Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development

Jordan

Amman

Partner 5

Tunisian Center For Social Entrepreneurship

Tunisia

Tunis

Partner 6

PIN S.c.r.l. Didactical and Scientific Services for the University of Florence

Italy

Toscana

Partner 7

Innovation & Social Economy in Mediteranian

Spain

Cataluña

Associates

Role

Name of the organisation

Country

Associate 1

Ayuntamiento de Sevilla

Spain

Associate 2

Ajuntament de Barcelona

Spain

Associate 3

بلدية طوباس -Tubas Municipality

Palestine

Associate 4

وزارة الإدارة المحلية - Ministry of Local Administration

Jordan

Associate 5

REAS ANDALUCÍA -Red de Economía Alternativa

Spain

Associate 6

الاتحاد العام التونسي للشغل; - Tunisian General Labour Union

Tunisia

Associate 7

Ayuntamiento de Santa Coloma de Gramanet

Spain

Project news

22 September 2023

MedRiSSE e-learning courses already available and accesible

The speakers introduced each one of the 5 e-learning courses that can be found on the Mediterranean Social Innovation Lab.

Sustainable tourism

Artisanal fishing

Green entrepreneurship

Technology transfer

Resource efficiency

Creative industries

Elderly care

Social and solidarity economy

Women’s empowerment

Water efficiency

Waste management

Marine litter

About the project

Key information

Financial data

Highlights

Project in numbers

Project duration

Partnership

News

Events

Library

Project outputs

Documents

Videos

Objective

What will be improved?

Who will benefit?

Expected achievements

Contribution to policy-making

About the project

Associates

MedRiSSE e-learning courses already available and accesible

MedRiSSE opens a call for tenders for consultancy services in Palestine

MedRiSSE in Palestine highlights positive experiences to boost social innovation and social and solidarity economy

Social innovation is promoted and debated in Palestine under MedRiSSE project

Want to take advantage of MedRiSSE tools?

MedRiSSE helped to increase social entrepreneurs knowledge on impact financing in Tunisia

Tunisian Center for Social Entrepreneurship enables Social and Solidarity Economy actors on gamified educational tools at a MedRiSSE event

MedRiSSE brings a debate on the challenges to implement innovative currencies

MedRiSSE showcased successful stories of social inclusion in the Mediterranean

MedRiSSE takes part in a public-private dialogue on social innovation in the Mediterranean

MedRiSSE´s roadmaps and toolkit are available to replicate best practices in social innovation

Junior EU Project Manager vacancy at MedRiSSE´s project

MedRiSSE: women's cooperatives as agent of change

MedRiSSE’s platform grows among actors from the social and solidarity economy ecosystem

MedRiSSE launches a call for tenders for an External Audit in Tunisia

Want to be part of the MedRiSSE community?

MedRiSSE fosters social innovation among local actors in Jordan

MedRiSSE fosters debate on public sector involvement in social innovation

MedRiSSE Wiki starts to take shape to serve the social and solidarity economy sector

MedRiSSE: call for tenders for a Co-Production Lab in Palestine

MedRiSSE: Do you know about the advantages of having a Digital Mediterranean Co-Production Lab?

MedRiSSE in Italy builds a tool that will help social and solidarity economy actors to replicate co-production models

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MedRiSSE builds up on MedTOWN´s tool to enhance the spirit of collaborative work

Envisioning the future of the social & solidarity economy at MedRiSSE launching conference

Do you know the five projects that MedRiSSE is capitalizing on?

MedRiSSE in Palestine organised its first webinar on Social and Solidarity Economy

MedRiSSE organizes a conference on Social and Solidarity Economy

MedRiSSE discusses the real impact on policies of the collaboration between public institutions & Social and Solidarity Economy actors

MedRiSSE in Spain launches a call for tenders for an external audit

MedRiSSE in Italy is hiring an external consultant on social innovation

MedRiSSE took part in Blue Solidarity Economy event

MedRiSSE: capitalizing European projects with feminist economy and social & solidarity economy perspective

MedRiSSE analyzes good practices to be replicated through its Mediterranean toolkit

MedRiSSE in Spain launches a call for tenders

MedRiSSE is born: succesful Kick Off Meeting

MedRiSSE will replicate innovative models for the provision of municipal services & decent work

Projects view

MedRiSSE organises a webinar to present the e-courses learning of the Mediterranean Social Innovation Lab

MedRiSSE Bootcamp: Support for Social and Solidarity Economy Actors

MedRiSSE Palestinian partners celebrate events to promote social innovation

Participate in a new MedRiSSE webinar to learn about innovative currencies

MedRiSSE is launching the first public-private dialogue on social innovation in the Mediterranean area

Discover MedRiSSE roadmaps and toolkit to replicate good practices in the Mediterranean

Join us in a new MedRiSSE webinar to discover succesful Women's Cooperatives

Register to the 4th MedRiSSE webinar on co-production and social innovation in the Mediterranean

MedRiSSE in Jordan organises a National Strategic Event to engage new stakeholders on social innovation initiatives

MedRiSSE organizes a webinar on building trust between public institutions and social innovation projects