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We publish a quarterly newsletter, a bimonthly bulletin of internal news for member organisations, press releases and short news items to inform about the Foundation’s activities.
The “Innovation Coffees in social services”, a new bimonthly activity of iSocial
The 1st Coffee, on June 14, will be dedicated to learning about applications of immersive technology in social services.
iSocial Foundation awards the Prize for Social Integration through ICT to Pere Tarrés Foundation
In the framework of the Day of information and communication technologies (ICT) of Catalonia, organized by GrausTIC.
For three years we will help train the managers of the third social sector in Andalusia
The iSocial Foundation will be part of an interdisciplinary team with Federación Enlace EDE Fundazioa, Escuela Andaluza de Economía Social, Leit Motiv and Economia del bien común.
We are starting a new project to rethink the residential model of Catalonia after the Covid-19
The iSocial Foundation will carry out the international benchmarking part. The project is led by UVic and has been funded by AGAUR.
iSocial joins the European Social Network (ESN)
It is the leading European network in the field of social services, made up of 140 member organizations from 35 countries.
iSocial and the UPC have presented the conclusions of the INSESS-COVID19 study at Palau Robert
The study was based on a survey of 1,000 people using social services across the country, and processed using data science and artificial intelligence techniques.
We have launched the pilot of FLAPP!, the new app for teenagers and young people developed by iSocial
120 adolescents and young people under guardianship and ex-guardianship, between 16 and 23 years old, and their educational references, linked to 10 centers and resources from different towns in the territory, will experience the app for 3 months and a UB team will evaluate it social impact.
The Resilis Foundation becomes part of the iSocial board
With this incorporation, the entities that make up the iSocial board are now eight: Ampans, Associació Benestar Desenvolupament-ABD, Suport-Fundació Tutelar Girona, Fundació Família i Benestar Social, Grup ATRA, Fundació Joia, Fundació Catalana Síndrome de Down, and now also the Resilis Foundation.
We advise the City Council of St.Quirze del Vallès to become a Basic Area of Social Services
Having reached 20,000 inhabitants, it must take on this new responsibility, which until now depended on the County Council.
A lecture by Dr. Carles Alsinet from the UdL inaugurates the 2nd part of the Postgraduate Course in Social Services of ACM-UB-iSocial
The course is aimed at Social Services professionals from the 937 City Councils and County Councils that are members of the ACM (Catalan Association of Municipalities). It has resumed this September after an interruption of several months due to the Covid19 pandemic.
GrausTIC Awards for social integration through ICT
The GrausTIC Association and the iSocial Foundation award this prize every year as part of the “ICT Day of Catalonia”.
Start of the INSESS-COVID19 workshops cycle with a pilot in Platja d’Aro
In the workshops, citizens answer a questionnaire to find out the impact of Covid19 on local Social Services. All 105 Basic Areas of Social Services in Catalonia, municipal and regional, participate in the study.
The Catalan Down Syndrome Foundation joins the board of iSocial
With this incorporation, there are now seven social entities that make up the iSocial board: Ampans, Associació Benestar Desenvolupament-ABD, Support-Fundació Tutelar Girona, Fundació Família i Benestar Social, Grup ATRA, Fundació Joia, and now also the FCSD.
iSocial, FATEC and SCGG ask to redesign the model of long-term and residential care in Catalonia
In a manifesto, we propose to rethink the model of all long-term care, covering all the services and supports that older people needs, both in the residential and at home, and with the support of the community.
We participate in a study led by UdL on the consequences of Covid-19 on youth employment
In addition to the iSocial Foundation and the University of Lleida (UdL), researchers from the universities of Barcelona (UB), València (UV) and Pompeu Fabra (UPF), and the Fundació Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia also participate.
iSocial and UPC have started a study to predict the impact that COVID19 will have on the Social Services of the municipalities
The Catalan Government, ACM, FMC and the Barcelona Regional Government are taking part. The prospective study INESS-COVID19 aims to know the vulnerabilities of the Catalan population in the coming months and provide elements of decision that allow the 104 Basic Areas of Social Services of Catalonia to deal with them.
