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On Tuesday, October 29th, at the Palau Macaya in Barcelona, the 2nd debate of the cycle “Big Data and Social Services”, organized by iSocial Foundation, has received 72 participants, mainly from city councils, academics and Third sector entities.

Have participated the 60 professionals of the Social Action Service of the municipality. The course consists of 9 workshops, which until February will deal with how to apply Person-centered Care and the European model of Self-directed Support in primary attention of Social Services. A manual of intervention guidelines will also be developed.

On October 15 the Social Foundation and other 8 organizations, we have taken the kick-off meeting of the project, which will develop and experience a package of digital tools for mobile phones aimed at improving and strengthening the socio-educational accompaniment that the Catalan Government’s attention and protection system offers to about 4,000 adolescents and young people migrated alone.

In a debate organized by the iSocial Foundation on October 10, the invited experts say that the lack of a clear identity, invisibility or, even, a distorted and stigmatized image, are now a burden for the responsible administrations And for professionals working in Social Services.

Welcome is a Horizon 2020 project led by UPF with 5 participating countries. The smartphone assistant will facilitate the knowledge of the host society and the processes of labor insertion, based on information appropriate to the profile of each person, and will provide information on the most frequent demands of the immigrants and refugees.

In this inaugural lecture, Mrs. Richmond answered the question of why with Big Data can we respond better to the needs of the citizens ?. The cycle will continue on October 29, with the debate How can we improve today’s social services through Big Data, and other activities on November 19, January 31 and March 10.

The Minister of Labor, Social Affairs and Families of the Catalan Government, Chakir el Homrani, has presented the base document for the Strategic Plan for social services 2020-2024, which aims to respond to the current challenges, achieve a universal offer, and at the same time articulate and organize – To overcome current fragmentation and to deploy an information, innovation, knowledge and research system.

Amb l’objectiu d’ampliar la base social d’iSocial neix la modalitat dels socis-col·laboradors: organitzacions que entren a formar part d’iSocial per participar en els espais interns de generació de projectes (Labs) i per col·laborar en l’impuls de la fundació i el seu sosteniment econòmic. La Federació d’Alzheimer i la Fundació Maresme han estat les primeres organitzacions a donar aquest pas.

Montse Cervera, president of the iSocial Foundation, and Violeta Quiroga, director of the School of Social Work of the Barcelona University, have signed an agreement between both institutions to consolidate and expand the collaboration that already existed since the inn Ongoing by the iSocial Foundation. The agreement will promote and facilitate the participation of teachers of the School in the educational activities of iSocial, and the collaboration in research and innovation projects in the field of Social Services.

June 11th, the rector of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya-UOC, Mr. Josep A. Planell, and the president of the iSocial Foundation, Ms. Montse Cervera, have signed a framework collaboration agreement between both institutions, to promote joint training and research activities and to join forces in the development of innovation projects for the social sector. The agreement already includes a first list of three activities promoted by the iSocial Foundation in which the UOC will collaborate in the coming months.

On May 7th, the entire Social Services coordinator team of the Sabadell City Council, made up of 15 people, has begun the course of the iSocial Foundation “Leadership and Innovation in Social Services”. The course consists of 15 sessions of three hours, and will take place during the months of May and June.

Although there are already many technological solutions to improve the quality of life of the elderly, more must be done. That is why the Mobile World Capital Foundation, Barcelona City Council and 5G Barcelona have launched a call to find solutions that can have a positive impact on the daily lives of the elderly.

Palau Macaya hosted the Thursday 28 February this Conference organized by the iSocial Foundation, with the experts Luk Zelderloo and Thomas Bignal, who have explained the great window of opportunity that opens up in Europe in these coming years to access to finance the investment needs of the social services sector.

On February 12, 2019 the Social Foundation and the Víctor Grífols i Lucas Foundation have signed a collaboration agreement in order to strengthen the ethical perspective in the activities and research and innovation projects in the social sector that will promote the iSocial Foundation from now on.

On January 10, 2019, the Social Council of iSocial Foundation met at its new headquarters, 151 Lepant St. in Barcelona. This modern, recently-open facility houses also La Casa de Carlota and a communication company. La Casa de Carlota is an innovative design studio which includes among its professionals, people with autism and with Down syndrome. 151 Lepant St. facilities are then, besides an office space, also a creative space and an art gallery.

The City Council of Barcelona has put into operation by the end of 2018 a simulator that allows anyone to know the social aids to which they have the right, in an anonymous manner and regardless of the Administration that manages them. The system calculates the aid that can be requested and an estimate of the amount, and also explains how to process them.