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It has just been published. It is the book “Creative thinking and innovative social action”, by sociologist and social worker Sílvia Navarro, contributor to iSocial. A reference book and essential for those of us who believe in innovation in social action. You can buy it now on the publisher’s website and consult the index and the introduction in our newspaper library.

The Board, gathered online, made a first diagnosis of the situation in the Social Services in Catalonia, of the consequences that the pandemic and its effects will have on the most vulnerable population, and the answers that we want to provide from iSocial .

About 200 people participated on March 10 in the closing conference of the reflection cycle “Big date and Social Services”, organized by the iSocial Foundation. For 6 months, more than 400 people have participated in the series of debates and seminars of this cycle held at the Palau Macaya in Barcelona.

We attended the Meeting at UPF with 14 other project partner organizations from Germany, the United Kingdom, Greece, Czech Republic and Spain. Welcome’s goal is to research and develop smart technologies to support the reception and integration of migrants and refugees in Europe.

Alfonso L. Montero gave a brilliant opening conference on “Priorities today in innovation and transformation of Social Services in Europe”. The course began on February 5 and will end on December 16.

Classes will begin on February 5. The course is addressed to the managers and technicians of Social Services of the 937 city councils members of the Catalan Association of Municipalities (ACM). The course will be managed by the School of Social Work of the University of Barcelona and the iSocial Foundation. It is a university program of 30 credits and 256 hours of classes.

On November 19, Palau Macaya de Barcelona hosted the 3rd debate of the cycle “Big Data and Social Services” of the iSocial Foundation, in which four experts discussed the opportunities and limits of introducing predictive systems and automation processes in the Social Services sector. The debate was led by the data science professor of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Jordi Conesa.

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.