The iSocial Foundation hosts partner entities of Solidigital, a cross-border project to be developed in Catalonia, France, and Andorra.

On February 7th and 8th, the inaugural sessions of Solidigital took place at the headquarters of the iSocial Foundation in Barcelona. This cross-border project aims to facilitate access to social and solidarity resources through digitalization for people in vulnerable situations. Led by iSocial and enrolled in the framework of the European Interreg POCTEFA program, the project involves collaboration among entities from Catalonia, France, and Andorra: Pere Claver Grup, Associació Alba, la Fundació Resilis from Catalonia, Solinum and Reconnect from France, and Andorra Research and Innovation (ARI).

Solidigital revolves around three technological tools: Soliguia, a geolocated resource finder already existing in France and now to be replicated in Catalonia; the virtual safe Nidus, developed by iSocial and Pere Claver Group; and Reconnect, another virtual safe for homeless people operating in France. Over the 3-year duration of the project, efforts will focus on the development and interconnection of the three tools, integrating Soliguia into Nidus and Reconnect, and making the latter two applications interoperable as well.

In Catalonia, the entities involved in the project will work with Solinum to jointly create Soliguia. The process will involve intensive mapping to geolocate all social resources in each area (food or clothing distribution points, vaccination, psychological care, accommodation for vulnerable people, etc.) and collect as detailed information as possible. During the initial stage of the project, more than 5,000 resources are expected to be mapped, but the ultimate goal is to include the totality or near totality of available resources in the territories where it will be deployed.

Moreover, thanks to the interconnection of the three apps, the resulting resource map can be accessed from Nidus and Reconnect. All three tools will form a comprehensive digital ecosystem, enabling easier and more efficient access to social services for users.

The project also envisages training nearly 8,000 professionals in the social sector in the use of the three tools to achieve better performance and ensure real impact on the people supported by these professionals.

El projecte també preveu formar prop de 8.000 professionals del sector social en l’ús dels tres útils, per tal de poder-ne aconseguir un millor rendiment i assegurar-ne un impacte real en les persones acompanyades per aquests professionals.

This inaugural session marks the start of a fruitful collaboration that will allow us to work towards favoring and providing tools for the empowerment of people in vulnerable situations.