This document tries to respond to one of the project's challenges that the Rede Europeia Anti-Pobreza / Portugal (REAPN), in partnership with other seven organisations, submitted to the 2007-2013 PROGRESS Programme, under the budget line "Mutual learning on social Inclusion and social protection", that was approved by the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities.

In this project - "Bridges for Inclusion" - it is specified that its main goal is precisely to identify the possible bridges between employment and inclusion strategies. In order to do this, the first step was to elaborate a panorama of the interconnections between these strategies, at European level; secondly, to develop this same overview in the six partner countries; and, thirdly, to verify, within a case studies' logic, the way these strategies are put into practice through three or four social economy experiences, at local level.

Besides the accomplishment of the first project’s goal, this study will also present a broad overview that can guide the drafting of six national studies. On the other hand, we will also try to present a set of reflections and questions on how to overcome the difficulties and the deficits of the linkage between these strategies.

Visit the workspace that produced this resource and contribute your own >