Alliance for Inclusive Investment in Social Care & Support Erasmus Project

Project Title

Alliance for Inclusive Investment in Social Care & Support

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Knowledge Alliances for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

<< Background >>

There is a significant social investment gap in Europe, in particular with regard to social care and support. The situation has only worsened with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many social care providers traditionally rely on public forms of investment and have more limited understanding of private investment. Similarly, private investors tend to not have a good understanding of social care and support. Universities do not have strong training programmes on social investment.

<< Objectives >>

The main project objective is to boost social investment in Europe by establishing a Knowledge Alliance that provides professional development opportunities to create more informed intersectoral working between investors and social care providers.

<< Implementation >>

By the end of the project, the a4i project has helped social care providers, private investors and higher education institutions to form a common understanding on social investment and develop training material; both online and face-to-face.

<< Results >>

The main results of the a4i project are – State of Play report on Social Investment, European Guidance on Social Investment- a universal professional development programme on social investment & transpositions in BE, CZ, ES; following pilots in the three countries involved- An online knowledge centre with a Massive Open Online Course (Universal & BE, CZ, ES), a list of promising practices, a mentor database and much more.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 963385 Eur

Project Coordinator

EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES & Country: BE

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE
• MU ENPRESAGINTZA S. COOP.
• CREDAL
• CAJA LABORAL POPULAR COOP DE CREDITO
• ASOCIACE POSKYTOVATELU SOCIALNICH SLUZEB CESKE REPUBLIKY
• CESKA SPORITELNA AS
• UNIPSO