EQUAL PARTNERS IN TIME

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EQUAL PARTNERS IN TIME

• The Thames Gateway
• Development Partnership

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WHAT IS THE THAMES GATEWAY LONDON D P ?

• Seven London Boroughs
• North and South of the River Thames
• East and South East London
• Each with a specific role within the project, led
  by local conditions

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CONTEXT

• Area of high employment but with pockets of
  extreme unemployment deprivation
• Growth area, especially with high technology
  industries
• Rich cultural mix - high levels ethnic minorities
• An area of extremes - the richest and the poorest
  communities in London

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The Project

• Total Value 3.95m
• 32 Regional / National Partners
• Each Borough with a range of local partners who
  deliver the project
• Each local partner works with disadvantaged
  beneficiary groups
• Overall aim is EMPOWERMENT

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Its a bit different..

• All activities and objectives are transnational
  as well as regional local
• Products include a new European Social Enterprise
  - ECCO
• A new European Certificate in Social Enterprise -
  ECCE - accredited by UEL with modules delivered
  in each partner country.
• 35 multi-national students

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Its fundamentally a transnational project...

• Shared resources, including jointly funded staff
• Each transnational partner leads on one of the
  underpinning principles of Equal

• Empowerment - Sweden
• Equal Opportunities - Italy
• Innovation - Spain
• Mainstreaming - UK

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Empowerment

• Several kinds of Empowerment
• Empowering Individuals - beneficiaries, staff
  members and others
• Building Teams Networks
• Building the capacity of organisations
• Informing policy through operational research
  and evaluation

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Our Speakers...

• Neil Monaghan - The Archway Project
• Asa Wihlborg - Basta, Sweden
• Martin, Simon and Phil - The Riverwood Project

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For more information

• www.eccoeuropa.net
• www.thamesgatewaydp.com
• 0208 921 6008
• maureen.walby_at_greenwich.gov.uk
• or contact any of our partner organisations