• Areas of Expertise:
  • Business and society
  • Diversity
  • Employment status
  • Gender
  • Health
  • Human capital
  • Industrial change
  • Industrial relations
  • Labour market
  • Participation at work
  • Population and society
  • Quality of life
  • Quality of work
  • Social cohesion
  • Social protection
  • Time
  • Work-life balance
  • Work organisation

Exclusion sociale et chômage

Strategies to combat social exclusion and unemployment in
disadvantaged regions: The role of regional social capital

Raymond-Pierre Bodin Conference Centre, Dublin,
2 December 2003

Workshop
Programme

Chair: Philippe Bronchain, Research Manager

09.00 Bus from city centre to Foundation

09.30 – 09.45 Welcome

Chair: Philippe Bronchain, Research Manager

09.45 – 10.00 Henrik Litske, Research Manager

• Introduction to Foundation project
• Aims of workshop
  

10.00 – 10.20 Theme 1: Defining Social Capital

Eileen Humphreys, University of Limerick [ presentation, available in English, PDF, 32KB ]

• What is social capital: Brief overview of definitions and functions; questions on whether there is a deficit of social capital and how it can be addressed at regional level. What is the role of the different actors in the process?

10.20 – 11.05 Discussion

11.05 – 11.25 Coffee break

11.25 – 11.45 Theme 2: Governance

Jean-Pierre Pellegrin, LRDP Ltd [ presentation, available in English, PDF, 50KB ]

• Social dialogue and social capital
• Partnership and social capital
• Civil society and social capital

11.45 – 12.30 Discussion

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 14.15 Theme 3: Cases of social inclusion/employment and regional social capital strategies

Marili Parissaki, LRDP Ltd

• Case I: Greece

14.15 – 14.30 Discussion

14.30 – 14.45 Cases from European Commission project on Social Capital (To be confirmed)

14.45 – 15.00 Discussion

15.00 – 15.20 General debate on the relevance and role/potential of the regional level

15.20 – 15.30 Next steps

15.30 Close of workshop

Bus from Foundation to Dublin Airport