Everything is ready for the fourth coordination meeting and study visits at Rennes, to take place on the 3rd and 4th of July. 

We will meet up on Tuesday at our partner host’s venue, CRESS Bretagne. Our first morning with begin with an overview provided by DEX, and a working session in which the working group partners will present a progress report on pilot actions. Afterwards, the partners will update us about the mapping exercise, the Capìtalization Plan, the Communication Plan and the progress of the project. 

Study visits focused on social projects will take place in the afternoon. We'll start with ‘Compagnons bâtisseurs’, an organisation which assists people in do-it-yourself house renovation. Then on to Ressources T, a social cooperative bringing together a variety of recycling activities involving electrical devices, matresses, computers and medical equipment.

On the second day, Wednesday the 4th, we will visit Tezea, an initiative to create jobs for long-term unemployed people in a specific rural area (Pipriac et Saint-Ganton). This is a special programme where the public funds usually dedicated to the costs of unemployment are used to create full time, long-term jobs in laundry, recycling, woodcutting, car cleaning, maintenance of green spaces, concierge services etc.

Afterwards, back in Rennes, we will meet stakeholders in two examples of good practices in social innovation: 'Au p'tit blosneur', a district concierge service; and 'La Grenouille à grande bouche', a participatory restaurant in a disadvantaged area which donates its profits to associations located in the same district.

Here is the full agenda for this meeting.