This document integrates the extension phases of the ASL project, inspired by the original communication plan developed in the initial phase.

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Info Jeunes Occitanie (Regional Youth Information Center - CRIJ) is an association that aims to promote access to autonomy for young people. Based in Toulouse and Montpellier, it leads, coordinates and trains a network of around 90 regional structures. The State labels the CRIJ and the Information Jeunesse Occitanie network. Through their actions, they help young people use information as a strategic element in their decision-making throughout their journey.

This report was developed by Carla Nogueira and Hugo Pinto from CES - Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra and revised by ASL partners

This initiative stems from a national directive that gives the different regions administrative power to manage the information dimension of vocational guidance. In the Occitan region, they decided to create the Maison de l'Orientation. Each region has the decision power to address how it wants to provide the first line of information in vocational guidance. Chronologically, 2009 marks the birth of the "Service Public de L'Orientation", 2014 the birth of the "Service Public Régional de l'Orientation” and in 2018 started providing information on training and careers for schoolchildren, students and their families.

This report was developed by Carla Nogueira and Hugo Pinto from CES - Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra and revised by ASL partners

Created on the initiative of Martin Malvy, President of the Midi-Pyrénées Region as part of the Region's involvement in the Grand Toulouse City Project, the Toulouse Second Chance Regional School has welcomed nearly 3,000 pupils since its creation in January 2004, whom it accompanies in building a successful career path, in choosing a profession, in accessing employment and in lasting insertion in the world of work and society.

This report was developed by Carla Nogueira and Hugo Pinto from CES - Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra and revised by ASL partners

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In 2001, the Gijón City Council launched a Second Chance School project. In 2012 it became a department of the Local Agency and a public administration resource.The target group of this initiative are young people between 14 and 25 years that reside in Gijón and have been identified as struggling with specific learning or early career difficulties.

This report was developed by Carla Nogueira and Hugo Pinto from CES - Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra and revised by ASL partners

The Gijón Youth Office is a space dedicated to young people aged up to 30, a free public service whose main objective is to provide a wide range of services that aim to share information, specialised advice, training, infrastructures and activities for young people in the municipality. This space aims to turn the young people of Gijón into active citizens, immersed in the culture of their territory and to be a comfortable, relatable and reference space for its target public.

This report was developed by Carla Nogueira and Hugo Pinto from CES - Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra and revised by ASL partners.

The Cultural Factory is a non-profit multidisciplinary public arts centre, located in the building of a former shirt factory, built-in 1950. The Cultural Factory opened its doors in 2007 and is funded by the Avilés Municipal Culture Foundation. The primary objective of the Culture Factory is to bring the entire population of the region of Avilés closer to the regional and Asturian culture. This non-profit public organization has as its target audience children, youth, adults, the elderly, etc. It should be noted that the centre makes particular efforts to extend its services to people with disabilities and promoting their access to culture, as a means to promote their social inclusion. 

This report was developed by Carla Nogueira and Hugo Pinto from CES - Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra and revised by ASL partners

Founded in March 2010, Decuchara Restauración Social LTD. is a social insertion company owned by the LATRÉBEDE Women's Association, an entity aimed at the social and labour integration of women at risk of exclusion. One of the founding objectives of the company is to promote equal opportunities, as it pursues the incorporation of women in vulnerable situations into the labour market. This report was developed by Carla Nogueira and Hugo Pinto from CES - Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra and revised by the ASL partners. 

The report entitled Trends on social innovation: perspectives from four domains was developed from the experiences of the ASL project pilot actions and work groups and it centres on the identification of trends in the project thematic areas.

This document presents the experience of the implementation of the pilot actions in the ASL as a demonstration of the use of social innovation in the context of public, private and third sector organisations to deal with emerging social problems and stimulate the improvement of the standards of living.

This document has been elaborated by the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra in the framework of ASL project.

The study Social innovation in a world of multiple-transitions is the result of a joint reflection between Manuel Laranja, Professor at the ISEG-University of Lisbon, and Hugo Pinto, responsible for the ASL project on behalf of CES.

Realised in the context of the Atlantic Observatory for Social Innovation, the study focuses on the role of social innovation in the transition towards a more sustainable and equal society in the post-pandemic world. Identifying various relevant initiatives in different countries of the world, the analysis suggests social innovation as the answer to the deep changes prompted by the Covi d-19 pandemic.