This article aims to present our professional experience in implementing the Municipal Model for the Prevention of Child Labour in the province of Misiones, Argentina. It summarises the progress achieved through a training activity resulting from cooperative engagement between the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the National University of Misiones (UNaM) and the Association Sueño para Misiones in 2020.
The growth of urbanisation processes has diverse effects on city and neighbourhood life. These include the increase in social issues and ethnocultural diversity, which challenge administrations to adapt political strategies and intervention methods to ensure social coexistence and cohesion. The authors of the article conduct a comparative analysis of several processes undertaken in vulnerable, highly diverse ethnocultural areas within the Community of Madrid.
This research shows us various perceptions and experiences of individuals facing housing issues when it comes to the professional support they have received from social workers within the social services system. It does so specifically for the towns of Cerdanyola del Vallès and Ripollet (Barcelona).
A qualitative research project has been proposed. To this end, we have worked alongside users of the social services system experiencing housing problems who are part of the PAH Ripollet-Cerdanyola (mortgage victim platform) collective.
Although pondering on death among children and young people is a disagreeable responsibility, the goal of paediatric palliative care is to strive to provide end-of-life support for children. Paediatric palliative care is established as the specialist field that deals with illnesses for which no cure is available. From a multidisciplinary position, the comprehensive paediatric palliative care network of Catalonia (XAPPI) is being implemented to provide a biopsychosocial and spiritual response for patients and families facing illnesses for which no possible treatment is available.
This paper introduces an example of a best practice in the design of public policies through participation of citizens and social agents. This initiative was conducted by the Vice-Presidency and the Department for Equality and Inclusive Policies of the Government of Valencia through the drafting of the Valencia Covenant for combating Male and Gender-based Violence of the Valencia Region (2017).
Once the Catalan Board for Childhood and, subsequently, the six regional boards were set up, we had no knowledge of the number of and situation surrounding regional boards, or indeed the number of and situation surrounding childhood and adolescence networks.
The restructuring and responsibility distribution processes to which European welfare systems are being subjected place the third sector in a prominent position. In this respect, the relational and representational procedures established between the third sector and the public administration play an important role in this debate.
