European Community of Practice

These notes came from an interview with Steering Group members of the CoP on Innovation Mainstreaming with a view to getting some simple answers to commonly asked questions:

What's Equal?
Its an international European social initiative, aiming to develop innovative solutions to common social problems, making the knowledge of those same solutions available to anyone that might need them.

How can I get Equal suport?
Equal only work directly with organizations.

Can Equal help provide me find an organization that might help me?
Equal can provide a methodology to help you find said organization.

Where can I access Equal information
You can find this from the official European Union EQUAL site.

What's an innovative solution?
its a new solution that:
- is useful
- is suitable for the needs of the benificiaries, within the social context of the problem
- is efective
- it has social recognition

What are the Equal guiding principals

• Innovation
• Mainstreaming
• Implementation of the equal principles
• International cooperation
• Empowerment

What are the objectives of this Cop in relation to EQUAL?
To create a long term communitie of practice on social innovation and mainstreaming, so the experience and knowledge of Equal may continue to give fruit!