Ajuntament de Barcelona

BETSI II PROJECT: Binding Efforts Towards Social Inclusion PROTOCOL FOR REQUEST OF COLLABORATION

This Project has received funding from the European Commission within the frame of the Community Action Programme to Combat Social Exclusion 2002-2006"; This protocol reflects the author's view and the European Commission is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein".

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The present document includes information and the description of the request for collaboration from the XXX organisation (indicate company name) to the companies that might be interested in such collaboration.

INFORMATION ON THE PARTIES INVOLVED

BETSI II: Joining efforts to achieve social inclusion Introduction

The goal of BETSI II is to encourage a culture of collaboration between public institutions, economic agents and social agents operating in the city of Barcelona, in order to increase the city’s global well-being and welfare.

With this objective in mind, BETSI II acts as:  A mechanism of promotion and support for the development of the corporation’s social responsibility,

 An instrument to manage and channel the collaboration between corporations and the initiatives and projects of the social fabric.

 An articulator of joint innovative and strategic projects between corporations, social organisations, and the public administration.

Lines of action of Project BETSI II

 The promotion of the culture of collaboration and social responsibility of the Company. Actions, activities, and initiatives intended to create a favourable environment for the development of social actions in the corporate sector: (seminars, courses, conferences on corporate social action, in cooperation with university institutions, business and management schools; articles published in corporate magazines of the social and corporate field (bulletins, corporate publications,...); economic press, TV,...; events of public relevance: results of the social action undertaken by companies; divulging of collaboration agreements reached between corporations and organisations, ...)

 The articulation and management of the collaboration. Channelling sponsorships and assistance from corporation toward the social programmes in the city, through the projects undertaken by the social fabric.

Project BETSI II has a firm group of social organisations and projects in the city that might be eligible to benefit from collaboration. All of them are renowned for their experience, prestige, and quality of work, and they undertake projects in different fields of action (social assistance, prevention of problems,…) and addressed to different groups (children and families, homeless individuals, the elderly, immigrants,…) The technical team of BETSI II establishes the contacts, and matches the collaboration proposal from corporations and the projects and needs of the organisations. 1 Ajuntament de Barcelona

Social Organisation Name (Indicate Company name) Introduction Objectives Include a brief description of the objectives, activities or characteristics of the organisation.

Activities and users

Other relevant information

DESCRIPRION OF THE REQUEST FOR COLLABORATION

Request Description of the needs for which the collaboration of the company is requested, and characteristics of the action requested. Types of Collaboration

 Economic sponsoring  Actions linked with human resources (voluntary work carried out by workers, professional consultancy, ...)  Donation of items

 Granting or providing facilities and technology  Others

Project BETSI II will undertake the actions of support, coordination of the parties involved, as well as any management task that may be needed to ensure that the specified collaboration and the activities or initiatives that might derive from it are carried out.

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