Technology in relation to opportunities for

cultural expression by socially vulnerable youthWouter Van den Bosch (IBBT) & Jan Dekelver (K.H.Kempen/K.U.Leuven)

BLISSBLISS

Bliss

About INCLUSO

• Can ICT & Social Software support the social

inclusion of marginalised youth?

• Role of the intermediary organisation?

• What works and what doesn’t ?

• How to measure success?

• How to keep it sustainable?

• Are today’s tools up to the task?

Krakow

Chorzów

1 network

3 regions

17 institutions

200 staff

1500

young people

Tools used

Advantage:

MULTIFUNCTIONAL

Advantage:

NETWORK

Advantage:

SIMPLE

Advantage:

ORGANISED

Advantage:

EASY TO

FOLLOW

Advantage:

CONFUSING

The best!

Advantage:

DIRECT

CONTACT

Conclusions

Alternative

personality

(Invisible) skills

Virtu-reality

Risky ambition

Belgium Pilot

• 172 families simultaneously in guidance

• 70 staff people

3 Daycare centers

• 3 groups of 10 Boy and girls

3 Residentialcenters

• 15 boys

• 15 girls

• 15 mixt underage of 12

• 9 independantliving

2 Mobileservices

• 1 home guidance72 families

• 1 independantliving 16 boys and girls

What is our core business

Where can we use ICT

Who & What

Belgium Pilot Tonuso vzw 2008 start from scratch

Where to start ???

Our experiences

• Social work + youngsters + ict = match

• But

– Hits and misses

– Need for sharing best and bad practices and analysing

them in a structured way

– Youngsters will tell you what to do

– Organisational embedding is a (necessary) time investment

– Need for better social software tools

– Need for better measurement tools

– Privacy and ethical issues cry out for modernised

legislation

Need more?

• The INCLUSO Manual

– www.incluso.org

– www.incluso.org/manual

• Steunpunt Algemeen Welzijnswerk

– www.steunpunt.be

– www.expertonlinehulp.be