Reference Point is an association that supports young people under guardianship, former wards, and/or at risk of exclusion in their emancipation process. During 2022 and 2023, D’EP Institut has supported the association in evaluating projects related to:
DE’P Institut in collaboration with the Bertelsmann Foundation has conducted a study on the state of guidance based on the 10 keys of the Xcelence model. The report gathers responses from 225 public, private, and semi-private secondary education centers that have used the Xcelence.es tool during the period 2019-2022 in Spain. The main objectives have been:
Once again, D’EP Institut is supporting the OpenCohesion School Catalonia project that began in the 2019-2020 school year. Currently, the project is being promoted from the Open Data Area of the General Directorate of Digital Administration (DGAD). Students in 3rd and 4th of ESO participating in the project carry out research, putting into practice the principles of citizen auditing, using open data and qualitative information to evaluate interventions funded by the European Union cohesion policies in their territory, providing results and actively engaging. During the 2023-2024 academic year, D'EP Institut is supporting the DGAD in the implementation of the project by elaborating the didactic guides, dynamizing the webinars for the participating teachers, and supporting the design of the final event. Finally, it has been in charge of the evaluation of this edition of the project. More information: https://administraciodigital.gencat.cat/ca/dades/dades-obertes/projectes/open-cohesion-school/index.html
D’EP Institut has developed the Diagnosis of the situation of the elderly and the Local Aging Plan of Sant Quirze del Vallès. To develop the Diagnosis, a search and documentary analysis of the available information has been carried out, 3 in-depth interviews with key agents of the municipality have been conducted, and a working session with the Elderly Board has been held, meeting the set objectives of having analysis on the demographic situation in the municipality, mobility and accessibility, and situations of unwanted loneliness, preparing an inventory and a map of facilities and services for the elderly, identifying intervention experiences and community networks that promote active aging in the territory, and preparing a SWOT analysis of the current situation. Once all this information has been obtained, the development of the Local Aging Plan has been carried out, conducting two working sessions with the driving group, 5 in-depth interviews with key agents, 4 focus groups/participatory sessions with elderly people from different areas/neighborhoods, preparing a Plan that includes the proposal and detailed description of around 100 actions framed in 4 strategic axes, some of which are already included in other city Plans. More information at: https://www.santquirzevalles.cat/temes/gent-gran/pla-denvelliment-actiu-1 https://www.santquirzevalles.cat/temes/gent-gran/pla-denvelliment-actiu-1/pla-denvelliment-actiu
On the occasion of the forthcoming completion of the construction of the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, the Construction Board of the Expiatory Church of the Sagrada Familia Foundation wishes to focus its foundational efforts on Social Work. In this context, a new call of grants for social projects carried out in the Archdiocese of Barcelona has been presented in order to respond to the social needs of this geographical area. D'EP Institut, as technical secretariat of the project, has collaborated in the design and conceptualization of the bases of these grants to carry out the first edition of the call, and once the period of reception of the candidacies is closed, it will carry out the evaluation of the projects submitted, presenting a proposal of finalist candidacies for the evaluation of the jury. More information: https://sagradafamilia.org/fons-accio-social
