COPORE - Student projects

Student groups in all European countries from the different networks have been invited (starting) in the year of creativity and innovation (Oct. 2009) to develop multidisciplinary projects on poverty reduction in collaboration with local communities.

Projects could be:

• awareness activities on: What is poverty and how to combat it
• exhibitions on; the voices and narratives of the vulnerable groups
• projects with the community; action research in order to address the needs of those who experience poverty
• improving access to health and social care
• engaging local communities in all their diversity in plans and strategies to fight poverty
• presenting good practice in empowerment projects
• development of key messages (‘you tube’) and logos with involvement of disadvantaged groups on:
  • the multidimensional dimension of poverty
  • the hidden character of poverty
• any other good ideas or activities

The outline and announcement for the student projects was published on different (Thematic) network websites. Students worked on their projects for 6 months and delivered a project report and an abstract to the selection committee of COPORE on the 1st of February 2010.

A selection committee selected the four best projects to publish on the COPORE website and to be presented at the conference in Amsterdam on the 23rd and 24th of April 2010. The four projects chosen were:

• Information and Communication Technology: making/breaking a gap
• Ending child poverty: take up the challenge
• Future Doctors about to Eliminate Differences; when you are healthy; you are equal!
  Download the movie "Future Docters" (WMV, 12Mb)
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The projects

• Information and Communication Technology: making/breaking a gap
• Ending child poverty: take up the challenge

were finally chosen by the selection committee as the best two and received the COPORE Prize, an amount of 500€ contribution to their participation and presentation of their projects at the 16th conference of ENOTHE in Stockholm which also had the theme Poverty Reduction.

Questions or remarks to Hanneke van Bruggen