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CIARIS is a knowledge development system aiming at supporting the actors to develop their capacities of design, planning, management, follow-up and evaluation of their actions on the fight against social exclusion at the local level. It allows in particular a better consideration of the relations between social protection and the fight against exclusion.
CIARIS offers an overview of the concepts and strategies used at international level about the fight against social exclusion. It also provides a practical framework to improve the approaches set up in the fight against exclusion and discusses some key principles (partnership, participation, integrality and territoriality) to be considered in the various stages of the action cycle (design, installation, follow-up and evaluation).
CIARIS facilitates interaction between users and supports the training and dissemination of information through new technologies. It provides training services and on-line and presence assistance, consultation of bibliographical resources via Internet, methods and examples drawn from experiences worldwide. It facilitates the exchange of knowledge and experiences by organizing discussion forums and workshops.
CIARIS consists of a partners’ network that currently develops activities especially in Portuguese-speaking Africa, in Latin America and Western and Eastern Europe. Through its partner-relays and the use of specialized platforms, adapted to the contexts of the countries, CIARIS offers various means and tools of training and access to knowledge. For more information, see the Agency CIARIS in Portugal, the Learning Centre on social inclusion in Brazil (CAIS No Brasil) and the Multiplicar Project, coordinated by the European Anti Poverty Network in Portugal (REAPN).
CIARIS is developed by STEP programme of ILO’s Social security Department and is financed by the Government of Portugal.
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