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C1.Territory, Empowerment and Solidarity Economy

Territory. Urban segregation and challenges of transformation of social inequalities. Basic analytical tools are presented to approach the territory as a space for the reproduction of social inequalities, with special emphasis on the processes of urban segregation, and on certain models of public policy that propose to face it (among them the one based on community empowerment).

Social innovation in a territorial key to face inequalities. A conceptual and analytical approach is made to the innovation processes in the territory, understood as a process of transformation of power relations and the promotion of initiatives to face the social challenges of the territory. An analytical approach is made to various experiences in Catalonia collected on the map of social innovation in Catalonia, the result of the neighborhood and crisis research (database generated from the 2008 crisis), and of the SOLIVID platform (collected Solidarity initiatives from the health crisis and confinement by Covidien-19).

Community action. A conceptual, analytical and strategic framework to promote initiatives of social and / or solidarity economy in a territorial key. A conceptual and methodological approach is made of community action as a strategy to promote initiatives that face the challenges of the territory, incorporating the existing map of actors, participatory action research tools and methodologies for the participation and involvement of these actors. proposing relational strategies aimed at empowerment.

Theories of empowerment for community action.An approach is made to the theories of empowerment, in an individual, organizational and community key, with the intention of promoting initiatives of social and / or solidarity economy, addressing the challenge of the relationship with the territory. Tools are provided for its planning and evaluation in the different dimensions.

The planning and evaluation of community action with a view to promoting social and / or solidarity economy initiatives. Starting from a hypothetical territory, but inspired by reality, a practical case will be carried out with the aim of putting into practice all the contents and methodological tools worked on in class. The objective is to define a community action intervention process incorporating the basic design of social and / or solidarity economy initiatives, incorporating the methodological perspectives worked on in class.

C2.Tools for Research and Intervention in Social Entrepreneurship

Methods and techniques for the production and collection of data for social economy projects. Different methodological strategies are presented for the generation and collection of useful data for the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of social economy initiatives and projects. In addition to the logic and research procedures, the characteristics, operation, and utilities of various types of research techniques of social reality, both quantitative and qualitative and mixed, will be explained.

Implicative and participatory methodologies. Based on an explanation of the participatory action research (PAR) procedures, a methodological proposal is made on how to organize a process of citizen involvement in the generation of social economy projects. Tools are given to make a participatory diagnosis, to design an action plan and its follow-up. Guidelinesare also given for the constitution of a motor group and a monitoring commission, as participatory bodies of the project in question.

The theory of change as a tool for the design of social economy projects. A conceptual and methodological approach is made to the design of the projects from the theory of change. Project design often includes initial assumptions that are not met and assumed assumptions that they might not work, or work partially, in achieving objectives. The moment of undertaking projects is filled with uncertainties, to face it rigorous methodologies are presented that provide evidence-based knowledge about the effectiveness of interventions, and make available intervention alternatives that relate resources, results and impacts achieved. We will work on obtaining and generating this explanatory and predictive information about how a project should be to achieve the proposed objectives, illustrating with real cases the connections between the inputs, activities, processes, results and expected impacts of the projects.

The theory of change as a tool for evaluating social economy projects. The social economy projects as promoters of social change prioritize the satisfaction of the needs of the people over the profit, the evaluation allows to improve the effectiveness in the achievement of the proposed objectives and the efficiency of the actions by relating the resources and the results and impacts achieved. It is about learning to systematically measure the relationship between resources and project results, and to generate information for the constant improvement of projects and the accountability of the social economy to citizens. The different types of evaluation and the various methodologies to answer evaluation questions will be presented, using real examples.

C3.Law, Technology and Health

Intersection between society and technology legal frameworks. Its objective is to present to the student the relationship between law, technological development, and social evolution (Rodríguez, 2016). Thus, understanding technology as an amplifier of human will, which we shape and subsequently transform (Culkin, 1967). In addition, law as an art, and a technique that is circumscribed precisely on this relationship of complex interdependence (Jasanoff, 2009) that some authors come to define as technological determinism (Bimber, 1994; Ellul, Wilkinson, & Merton, 1964; Marx, 1994).

Alternative economy, public administrations and the private sector. It aims to show the students the limitations and opportunities in the various existing forms of self-organization and self-management of collaborative social projects when establishing ties and collaborations with the public and private sectors. In this topic, we will explore projects carried out in the city of Barcelona through the thread of food sovereignty to explore its legal limitations, as well as possible models of sustainable growth in centralized and decentralized ways.

Innovation horizons and legal frameworks and promotion of social entrepreneurship in the European Union. It seeks to familiarize the student with the agendas and innovation frameworks in the context of the European Union (FIC, 2017) without overlooking the North American system (Jasanoff, 2007a, 2007b), as well as the different legal formulas that surround scientific production and social entrepreneurship. This theme aims to draw an ecosystem ofsocial action between the local action framework and the European agenda (Sabato, Vanhercke, & Verschraegen, 2015).

"Social" start-ups: modelsand international collaborationnetworks. It relates the social entrepreneurship frameworks with other models fundamentally coming from highly technological sectors such as Smart Cities. Areas of development that are fundamentally structured around international collaboration networks, as well as influenced by acceleration processes, bootcamps and other forms of promotion and financing. This topic will also explore the Catalan startup-financing ecosystem through initiatives such as BANCO (Bussines Angels Network Catalonia) or "Four years from now".

Decentralized models: from the "stateless institutions" in Block Chain. It brings the student closer to alternative forms of organization, starting from the theoretical models of "Stateless Institutions" (Book chin, 1989; Kropotkin, 1977) to the new models of decentralized governance through Block chain technologies (Rodriguez, 2020). Imagining new models of social economy has traditionally been linked to the exploration of new organizational models; this topic seeks to generate a dialogue around the collaborative root organization system. This topic also serves to deepen on the possibilities of the Blockchain as well as its eco-social impacts, paying special attention to the differences between POW and PoS.

C4.Constitution and Management of Social Economy Enterprises: their governance

Legal figures of social entrepreneurship. It aims to introduce students to the different legal figures in the field of social entrepreneurship, from the figure of the individualentrepreneur to the different forms of a company, paying special attention to entrepreneurs’ responsibilities and governance mechanisms.

C5.Labor Relations inthe field of Social Entrepreneurship

Basic aspects of the legal regime of the work of social economy entities. It aims to recall, among other things, the fundamental features of the provision of services, the validity of the collective agreement and the fundamental rights in the employment relationship, clarified in the case of organizations or companies in trend.

Regime for the provision of services by the working members of the cooperatives. Its purpose is to address the legal regime of members and workers, economic conditions, employment and Social Security. At the same time, it is intended to refer to the proliferation of false cooperatives, their disqualification according to Catalan law and the consequences on the members' regime.

Regulation of the work of people in a situation of exclusion in the service of insertion companies. It aims to make a presentation of the insertion company and an overview of the concept of worker in a situation of social exclusion. An analysis of the contractual modalities to be used or the adaptations in the regime of the termination of the employment contract is added.

Limit and conditions of use of voluntary work. It is intended to set out the possibilities and limits of recourse to voluntary work, such as the profiles of the figure of the volunteer, places to be covered, formal obligations, insurance and compensation of expenses.

Taxation of cooperative societies. It aims to address the tax regime of cooperative societies as an element of formation, regulated in Law 20/1990, of 19 December, so that it will address, among others, the scope of application, incentives, basis and type of tax.