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2008 urtetik aurrera gertatu izan diren transformazio sozialak (krisialdi ekonomikoa, familiaren egituretan eta lan-merkatuan sortutako aldaketak, etab.) gizartean agertutako arrisku sozial berriekin batera, Ongizate Estatuaren ahalmena zalantzan jarri dute, egoera honi aurre egiteko ziurgabetasuntestuingurua sortu baitute. Gizartearen esku-hartze era desberdinak bilatzeko beharrak, komunitatean jartzen du arreta hautabide garrantzitsua izan daitekeelako Ongizate Estatuak babesten ez dituen arloei erantzuna emateko. Artikulu honek, Europako herri desberdinetako (Erresuma Batua, Herbehereak eta Italia) gobernuetatik burututako politikak aztertzen ditu. Zentzu berean, hiru politika desberdin hauen gogoeta nagusiak adierazten ditu komunitatearen funtzioa sustatuz, ongizate sistemaren iraunkortasuna bermatu ahal izateko.

The role of the third sector in the provision of welfare and its relationship with public administration have been gaining importance in political debates because of the difficulties that welfare states have in responding to emerging social needs. The ‘Gipuzkoan model’, based on a public–private collaboration between third sector organisations and the public administration in Gipuzkoa in the Basque Country in Spain, has been drawing attention over the past 40 years. However, there is a debate concerning the role that each actor should play in the implementation of welfare policies. This article analyses, from a qualitative point of view, the role of the third sector in designing and providing public policy tools for the region within the context promoted by the Gipuzkoan model of public–private collaboration. The results obtained illustrate a multifaceted scenario in which different visions converge around the same question: How should this collaboration be developed and what future awaits the third sector?

Driven by the ageing process taking place in the Basque Autonomous Region (BAR), the ‘Age-Friendly Cities and Communities’ (AFCC) initiative has become a major political reference for the development of ageing policies in the territory. This article addresses this subject by means of a qualitative study that analyses how the three main capital cities in the region are implementing age-friendly strategies, with a focus on co-creation and co-production processes. The article examines the challenges they are currently facing in the development of the aforementioned participatory processes. Our research suggests that political involvement, even if necessary, is meaningless if the strategy is not embedded in the work of influential stakeholders. Moreover, the success of communities in becoming more age friendly will, to a large extent, depend on whether older people, including those facing social exclusion, become involved as key actors in future research and policies around age-friendly developments.

Lkaleak, (re)tejiendo redes de apoyo comunitario en el barrio de Egia

Resumen: Históricamente, el modelo de servicios sociales de Gipuzkoa se ha caracterizado por un fuerte y estrecho vínculo entre el sector público y el Tercer Sector. Sin embargo, factores tales como el envejecimiento de la población, la crisis económica y la presión a la que el Estado de Bienestar se ve sometido hacen necesaria la reconfiguración del sistema de bienestar. En este sentido, diferentes iniciativas que defienden la importancia del papel de la comunidad en el proceso de desarrollo de políticas sociales han ido adquiriendo mayor protagonismo. Este estudio presenta cinco iniciativas que actualmente se están llevando a cabo en Gipuzkoa con el objetivo de promover nuevas formas de solidaridad vecinal en diferentes ámbitos como pueden ser las personas mayores y las personas en riesgo de exclusión social. Así, el objetivo principal del estudio es precisamente medir el impacto de estas iniciativas en la sociedad gipuzkoana e identificar los factores clave que conducen a su eficacia.

The difficulties that European Welfare States are experiencing in order to respond to emerging social needs are making a re-configuration of the welfare system inevitable. In this sense, spheres such as the third sector are gaining special attention due to their role in the provision of welfare. This paper qualitatively addresses the interaction between public administration and the third sector using the example of welfare provision in the Province of Gipuzkoa. Specifically, our research focuses on the existing instruments for this interaction and the existing spaces for representation and interaction between both. By means of a participatory approach based on qualitative techniques, professionals from the public administration and the third sector were given voice. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with nine participants considered by the research team as references in the field of the third sector. To complement and advance in the understanding of the information obtained, three discussion groups were also set up: two were formed by participants who are in charge of third sector organizations; and the third was made up of technicians from the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa. Altogether, the results obtained illustrate much confusion between both actors concerning how their relationships should be built, as traditional ways seem insufficient. Although the creation of the civil dialogue table seems like an alternative, it presents several difficulties in terms of ensuring the representation of all third sector organizations.