Gardens of Possibilities – inclusion through urban gardening

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

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Description (EN):

Gardens of Possibilities is an urban gardening project, where rehabilitation, education and job training are combined. The objective is reached through horticultural therapy, skills development, individual support and practical work. By participating in the project, the participants prepare for employment or education or get a better living situation. The project is a safe platform for the participants. An individual mapping clarifies the participants current situation, after which a plan with concrete goals is drawn up. In practice, the participants will work with cultivation of flowers and vegetables. The opportunity and challenge is to include people who are (under risk of being) socially marginalized into the society. The target group is long term unemployed persons at risk of lifelong exclusion. If this target group is not reached in time, there is a risk of lifelong exclusiuon. The unemployment rate in the Åland Islands is low, only 3,9 per cent. Among young persons it is 5,4 per cent. This means that the persons who are longterm unemployed are seriously marginalized and (in risk of) lifetime exclusion. There is also a group of unrecorded, not registered unemployed persons and so called NEETS (Not in Education, Employment, or Training), which belong to the target group. ÅSUB (Statistics and Research Åland) estimats the amount of NEETs to 9 per cent amonng young people (15-24 years). The unemployment rate in Valdemarsvik is 9,9 per cent, while the average for Sweden is 7,6 per cent. More than one third of the unemployed are longterm unemployed.

Expected Results (EN): R4.1. Communities with improvements

Expected Outputs (EN): The main result is that persons in risk of lifelong exclusion will be included in the society and on the labour market. The result indicator is the amount of persons taking part in the activities for at least ten hours.

Themes

Labour market and employment Social inclusion and equal opportunities

Specific Objective: More people benefiting from stronger Central Baltic communities

Thematic Objective: (10) investing in education, training and vocational training for skills and lifelong learning by developing education and training infrastructure

Investment Priority: (10 ETC) ETC specific, for cross-border cooperation: investing in education, training and vocational training for skills and lifelong learning by developing and implementing joint education, vocational training and training schemes

Partners

Lead Partner (EN): Emmaus Åland r.f.

Lead Partner: Emmaus Åland r.f.

Address: PB 85 / Strandgatan 20, 22101 Mariehamn, Finland

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.emmaus.ax

Total budget: EUR 167 250.00

ERDF budget: EUR 125 437.50

Valdemarsviks municipality

Name: Valdemarsviks kommun

Department: Assistance and support services

Address: Storgatan 37, 61580 Valdemarsvik, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.valdemarsvik.se/

Total budget: EUR 112 750.01

ERDF budget: EUR 84 562.51

Summary

Project name (EN): Gardens of Possibilities – inclusion through urban gardening

Project acronym: Gardens

Period: 2014-2020

Date of latest update: 2020-12-14

Website: http://centralbaltic.eu/

Project start date: 2018-01-01

Project end date: 2019-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 280 000.01

European Union funding: EUR 210 000.01

Co-financing sources: ERDF

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

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2020-11-16

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137 / 137 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

663 / 663 (100%)

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