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- Intelligence and Relational Infrastructure
Intelligence and Relational Infrastructure
A diagnosis and action plan that tackle real problems and build on what is already thriving in the local area. This picture is based on direct dialogue with local residents, and highlights both the scarcity of what is lacking and the abundance of what is already there.
What we deliver.
A shared vision is what mobilises people, and participation is what guides decision-making. That is why the plan takes shape alongside the expertise and the network of relationships amongst those who will implement it at grassroots level.
Socio-territorial analysis
Gaining an understanding of the area through direct dialogue with local residents, community leaders and organisations.
Mapping of stakeholders, assets and relationships
Who is already active there, what is already up and running, where the resources are that no public database records, and how these people are connected to one another. It is the network of relationships that the area already has.
Action plan
What to do, in what order, and with whom. It stems from the insight gained through listening.
Social investment strategy
Where to apply it and why, with criteria that are clearly stated and can be verified afterwards.
Monitoring of implementation
Elos stands united as the plan is put into action on the ground.
6 months to 2 years; companies, government and foundations; the Elos team in the field
That’s how it goes.
The three stages correspond to the three skills that the work develops.
01 · Potential
Recognise what already exists.
A wide-ranging consultation across the region, involving the mapping of stakeholders and resources. This is the stage that yields the data which commissioned research cannot obtain.
02 · Belonging
Enough trust to work together.
Co-creation with tangible results. The local community sees it happening, and those who took part come to believe in the next step.
03 · Leading Role
Front organisations led by insiders.
At the end of the cycle, there is a local group that continues to build on what has been achieved.
Compass Gas & Energy, Vila dos Pescadores.
The situation
In 2021, Compass Gás & Energia commissioned Elos to carry out a social assessment and draw up an action plan for its social investment strategy in Vila dos Pescadores, Cubatão.
What was at stake
The decision to invest had already been made and the location had already been chosen. All that remained was to work out where to start.
What the wiretap revealed
There were strong leaders in the neighbourhood, but they operated in isolation from one another. Every initiative started from scratch and petered out before it could gain momentum.
What has been done
This finding changed the structure of the investment. The work was organised into three stages and concluded along two parallel lines.
The community empowerment programme supported projects run by local leaders, organisations and groups in the social, cultural, environmental, income-generating, sporting, citizenship and educational sectors. The youth empowerment programme invited teenagers aged 14 to 17 from Vila Siri to learn about other ways of life and develop their own projects.
What remains
An action plan for the company’s social investment, and two local groups leading their own initiatives.
30 minutes of a good chat
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