B-MINCOME

Combining guaranteed minimum income and active social policies in deprived urban areas

B-Mincome is a EU funded Urban Innovative action project in the city of Barcelona experimenting basic minimum income together at specific local level, including a set with a set of active social policies aimed at support the BMI recipients

.

Laura Colini is the EU UIA expert supporting Barcelona for B-MINCOME Urban Innovative Action.

The project is based on the City’s decision to implement a guaranteed minimum income (GMI) to supplement income in the most deprived and poor areas or the City. It is expected that 1,000 households will receive this minimum income on a trial basis. The implementation of the GMI among households in situations of poverty should also prompt a comparative analysis concerning the costs of policies aimed at fighting poverty, with the ultimate goal of developing more efficient welfare services. It is a new solution adapted to the new poverty related phenomena occurring in the City. The municipal GMI system will provide families with security, freedom and greater responsibility as a lever in overcoming poverty. The new strategy is based on new core elements: Testing several types of GMI; Combine GMI with integrated one-stop-shop public and private active policies and Strengthening inhabitant and community’s Initiative. The project invested 4,854,088.56 EUR form ERDF budget in a period of 2 years webween October 2017 and October 2019.

 

16 Lug , 2017 - Category: ·

community · EU Urban Innovative Action UIA · housing

01/10/2017

  • October 2017: Identification of the sample, definitive design and adjustment of the GMI and selection of the beneficiaries of the GMI
  • January 2018: Active social policies have been launched and implemented for the beneficiaries of SMI.
  • April 2018: Launching of the social currency
  • October 2018: Intermediate report: Impact evaluation of GMI on household outcomes
  • November 2018: Ethnographic Research. Dynamics of the community – dialogue and observation over time. Analysis of the information and elaboration of the conclusions report
  • October 2019: Final report: Impact evaluation of GMI on household outcomes


Related Posts

Urban Reconnaissance Workshop at UNAM, Mexico City

Urban Reconnaissance Workshop at UNAM, Mexico City

November 7-8 2018 we coordinated an URLab at the Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, UNAM, in Mexico City. It was organised in the framework of the Cocreation exchange program, and involved a large number of participants, mostly postgraduate students and professors from different faculties and disciplines. The workshop developed in two days, divided in two […]

Mehringplatz StoryLab #4 – Urban Sketches

Mehringplatz StoryLab #4 – Urban Sketches

A digital storytelling workshop dedicated to the production of personal narratives based on impressions and memories of Mehringplatz – Südliche Friedrichstadt.  Participants will be invited to follow their inclination or favourite languages employing writing, photography, video, music and sound, drawing, graphic design, performance etc. Professional technical notions or artistic competences are not necessary. The laboratory […]

Exploring Creativity in Disadvantaged Urban Areas

Exploring Creativity in Disadvantaged Urban Areas

Interdisciplinary Conference 14-15 September 2017 University of Bath Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Creative projects shape cities. They have the power to challenge negative connotations attached to disadvantaged neighbourhoods, transform the cityscape and residents’ lives for the better, and create opportunities for dialogue between various urban actors including artists, residents and decision makers. Artist-led […]

Panoramica privacy

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.