Best Practice in European LETs: Room D302

Exchange of best practices in LETS systems - sharing innovative experiences - latest news in LETS system in Europe - about twenty members of the French SEL would like to take part. We have the "Route des SEL" for accommodation exchanges thoughout France and overseas.

Proposed by Ann de Pinna and Pascale DELILLE <pascale.delille@free.fr>
Contact: forum-social-europeen2004@yahoogroupes.fr.

See REPORT FROM BAD HONNEF by Miguel Yasuyuki Hirota <mig@lime.plala.or.jp>

On Behalf Of Gema D‚az Dominguez
Sent: 21 September 2004 19:11
To: cceurope@wji.com
Subject: Re: [CCEurope] European social forum
Dear all
We (DOCUMENTA, from Spain) are interested. And we would like to present the service cheque in detail since we think it is a very good experience implemented at the same time by different actors (third sector, public sector and enterprises). We have implemented it in two different contexts through two different projects (any of the two could be presented). One of them (called Astillero Quality Cheque) at regional level which is already finished and another one (called CONSAR) which is right now been implemented (from January) at national level (which is not too common either) in three different regions in Spain with a pretty good evaluation and further interest about possibilities of making the pilot project (which is supossed to finish in December) last longer, already shown by all actors.

It is not too easy to describe it in just 10 lines so I try my best and attached a longer resume of each of the projects.

The Service Cheque is an alternative payments instrument, non universal, focused on fostering demand's solvency by reducing the cost per hour of the service to the user, without this reduction having to be paid by the enterprise that gives the service, and establishing a minimum quality rules for those services given.
Main characteristics: Local environment Cheque; Multi-service Cheque; Nominal Cheque; Advance Payment Cheque; Multi-agents Cheque.
Main general aims of Service Cheque are: quality of service offered through it, employment creation at local level (legal one, bringing up that from the informal labour market which is the one that usually cover most of the proximity services offered at local level in all Europe), to make informal services come up and to create new local enterprises and improving citizenâs quality of life.
Multiple actors involved: Public Sector, Enterprises and Third Sector.
Hope it helps to understand it....
Thank you very much and good day!
Take care
Gema

DOCUMENTA
Pol. Industrial de Guarnizo
Edif. La Canaluca, Nave 1
E-39611 Guarnizo (Cantabria) SPAIN
Tel: 00 34 942 54 49 21
www.documenta.es


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