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| - June 2007 The Portuguese EQUAL Managing Authority considers innovation, empowerment, suitability, usefulness, accessibility, equality and transferability as the main criteria for analyzing the quality of products. With an obvious orientation towards innovation and the dissemination of innovative solutions within the scope of the social and professional integration of vulnerable social groups and the fight against all types of discrimination, this methodology has already been considered exemplary by a variety of European partners. At a time when Member States and the European Commission are negotiating operational programs for the next programming period, 2007-2013, Portuguese EQUAL has promoted a European session to demonstrate this methodology at a demonstration session organised in Lisbo
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| - June 2007 The Portuguese EQUAL Managing Authority considers innovation, empowerment, suitability, usefulness, accessibility, equality and transferability as the main criteria for analyzing the quality of products. With an obvious orientation towards innovation and the dissemination of innovative solutions within the scope of the social and professional integration of vulnerable social groups and the fight against all types of discrimination, this methodology has already been considered exemplary by a variety of European partners. At a time when Member States and the European Commission are negotiating operational programs for the next programming period, 2007-2013, Portuguese EQUAL has promoted a European session to demonstrate this methodology at a demonstration session organised in Lisbon on 4 May 2007. The EQUAL product validation model in Portugal is recognised as best-practice. The model has revealed itself as an important step in order to assure and reinforce innovation and change in organisations and in systems. With this proposal, Portuguese EQUAL established demanding quality standards regarding the results of products financed by the European Social Fund, particularly in an area as sensitive as experimentation and production of new solutions, which are intended to bring added value to practice and policy within the "social arena". The demonstration session which took place in Lisbon (4 May) was, as such, an important initiative to share and disseminate this methodology. To this effect, the "Portuguese language kit for Immigrant Nurses", a product currently being developed by a project, was presented to a group of European partners. It was the subject of discussion and evaluation by the various participants that were present, based on the seven quality criteria. Partners, potential users and European observers, including from the European Commission, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Germany and France, participated in the demonstration. This was followed by a generous exchange of opinion intended to improve understanding and exploring potential options. One of the fundamental requirements of the Portuguese model for product validation is, not coincidentally, a plural/multiple look, made possible by the involvement of these different "participants", such as creators, partners, experts, political decision-makers and also beneficiaries.
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