The CSIPD is making progress on the creation of the International Observatory on Local Social Inclusion Policies. The Observatory has 15 innovative policies available for consultation in Spanish, English and French on the Committee´s website.
By late 2010, it plans to have 50 more policies, from North America, Latin America, Europe, Eurasia, Africa, the Middle East - Western Asia and Asia Pacific. In this context, the CSIPD has recently called for all its member cities to send their most interesting policies before 9 April. The policies included in the Observatory will be selected based on various quality criteria drawn up by the CSIPD, which are available at: Quality criteria.
This second phase of gathering policies (the first was undertaken in 2007), aims to discover innovative experiences in the field of social inclusion that have been undertaken in sectors as diverse as public services, migrants, housing, gender, public transport, sustainable energies, fair trade, health, culture and urban planning. This is as well as the expansion of the Observatory to include areas already recorded in the 15 policy areas available to date, i.e. water and sewer systems, community development, eradication of poverty, the fight against racism, public participation, urban agriculture and social inclusion of young people.
An initial study will also be available at the end of the year, which will analyse the impact of public participation on the effectiveness of social inclusion policies. The new policies collected and this first study will be presented at the 3rd UCLG World Congress, which will be held in Mexico City on 20 November 2010.