Hospitality in Europe

The Congress on Social Inclusion is promoted by the Working Group on Social Inclusion of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God and the Sisters Hospitallers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

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The Working Group on Social Inclusion, coordinated by Doris Zwick, is part of Hospitality Europe, an association chaired by Brother Joaquim Erra, General Councillor of the OHSJD, and led by Joan Uribe. Its mission is to promote the sharing of knowledge, initiatives, and joint planning among the European Provinces in matters of social inclusion.

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This working group understands the commitment to social inclusion through an approach aimed at preventing, correcting, or alleviating imbalances related to the support of individuals, through its two dimensions: functional autonomy and integration/relationships.The objective of this support must be to foster interaction and agency in individuals.

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Interaction: the ability to exercise and maintain the capacity to be, to belong, and to function within the reference group or community on an equal footing in all aspects of life.

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Agency: the ability of a person to act freely and competently in the world.

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The working group is composed of one representative from each of the European Provinces of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God (Poland, Central Europe, France, Lombardy-Veneto, Rome, Spain, Portugal, Western Europe) and three representatives of the Congregation of the Sisters Hospitallers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, representing the Provinces of Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, and England.