Réseau de développement social Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (RDS-GÎM)

Year founded: 2012

Partners in the Gaspésie−Îles-de-la-Madeleine region have been working together as a concerted, integrated network to strengthen social cohesion and reduce social inequality throughout the region.

The network’s mission is to encourage the mobilization of local communities in the Gaspésie−Îles-de-la-Madeleine region and support them in taking responsibility for their own social development based on the principles of concertation, empowerment and citizen participation.

Projects and challenges

Four areas of intervention:

Knowledge: exchange and transfer of knowledge and expertise in social development
Action: support for regional thematic action plans for social development
Support: facilitating access to opportunities and providing support for local social development initiatives
Outreach: to be recognized as the hub of social development for Gaspésie−Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Main achievement

Mobilization  intersector work with a wide variety of actors: citizens, communities, institutions, cooperatives

Region

Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Fact sheet prepared by Communagir in cooperation with the Réseau solidaire pour le rayonnement des territoires de la Gaspésie et des Îles-de-la-Madeleine (RESSORT-GIM), May 2019