The President of the Municipality of Fundão, Paulo Fernandes, accepted the challenge of the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra to be the "Ambassador" of the project in the Centro region.

Atlantic Social Lab presents a multi-level analysis on social needs in the Atlantic Area. During the last year the project was surveying and analysing social needs in Atlantic Area regions. In this way, it was possible to understand what are the most urgent social needs, as well as possible pilot actions for social innovation that could meet these needs.

The Report will be based on the new housing issues in Portugal, namely an approach to political economy.

Social innovation is the central theme of the Atlantic Social Lab (ASL) project in which the Centre for Social Studies participates. During the last year the project was surveying and analysing social needs in Atlantic Area regions. In this way, it was possible to understand what are the most urgent social needs, as well as possible pilot actions for social innovation that could meet these needs.

Social isolation is a major issue for the social cohesion of a territory. The city of Pau has therefore decided to take on board this problem affecting all environments and all ages of life in urban areas.

The “anti-solitude plan” was launched at the end of September 2018, with the desire to involve all the active forces: citizens, associations, community services and partners. Five thematic co-production workshops took place from October to November with three main objectives:

As part of the delivery of the Atlantic Social Lab Design Thinking Pilot Action in partnership with the North West Regional College, Enterprise North West facilitated a study group of the students to visit the Fab Lab in Derry to discuss the development of their prototypes developed through the workshops with the manager of the centre.

As part of the delivery of the Atlantic Social Lab Design Thinking Pilot Action in partnership with the North West Regional College, Enterprise North West facilitated a study group of the students to visit the Fab Lab in Derry to discuss the development of their prototypes developed through the workshops with the manager of the centre.

On Monday 19 November Glasgow Caledonian University ran a workshop entitled "The emergence of social innovation in social enterprise" attended by representatives from the Scottish social enterprise sector. The group heard recent findings from the GCU team's research on social innovation and participated in a discussion about how social innovation evolves within organisations.

Santiago de Compostela City hosted the 5th coordination meeting and study visits of the Atlantic Social Lab  project on the 30th and 31st October 2018.

The Atlantic Social Lab project in Cork held a “Funding for Social Enterprises” Workshop in the Republic of Work, Cork on the 20th of November 2018.

This event focused on the different funding opportunities for Social Enterprises.  Social Innovation Fund Ireland provided the two key speakers including John Evoy and Padraic Vallely who detailed the different funding programmes available and looked at the processes involved in applying for these funds.  They also gave participants some top tips for applying for these funds.