Main Clients and Key Projects
José has worked for clients in public, private and non-profit sectors, both in Ireland, Europe and South America, and developed and submitted Projects for European funding under several EU Programmes, including ECOS-Ouvertures, Interreg, ALTENER and the LIFE-Environment Programme.
Key Projects Case Studies:
- Iameco - Zero Waste Personal Computers
- RE-Evaluate – Reuse of Electronic Equipment
- Short Life Housing - Bristol Self Help Housing Association
- FEDEVIVIENDA - Colombian Federation of Community Housing
- Housing Ourselves - Comparative Study of Housing Participation
- Co-operative Self-Build from Rent - CHISEL Secondary Housing Co-op, London.
- TRIBORD Recycling - Sunflower Recycling
- TRANSFORM Project - Cork County Council
- Project HEATSUN - Dublin City Council
- RENEASE project - Carbery Housing Association
- Novas Ouvertures Group (Ireland) -Novas-Ouvertures, the Feasibility Study of a Third Sector Network for Housing and Employment
Client/Employer:
Novas Ouvertures Group (Ireland)
www.novas.org
The Novas Ouvertures Group is a consortium of housing associations and service
providers covering England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Group specialises
in the provision of supported housing for street-drinkers and homeless people,
but provides a range of support, training and employment services for other vulnerable
groups. In 1996 the Group set up a housing association in Ireland, Tir na Droichead,
to develop social housing and hostel accommodation for homeless and vulnerable
persons. As Project Development Manager for Novas, José Ospina promoted
and managed a number of European Projects as well as a hostel for street drinkers
in Limerick.
Key Project:
Novas-Ouvertures, the Feasibility Study of a Third Sector Network for Housing and Employment.
This exchange project was funded by the Third Sector and Employment Programme (DGV). Partners included Tir na Drocihead (Ireland), Bridge Housing Association and Arlington Care Association (UK) CISME (Reggio Calabria) CECOP R&D (Brussels). The Novas Project aimed to study the role and extent of housing provision as a force for social and economic integration in the European Union, to investigate good practice at a local and European level, in terms of housing-related initiatives that create social and economic integration and in terms of networking or transnational groupings that enhance this work, and to survey existing Social Economy initiatives that involve housing-related activities. The Project also developed business plans for three pilot social economy organizations working in this field, in Ireland, Italy and Spain. http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/empl_esf/3syst/en/novas.htm