Submitted by fabio on Sat, 2006-04-22 08:27.
It is a positive action that must:
- be successful ;
- be innovative;
- have a possible multiplying effect or transference to other areas;
- be sustainable
An action is a formula, mechanism, methodology;
- to must be successful means that it provides positive results for a specific objective;
- to must be innovative means that something different has been implemented. Innovative means providing new or different solutions to existing ones in the territory, sector or collectivity. Solutions can be completely new or incorporated by transference from other contexts. Innovation can be found in the process (measures, contents, methods, approaches, tools), in the object (new areas of interest, new social groups) or in the context (adaptation or improvement on the current conditions, starting-up of networks);
- to must have a possible multiplying effect or transference to other areas or realities means that it should be either horizontally, that is visible, communicable, shareable (dissemination) and/or vertically, that is integrated and applicable to systems and regulations;
- to must be sustainable means that it is self-supporting:
a) having created a need,
b) being assumed as a service;
c) and/or being able to produce improvements for the society.