MERAKI: Care Ecosystems for Independent Living in the Community is a project that promotes the creation and consolidation of care ecosystems based on the social economy, public-private partnerships, and social innovation. The initiative encourages the integration of new social economy enterprises, special employment centers, and social integration companies into the OIKOS Network, expanding the portfolio of local services for dependent individuals and strengthening employment opportunities for priority and vulnerable groups. The project aims to generate sustainable models of support for independent living in the community, promoting deinstitutionalization, combating unwanted loneliness, and developing new services tailored to individual needs.

• Promote territorial care ecosystems based on the social economy and public-private partnerships.
• Expand and diversify the portfolio of independent living support services for dependent individuals
• Foster job creation for people belonging to priority and vulnerable groups
• Promote innovation in the care economy through new, localized services.
• Develop transferable models of social innovation that contribute to deinstitutionalization policies and the fight against unwanted loneliness.

1. Integration of new social economy enterprises, special employment centers, and social integration enterprises into local care ecosystems.
2. Development of new local services to complement personal assistance, such as catering, laundry, and transportation.
3. Creation of social innovation hubs or centers for the transfer and scalability of innovative models to new territories.
4. Implementation of open communication systems and real-time knowledge transfer.
5. Development of partnerships between public administrations, social organizations, and social economy enterprises.
6. Promotion of initiatives focused on independent living, social inclusion, and community participation for dependent individuals.

• Gerencia de Servicios Sociales de Castilla y León.
• Fundación ASPRODES.
• Fundación San Cebrián.
• Asociación ATADI.
• Associació Alba.
• Ayuntamiento de Salamanca.
• ASPRODES Inserción.
• Salarca Sociedad Cooperativa de Iniciativa Social.
• Fundación Valora2.
• Asociación Salmantina de Esclerosis Múltiple (ASDEM).
• Asociación ACOPEDIS.