What is it?

The Advisory Committee is a consultancy body composed by a wide range of end-users in order to guarantee presence of each of the vulnerable groups targeted in this project and provide meaningful recommendations.

The involvement of representatives from different social and cultural groups will foster the Advisory Committee becoming a space in which voices that have traditionally been silenced in scientific and academic forums are expressed.

How is elected?

Candidates to the Advisory Committee were nominated by the partner institutions. All the candidates meet the following requirements:

a) Represent the given vulnerable group, in terms of being a member of those who within the vulnerable group are considered to be at most risk of social exclusion (the most socially vulnerable within the vulnerable group). The body must be composed by at least two representatives of each of the following groups:

- Women
- Youth
- Migrants
- Cultural minorities
- People with disabilities

b) Having a trajectory in the overcoming of the inequalities that affect the group he or she represent, as a participant in one or many organizations working in the area.

The Knowledge Management Committee received all the candidacies from the partner institutions and organized the selection process, in order that at least two representatives for each group were chosen. The most appropriate candidates were selected, according to the following criteria:

a. Legitimacy to represent the majority of the group.

b. Relevance of their trajectory.

c. Balance among the representation of the five vulnerable groups included in the project will be taken into account.

d. Gender, age, cultural background and country of origin will be taken into consideration in the selection process.

The election of each member goes hand in hand with justification about how and to what extent his or her participation in the AC will have repercussions in the collective interests of his or her people and how will the candidate try to reach new voices among this people in order to make them heard in the context of the AC. In order to fulfil the aim of this body, the KMC can invite additional relevant representatives of the vulnerable groups (invitation costs could not be funded by the project).