All project partners now have started with the field work for their first case study in work package 4. In Sweden, Poland, France, UK, Italy and Germany, researchers are currently conducting a high number of interviews with actors involved in the local organisation of integrated social and employment policies. Together with various doucuments, these interviews are the emprirical basis for the first case studies, which will be presented at the the 2nd Progress Meeting in Milan in August 2012.Two other case studies will be complemented in WP 4 until May 2013.

During the last months all project teams had very fruitful meetings with their national stakeholder committees. The national stakeholders were able to contribute to the project with highly useful commtents on case selection, interview guidelines and other practical issues.