| Introduction:
The LSC Pilot was launched by the European Commission, DG EMPL in July 1998 as an action under Article 6 of the European Social Fund. The Pilot was managed by the Commission and comprised 30 projects in 12 Member States.
The overall objective of the LSC Pilot was to promote employment and social cohesion through bottom-up initiatives. Its specific objectives were to: a) test a method of decentralised delivery (the LSC approach); and b) explore the relevance of local social capital. The concept of social capital refers to features of social organisation such as networks, norms and social trust. The main dimensions of social capital that have been emphasised in the literature are: bonding or social glue, which refers to the degree which people take part in group life, the level of trust they feel when participating in such groups, and social bridges, which are the links or between groups and which give access to a wider range of players outside of their area or specific interest group.
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