Our aim is to provide an organisational framework for social and economic inclusion of disadvantaged people. Hence the name Inclusion. We wish to connect people with and without opportunities by micropartnership. That means reliable and regular income sharing by committed people who have accepted personal responsibility for many years for a number of disadvantaged individuals.

The recipients are empowered, for they control delivery of the income share, and can effectively prevent others taking what is theirs. The income share is given without claim or restriction, with absolute respect for the recipients ability to decide on priorities for using the offered support. For poor people are eager to invest in increasing their productivity, and they are in the best position to decide what is most needed in their own circumstances. The income share will give the recipient a new chance to participate economically, in his own way and pace as suits him. In the long run, the increase in consumption and small-scale activity by many recipients will lead to natural economic development that meets the needs of local people.

Any selection process entails the power to reject, of course. Unfortunately, in development programs, this power to exclude usually provides as many opportunities for corruption and extortion. Too often funds are siphoned away to offshore bank accounts. Scientific studies estimate that usually only 6% of funds reaches a vulnerable target group. For that reason, Inclusion doesn't select people, but people select themselves. This process is called ‘selfselection', and it is entirely non-bureaucratic: in principle, everyone is welcome. However, Inclusion doesn't operate where wealthy people live. Besides, as a rule, the local rich decline to make an effort for a gift which to them is relatively insignificant.

On the other hand, Inclusion does select locations: micropartners choose geographical locations within the areas accepted according to fixed scientific criteria. Of course 'wealthy' locations are ruled out. Objective social and economic indicators are employed by Inclusion to define the areas where the target group lives; yet within these limits the micropartners decide where their income will actually be shared. Recipients present at these locations at regular intervals. The integrated gps guarantees that people are identified at the specified location.

Considering scale, continuity and group dynamics, external support of poor people at a certain location is preferably maintained by a cohesive group elsewhere. Often, this will imply a local group committing itself as a local organisation towards partnership with a certain location. This will be done while maintaining a person-to-person link.

Moreover, Inclusion adjusts the size and frequency of the income share to the local circumstances and culture, in order to optimise the effects. For it is true that micropartnership is reliable and long-lasting, but the income share is also small to such a degree that it only pays for the most basic necessities. It doesn't spoil people so as to become complacent or lazy. On the contrary, micropartnership may help excluded people to overcome their feelings of hopelessness, to become active again and improve their situation, to become less indebted and less dependent on others.

Inclusion begins with material support, but that alone doesn't solve the problem. We need a variety of approaches to tackle the various social, cultural and political roots of poverty. Therefore Inclusion actively promotes voluntary contact and partnerships between recipients, micropartners and other participants. It provides a channel for direct personal participation in all aspects of poverty eradication.

However, it is the effect of our efforts that matters, not the intention. To that end, Inclusion enforces coherence and quality by scientific method. Scientists from a variety of non-commercial backgrounds systematically monitor a set of relevant socio-economic indicators, and continuously adjust programme variables to optimise the effect of micropartnership. This set of indicators includes scientific evaluation, journalistic research and criticism from the public. Inclusion welcomes and promotes independent research towards social, economic and cultural effects of micropartnership and other relevant forms of aid, and will act quickly to implement evidence-based recommendations.