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Welcome to CEFEC website

CEFEC is a European Network NGO representing SMEs, NGOs and organisations that all share the objective of creating paid work for disabled and disadvantaged people in Social Firm businesses.

The website gives a brief overview of our work as a Europe-wide organisation for the vocational integration and social/economic inclusion of people with disabilities and other disadvantages in the labour market.


Announcements


The next annual conference of CEFEC will take place from the 26th to the 28th of June 2008, in Lisbon, Portugal.


CEFEC Social Firm of the Year 2007 award winners

Best overall winner:
Kuntoutuskeskus Mental Oy (Rehab Center Mental Inc.)
www.mental.fi

Best large Social Firm:
Riverside Centre
www.riversidecentre.org.uk

Best small Social Firm:
ARIA Jardins
www.aria.com.pt


THE LINZ APPEAL

Why there should be more Social Firms for disabled and disadvantaged people across Europe?

The ‘Linz Appeal’ Part A and Part B presents the collective experience of the CEFEC members with recommendations for how the growth of Social Firms can be encouraged.

Click here to read


Papers from previous conferences


Articles

An Update on Affirmative Businesses or Social Firms for People With Mental Illness

Article by Prof. Richard Warner and James Mandiberg, Ph. D.
click here to read article

THE SOCIAL ECONOMY AND EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. REPORT ON THE 19TH CEFEC CONFERENCE
(SEVILLE 19-21 OCTOBER 2006)
Marcelino López, Psychiatrist. Sociologist
click here to read article


 

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