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2003
Annual Conference
October
2003
16th International
CEFEC Conference, Athens
Social
Economy
European Social Firms – Cooperatives
What – How – Why
The Conference
was organized by CEFEC and PEPSAEE
- Panhellenic Union for Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Work Integration
-, in the
framework of the European Year of People with Disabilities 2003, in Athens,
from 2-8 October 2003.
Conference Program
Presentations
Workshops
Poster Presentations
Users
Meeting
Study Visits
THURSDAY,
2nd of OCTOBER 2003
12.00 – 18.00 Registration of participants
14.00 – 18.00 CEFEC Executive Committee Meeting
18.30
OFFICIAL OPENING
Co-ordinators
Bernard
Jacob,
President of CEFEC
Athena Frangouli, Secretary
General of PEPSAEE
WELCOME
ADDRESSES
Representatives
from:
Ministry
of Heath & Welfare
Ministry of Labour & Social Affairs
Ministry of Culture
General Secretariat of Youth
Greek General Confederation of Workers (GSEE)
Greek Manpower Employment Organisation (OAED)
Piotr Iwaneyko, European Network of (ex-) Users
and Survivors of Psychiatry, Poland
Michalis Madianos, President-elect 2006-2009 of the World Association for
Psychosocial Rehabilitation
Yannis Vardakastanis, European Disability Forum
Nikos Antonopoulos, Chairperson of PEPSAEE
Vasilis Tsouknidas, Employee, Civil Dialogue Centre, PEPSAEE
Introduction
Alexandros Alavanos, Member of
the European Parliament
Presentations
The Social Cooperatives of the Law 2716/99 (SCLR). An
initiative to create a favorable framework for the growth of the social enterpreneurship
in Greece
Dr.
Dimitris Hatzantonis, Economist, Adviser,
Secretariat of Competitiveness, Hellenic Ministry of Development
Presentation
available
Structure,
organisation and operation of Hellenic Social Cooperatives (KOISPE)
Petros Yannoulatos,
Manager, “Dafni” Psychiatric Hospital, Hellas
Employment
in the open market
Eygenia Lianou, Pavlos Evmorfidis,
COCO-MAT, Natural Sleep Products, Hellas
Presentation
available
Welcome Reception
FRIDAY, 3rd of OCTOBER 2003
09.00 – 10.00 Registration
10.00 – 11.30 ROUND TABLE
“GLOBALIZATION
AND THE THIRD SECTOR OF ECONOMY”
Co-ordinators:
Bob Grove, Social Firms UK
Mouzelis Nicos, Professor of
Sociology, London School of Economics, UK
From the
“Third Sector” to “Global Civil Society”. The Importance of definitions
Olga Stasinopoulou,
Associate Professor, Dept. of Social Policy & Social Anthropology,
Panteion University, Hellas
Presentation
available
Social
enterprises, a new global actor for inclusion and welfare:
the experience of social cooperative
Rainer Schluter, Secretary General
of European Confederation of Workers’ Co-operatives, Social Cooperatives and
Participative Enterprises (CECOP), Belgium
powerpoint
presentation available
Social
Economy and Employment Policies: a review of the developments in Europe
Dimitris Ziomas, Economist,
Researcher, Institute of Social Policy of the National Centre of Social Research,
Hellas
The new
mode of business
Maria Alexiou, Dimitris Papadopoulos,
Hellenic Network of Corporate Social Responsibility
The reality
of the Greek Social Economy from an NGO perspective
Katerina Poutou,
Social Worker, Founding member of ‘ARSIS’ Association for the Social Support
of Youth, Hellas
“The secret
of providing work”
Arnd Schwendy, President of
the German Federation of Social Firms (BAG Integrationsfirmen), Germany
11.30 – 19.00 VIDEO PRESENTATIONS
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee
break
12.00 – 14.00 PANEL
SOCIAL ECONOMY. EUROPEAN SOCIAL FIRMS – COOPERATIVES. WHAT – HOW – WHY
Co-ordinators:
Gerry Higgins, Social Firms
UK
Athena Frangouli,
PEPSAEE, Hellas
Speakers
Social Firms Development Experiences from the UK
Gerry Higgins, Social Firms
UK
New possibilities
in Sweden for social co-operatives as an alternative to public sheltered workplaces?
Eva Laurelii, Sociala Kooperativ-projektet,
Sweden
Presentation available
Points
on progress, issues, problems of Social Firms in Germany
Peter Stadler,
BAG Integrationsfirmen, FAF, Germany
Strength
of the social enterprise: history and evolution of the "29 Giugno".
Salvatore Buzzi,
Coop 29 Giugno, Italy
Work integration
programmes for people with severe mental illness in Spain
Marcelino Lopez, Iniciativa
de Empleo Andaluza, IDEA, S.A, Spain
Actual
Review on Social Firms in Finland
Antii Pajanen,
VATES-Foundation, Finland
Progress
and issues of Social Firms in Austria
Rainhold Scharf,
Pro Mente, Austria
Progress
and issues of Social Firms in Switzerland
Verena Feller, TRANSfair, Switzerland
Social
Firms in Slovenia
Polona Stefanic, Dobrovita plus
d.o.o., Igor Pavel, SENT, Slovenia
Presentation
available
Developments
of initiatives in the area of social entrepreneurship
Pola Nicolaou, Athena Frangouli, PEPSAEE,
Athens, Hellas
14.00 – 15.30 Lunch break
15.30 – 18.30 ROUND TABLE
THE
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
TCA “Synergy + PRASSI” European Initiative EQUAL
N. Gionakis, Transnational
Coordinator, TCA Synergy + PRASSI
(chair of the roundtable)
D. Chondros, Administrator, DP Synergy: Brief presentation of DP Synergy
S. Marturini, Supervisor of the transnational cooperation, DP PRASSI: Brief
presentation of DP PRASSI
D. Chatzantonis, DP Synergy, Presentation of the research: Description of
the profile of mentally ill working experiences in Greece, needs, possibilities,
perspectives
R. Pappa, social cooperative EIDOS (Italy), Presentation of the survey: Social
Cooperatives Needs Research in Italy
A. Stathopoulou, Head of Qualitative Research Department, METRONANALYSIS SA)
& W. Fissaber (Director, VFA Ltd), Market penetration possibilities for
social businesses: Presentation of the survey
S. Buzzi, chairman, social cooperative 29 Giugno (Italy), Best Practices,
Coop 29 Giugno, History and Figures
B. Grove, (chairman, Social Firms UK), UK Social Firms good practices
There will also be interventions by:
P. Berno, Europe Office, Province of Rome, The meaning of the participation
of the public sector in DP PRASSIM. Catoni, Mayor of Colleferro, S. Schintu
Mayor of Sabaudia,
A. Brazzini, mayor of Cerveteri: Good practices, the role of the third sector
in public services
15.30–18.30 Workshops (parallel sessions)
WORKSHOP
1
BUSINESS
IDEA GENERATION
Co-ordinators Kevin Robbie, Manager, Forth Sector, Scotland
Nikos Antonopoulos, President, PEPSAEE, Hellas
Discussants Representatives from different Co-operatives and Social Firms will contribute to the discussion
WORKSHOP
2
QUALITY
OF WORKING ENVIRONMENT
Co-ordinators
Bernard Jacob, President of CEFEC, Belgium
George Astrinakis, Psychiatrist, ‘Dromokaition’ Psychiatric Hospital, Hellas
Discussants Sotiris Papaspyropoulos,
Psychiatrist, Founding Member of Doctors without Frontiers, Consultant of
Minister of Environment, Planning & Public Works, Hellas
George Diellas,
Social Policy Consultant, Hellas
WORKSHOP 3
SOCIAL
ACCOUNTING FOR SOCIAL FIRMS AND CO-OPERATIVES
Co-ordinators
Agnieska Schwarz, Social Firms UK
Kitty Mylonopoulou, Chairperson of Cooperative of Mental Health Activities
‘Pyxida’, Hellas
Graham Waterhouse, Graham Waterhouse Consultancy, UK
Discussants Representatives from different Co-operatives and Social Firms will contribute to the discussion
WORKSHOP
4
NETWORK
FOR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Co-ordinators
Maria Mitrosili, Layer, Specialist in Health & Welfare Issues
Antti Pajanen, VATES Foundation, Finland
Discussants Eygenia
Lianou, Pavlos Evmorfidis, COCO-MAT, Hellas
Dimitris Papadopoulos,
General Manager, Hellenic Network for Corporate Social Responsibility
WORKSHOP
5
TRANSFORMATION
OF SHELTERED WORKSHOPS INTO SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
Co-ordinators
Gerold Scwharz, Germany
Dimitra Papadopoulou, Temporary
Managing Committee of Social Cooperative of ‘Dafni’ Psychiatric Hospital,
Hellas
Presentation
available
Discussants The process
of transformation of the existing workshops of the Psychiatric Hospital of
Petra Olympus, Greece, into Social Enterprises
N. Voura, G. Agelidis, M. Tziaferi,
Psychiatric Hospital of Petra Olympos, Hellas
Presentation
available
Social Cooperatives of
Limited Liability and Cooperative Therapeutic Units of the Psychiatric Hospital
of Thessaloniki. “Expectations and Reality”
M. Tsouga, Psychiatric Hospital of Thessaloniki, Hellas
Issues and prospects arising
from the founding of the Social Organisation "Kosmos Horizon", in
the framework of the Psychosocial & Vocational Rehabilitation Unit of
the University Mental Health Research Institute. - The European Art Exhibition-Workshop
as an associate of the Social Enterprise and structure of promotion and diffusion
of information.
M.V.Karidi, M.Tzedaki, D.Vassilopoulou, Ch.Anastasopoulou,
K. Papakonstantinou, A.Rabavilas, Hellas
Presentation
available
Razori Estate Rehabilitation
Centre
Polona Stefanic, Jana Ponikvar,
Slovenia
Presentation
available
Guest speaker Kaliopi
Mavratzotou, Director of Mental Health Dept. of Ministry of Health and Welfare
20.30 Evening Outings
in small groups
SATURDAY, 4th of OCTOBER 2003
09.30 – 11.30 FORUM
BEST
PRACTICES AND TRANSFERABILITY
A forum for firms – cooperatives to present on a poster-like style the What,
How (how it is organised) to make it best practice and why (why it is transferable)
on a 5 min. presentation each
Co-ordinators:
Alec Good, Shannon
Community Workshops
Ltd, Ireland
Peter Stadler, BAG Integrationsfirmen,
FAF, Germany
George Stefanakis, Thessaloniki
Cooperative Therapeutic Units of Psychiatric Hospital, Hellas
Presentations
The Social Firm Start-up Model, Scotland
Kevin Robbie, Manager, Forth
Sector,
Presentation
available1 - 2
- 3
Social
Cooperative for Minority Groups “Edra”, Athens, Hellas
Alexandros Economou,
Psychologist, Scientific Responsible
Presentation
available
Shetland
Soap Company – Pack-It
Frank Millsopp, John Bennett,
Cope Ltd, UK
Network
of Employment Services “Make it with us”, Hellas
Pola Nikolaou, Social Worker,
Chairperson
Ilias Frangiadakis, Nikos Sandalis, Nikoleta Tabathani
Presentation
available
Projets
PARTS, Canada
Marthe Bureau, Director
Presentation
available
Cooperative
for Psychosocial & Vocational Rehabilitation of Young People with Psychosocial
Problems ‘The Ikona’ -
2 years of operation
Eleana Papageorgiou, Psychologist,
Georgia Bourelaki, Social Worker,
Athens, Hellas
Presentation
available
Building
up Social Firm - learning by doing
Raija Tiainen, Socialpsychiatric
Association in South Ostrobothnia, Finland
Presentation
available
Alternative
Holidays in Fokida, Hellas
Toula Sorokou,
Cooperative of Mental Health Activities “Avgerinos’, Fokida,
Hellas
Copy Shop
Rainhold Scharf, Pro Mente,
Austria
Presentation
available
The foundation,
the organization, the “know-how” and the operation of the Social Firm “Flame
of Hope”
Evdokia Tsampa, Social Worker,
Mental Health Centre, Patras, Hellas
Dobrovita
plus d.o.o.
Polona Stefanic, SENT-Slovenian
Association for Mental Health
Presentation
available
Shoe Factory
Cooperative “Orizontes”, Volos, Hellas
Nikos Varvarelis, Chairperson
Presentation
available
Associacao
de Reabilitacao e Integracao Ajuda – ARIA, Portugal
Teresa Pacheco, Carla Silva
Dodecanissos
Cooperative: The first Cooperative in Hellas
Andreas Georgiou, Carolina Vaes,
Leros, Hellas
Presentation
available
The Co-opetition
Network of Social Firms, Berlin
Anne-Lau,
FAF gGmbH, Berlin, Germany
Presentation
available
Cooperative
“Klimaka”, Athens, Hellas
Kyriakos Katsadoros, Psychiatrist
Presentation
available
Cooperative
of Mental Health Activities ‘Niki”, Alexandroupoli, Hellas
Dimitris Tataridis, Psychologist
Cooperative
of Mental Health Activities “Pyxida”, Athens, Hellas
Georgia Palaiologou, Trainer,
Cooperative Responsible
Presentation
available
Multikult
Grimbo & Bilvard. Two social co-operatives in Gothenburg and their developing
environment
Jerker Halling, Raymond Fagerberg,
Grimbo Bilvard, Sweden
Presentation
available
Civil
Dialogue Center “Face to Face”, Athens, Hellas
Ioanna Karahaliou, Employee,
PEPSAEE
Social
firms network IDEA, S.A.
Francisco Alvarez Jimenez
Iniciativa de Empleo Andaluza, Sevilla, Spain
11.30 – 17.00 VIDEO PRESENTATIONS
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 –13.00 ROUND TABLE
SOCIAL FIRMS IN EUROPE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMON STRATEGY IN THE EU
Co-ordinators:
Bob
Grove,
Dr, Chair of Social Firms UK
Christiane Haerlin, Head of
the Rehabilitation Centre, BTZ Koln, Germany
Speakers
Marietta Koutsikou,
Member of the European Parliament
presentation
available
Representative of European Disability Forum
Mental
Health Europe, Bob Grove
presentation
available
Rainer
Schluter,
Secretary General of CECOP
powerpoint
presentation available
13.00 CEFEC AWARD FOR
BEST PRACTICE IN GREECE
Co-ordinators:
Bernard Jacob, President of
CEFEC
Nikos Antonopoulos, President
of PEPSAEE
The winner of the CEFEC
Best Practice Award was elected by the conference participants.
The CEFEC award was shared between the Cooperative of Mental Health Activities
“Pyxida” and the Network of
Employment Services “Make it with us”,
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 17.00 WORKSHOPS (parallel sessions)
The morning forum of social firms – cooperatives analyzed and discussed with
participants on the basis of What – How - Why
WORKSHOP
6
Co-ordinators
Gerry Higgins, Social Firms UK
Kevin Robbie, Forth Sector, Scotland
Nikos Varvarelis, Shoe Factory Cooperative “ORIZONTES”, Volos, Hellas
Discussants Raija
Tiainen, Socialpsychiatric Association in South Ostrobothnia, Finland
Ioanna Karahaliou, Civil Dialogue Center “Face to Face”, Athens, Hellas
WORKSHOP
7
Co-ordinators
Rainhold Scharf, Pro Mente, Austria
Kyriakos Katsadoros, Klimaka, Hellas
Discussants Copy shop
Annemarie Kuenstl, Richard Dabernig, Pro Mente, Austria
Eleana Papageorgiou, Georgia Bourelaki, Cooperative ‘Eikona’, Athens, Hellas
Anne-Lau, FAF gGmbH,
Berlin, Germany
Dimitris Tataridis,
Cooperative of Mental Health Activities ‘Niki”, Alexandroupoli, Hellas
WORKSHOP 8
Co-ordinators
Verena Feller, TRANSfair, Switzerland
Maria Fafaliou, “Kaleidoskopio”, Hellas
Discussants Georgia Palaiologou,
Cooperative of Mental Health Activities “Pyxida”, Athens, Hellas
Evdokia Tsampa,
Social Firm “Flame of Hope”, Mental Health Centre, Patras, Hellas
Frank Millsopp,
John Bennett, Cope Ltd, UK
WORKSHOP
9
Co-ordinators:
Christiane Haerlin, Rehabilitation Centre, BTZ Koln, Germany
Jerker Halling, Grimbo Bilvard, Sweden
Andreas Georgiou, Dodecanissos Cooperative, Leros, Hellas
Discussants Pola Nikolaou,
Network of Employment Services “Make it with us”, Hellas
Marthe Bureau, Projets
PARTS, Canada
Raymond Fagerberg,
Grimbo Bilvard, Sweden
Carolina Vaes, Dodecanissos
Cooperative, Leros, Hellas
WORKSHOP
10
Co-ordinators
Willem Vugteveen, The Netherlands
Sergio Gonzalez Alvarez, Iniciativa de Empleo Andaluza, IDEA, S.A , Spain
Antonis Liodakis, Psychiatrist, Psychiatric Hospital of Chania, Island of
Crete, Hellas
Discussants Diafragma.
Getting prepared for and focusing on the future
Willem Vugteveen, The Netherlands
Presentation
available
Polona Stefanic, SENT, Slovenia
Toula Sorokou, Cooperative “Avgerinos’, Fokida, Hellas
Teresa Pacheco, Carla Silva, ARIA, Portugal
Alexandros Economou, Social Cooperative for Minority Groups “Edra”, Athens,
Hellas
17.00 – 19.00 CEFEC General Assembly
21.00 Conference Dinner
SUNDAY, 5TH OF OCTOBER 2003
10.00 – 12.00 ROUND TABLE – OPEN DISCUSSION
DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION AND SOCIAL-VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
The new Hellenic Residential
Houses for people with severe learning disabilities and the relation of the
Institution with issues of work integration
Panayotis Sakellaropoulos, Professor of Psychiatry – Child Psychiatry, Society
of Social Psychiatry & Mental Health, Athens, Hellas
Interventions from the
responsible managers of the Residential houses
Interventions Christiane
Haerlin, Yiannis Kormoulakis, Michalis Madianos, Lambros Michos, Gordon Moore,
Dimitris Hondros
Coordinators Antonis
Liodakis, Pola Nicolaou
12.00 –12.45 Coffee-break
12.45 –15.00 WORKSHOPS
focused on the needs of the Greek colleagues
ISSUES AND THOUGHTS OF THERAPISTS WORKING IN RESIDENTIAL HOUSES
15.00 Light lunch
POSTER
PRESENTATIONS
Community mental health and the restructuring of the welfare state
Manos Savvakis, Manolis Tzanakis, University of Crete, Greece
presentation
available
The transformation of
the existing workshops of the Psychiatric Hospital of Petra Olympus, Greece,
into Social Enterprises
N. Voura, G. Angelidis, M. Tziaferi, Psychiatric Hospital of Petra Olympous,
Greece
Social Firm "Kosmos
Horizon".
M.V. Karidi, D. Vasilopoulou, M. Tzedaki, Ch. Anastasopoulou, K. Papaconstantinou,
A. Rabavilas
presentation
available
Co-opetition Íetwork,
Berlin
Ann Lau, FAF gGmbH, Germany
Cleaning Services Unit
‘EPAPSY’ Scientific Association for Regional Development and Mental Health
presentation
available
Results from the questionnaire
addressed to Hellenic Social Firms for their participation in the Best Practice
Award
Nicos Antonopoulos, Pola Nicolaou, PEPSAEE, Hellas
CANDIDATES
FOR CEFEC BEST PRACTICE AWARD
Cooperative for Psychosocial
& Vocational Rehabilitation of Young People with Psychosocial Problems
‘EIKONA’, Athens, Hellas
Eleana Papageorgiou, Georgia Bourelaki
Social Cooperative for
Minority Groups “EDRA”, Athens, Hellas, Alexandros Economou
Shoe Factory Cooperative
“ORIZONTES”, Volos, Hellas Nikos Varvarelis
Cooperative of Mental
Health Activities “PYXIDA”, Athens, Hellas
Georgia Palaiologou
Civil Dialogue Centre
of PEPSAEE
Ioanna Karachaliou, Leonardos Skordos, Vasili Tsouknidas, George Terzakopoulos
Cooperative ROTA
“Bell” Coffee Shop, Argostoli,Kefallonia, Hellas
Katerina Garbi
Municipal Enterprise “Peritechno”,
Edessa
Michalis Chryssos
Network of Employment
Services “Make it with us”
Pola Nicolaou, Ilias Frangiadakis, Nikos Sandalis, Nikoleta Tabathani
SUNDAY, 5TH OF OCTOBER 2003
19:00 Greek night with live music and dancing at the Civil Dialog Center of
PEPSAEE, Harissis 6, Athens
MONDAY, 6TH OF OCTOBER 2003
10:00 Coffee, welcome and introduction of participants
10:30 The
financial situation of users in Greece
Vasilis Tsouknidas, George Terzakopoulos, PEPSAEE, Hellas
11:30 The
situation of users in Europe from the social and economic point of view
Clemens Huitink, International Affairs, Dutch Mental Health Association (GGZ,
Nederlands)
12:30 Lunch break
13:30 Users
and the Mass Media
Ioanna Karachaliou, PEPSAEE, Nikos Mamas, Cooperative of Mental Health Activities
“Pyxida”, Athens, Hellas
14:30 Participation
of users in the decision making process – The foundation of a users
association in Greece
Leonardos Skordos, Ioanna Karachaliou, PEPSAEE, Hellas
15:30 End of meeting
STUDY
VISITS
Participants of the 16th
Cefec Conference had the opportunity to participate in optional study visits,
which have been organised by social firms and co-operatives from all over
Greece, according to the programme that follows:
STUDY VISITS 1:
Alexandroupoli, Northern Hellas
Dates:
Monday, October 6 – Wednesday, October 8
Hosting Society: Co-operative of Mental Health Activities “Niki”
STUDY
VISIT 2:
Chania, Island of Crete
Dates:
Monday, October 6 – Wednesday, October 8
Hosting Society: Institute for Research and Application of Mental Health Programmes
‘EPEKINA”
STUDY
VISIT 3:
Ioannina, Epirus
Dates: Monday, October 6 – Wednesday, October 8
Hosting Society: Society of Epirus for the Protection of Mental Health (EPROPSYH)
STUDY
VISIT 4:
Island of Leros
Dates: Monday, October
6 – Thursday, October 9
Hosting Society: Dodecanissos Co-operative
STUDY VISIT 5:
Phokida
Dates: Monday, October 6 – Thursday, October 9
Hosting Society: Cooperative ofMental Health Activities "Avgerinos"
STUDY VISIT 6: Thessaloniki
Dates: Monday, October 6 – Tuesday, October 7
Hosting Society: Co-operative Therapeutic Units, Psychiatric Hospital of Thessaloniki
STUDY
VISIT 7:
Volos, central Hellas
Dates: Monday, October
6 – Wednesday, October 8
Hosting Society: Shoe Factory Co-operative “Orizontes” (General
Hospital of Volos, Mental Health Center)
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