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2008 Annual Conference
26th - 28th June 2008
Lisbon, Portugal
21st
CEFEC Conference
CEFEC together with ARIA (Associação de Reabilitação e Integração Ajuda), were the organisers of the 21st CEFEC Conference, which was held in Lisbon, Portugal from 26 - 28 June 2008.
ARIA
Associação de Reabilitação e Integração Ajuda, is a non-profit Private Institution of Social Solidarity (IPSS) that works with people with mental health problems. It was created in 1991, by a group of mental health providers.
The main objective is the promotion and the achievement of social and economic autonomy, where the development of social and professional skills that promote integration as citizens is a requisite. According this aim, in 2005 ARIA created a social firm in the area of gardening.
The conference title was: Social Firms, Employment and Quality of Life: Common Strategies for Social Inclusion in Europe.
During the conference the following topics were discussed:
Presentations and notes from the conference in Lisbon
From Exclusion to Inclusion: The Way Forward to Promoting Social Inclusion of People with Mental Health Problems
Mary Van Dievel, Director Mental Health Europe
Highlighting Good Practice in Social Firms around Europe
The importance of sustainable, competitive employment for people with mental health problems?
Dr. Bob Grove
Employment and recovery of people with severe mental disorders. A view from Andalusia.
Dr. Marcelino Lopez
Workshop 1
What is a Good Practice in Social Firms?
Good Practices from Finland,
VATES-Foundation, Jarmo Kujanpää
How being a Social Firm Employee changed my life?
Examples from UK,
Social Firms UK, Kathy Baker
What could be the Future of Social Firms in Europe?
“Reality of challenges faced by Social Firms in Europe”
a research by Sally Reynolds, Social Firms UK
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