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Principles
CEFEC believes that:
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People
who are systematically excluded from work by society because of disability
or disadvantage should have the right to the rewards and status of work.
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The provision of
such remedial work opportunities is best effected in market-orientated
and community-based work enterprises, which are part of everyday economic
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Self organizing and
co-operative forms of enterprise are the best methods of achieving such
work opportunities. |
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As a result of the
functioning of such enterprises, an additional element of social production
arises, which is of value both to society and to the individual concerned.
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The disadvantage
of social-firms in the marketplace must be compensated financially through
the medium of laws and regulations enacted by the local and national state.
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The associative and
normalising benefits of work should enable the individual to take a full
and active place in society. |
CEFEC believes that:
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It is
essential to provide vocational training of users in close connection
with, and leading to, the provision of permanent jobs. |
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Vocational training
of management staff is essential in order to run training initiatives
and social enterprises. |
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It is essential to
promote research into vocational training and work in association with
social enterprises in order to elaborate knowledge and understanding.
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It is important to
monitor and measure the effectiveness of enterprises in order for best
practice to be disseminated and adopted. |
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It should be a goal
of the organisation to work with the population at large in order to sensitise
society to the rights and problems of the people CEFEC seeks to support. |
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It should be a goal
of the organisation to seek changes in approach by national and European
authorities with the resultant benefit of the people CEFEC seeks to support. |
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Overall, it should
be a goal of the organisation to achieve a change in culture within Europe,
which facilitates the specific aims of the organisation. |
the best
methods of achieving those are
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the exchange of information and experience; the organization of practical activities such as conferences and training; |
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the development of economic and technical co-operation between members; |
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the
promotion of scientific and cultural research; |
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the
amendment of laws and regulations concerning welfare and the labour
market |
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the promotion of a change of emphasis in existing and forthcoming EU programmes in favour of the aims of CEFEC. |