SOCIAL ECONOMY Report seminar GDANSK

SOCIAL ECONOMY Report seminar GDANSK EUROPEES FORUM Report seminar 7 10 / 2 / 2008 April 2008 Seminar goals The European Commission specifies what in their view are the inherent features of the Third System Organisations. It concerns initiatives of which the objective is to produce products and services of economical, social and general public interest. The profit as well as the individual dividend are limited and secondary to the public interest. It seeks to involve as many volunteers and fellow workers as possible in policy matters and management. The Commission distinguishes three important sub sectors in the Third System: the cooperative companies accounting for 25,7%, mutual organisations and provident funds for 3,1% and the vast NGO sector which is accountable for 71% of the employment in this area. In most countries of the Union employment initiatives can be set up with government support by free organisations like social movements and trade unions. During last seminar the LCGB Trade Union of Luxembourg showed that employment of excluded groups produces a lot of Social return on Investment. The main question for this seminar is: How can we get renewed momentum going on the local and regional level of social enterprise? In many countries of the Union social entrepreneurs, NGOs and Cooperatives have played a major part in the growing welfare for everyone. Which are nowadays the possibilities and limitations of fresh cooperative and NGO initiatives? How can we develop a new drive in the various member states to bring about present-day formula of cooperatives and social entrepreneurships? We hope to instigate new initiatives in the field of social economy by presenting various examples from different countries and by group oriented learning. It is no coincidence that this seminar is being held in a new member state of the Union. This way we explicitly want to focus on new potential entrepreneurs form these countries. Could there be a better place for this than the cradle of SOLIDAR- NOSC: GDANSK in Poland? Information THIS IS THE SMALL REPORT OF THE SEMINAR IN GDANSK YOU CAN ASK THE TOTAL REPORT ON CD WITH THE POWER POINT PRE- SENTATIONS THE PICTURES THE LIST OF PARTICIPANTS SEMINAR GOALS 1 Greetings by Solidarnosc Poland is in a transformation-position from communisme to a free market economy. Solidarnosc is a movement on this moment with 800.000 members. Solidarnosc is working on social dialogue because the open market is not good for the workers. There is a lot of immigration of young workers. Poland need new iniatives from employees for more and better jobs. Solidarnosc prefare a distance between the policy system and the trade Union. Jerzy Lange, vice-president of Solidarnosc. www.solidarnosc.pl SOLIDARNOSC 1 NGO S IN POLAND 2 LECH WALESA 3 FLANDERS ITALY 4 POLAND 5 CONCLUSIONS 6

BIZON The aim of the project is to create the conditions for professional activation of people with learning difficulties. The offer complex services of supported employment which includes: Psychological consultations and counseling for people with learning difficulties, the families, trustees and instructors Assistance in estimating abilities, capabilities and sound parts Support in formal preparation for taking job and job search Help in finding a training and/or work and opened labor market Support of an assistant in a work-place Meeting groups of support for persons working and work wanting Recreation club for working persons The Project is financed by EU and realized under supervision of PFRON (National Rehabilitation Fund for Disabled People) WWW.psouu.gda.pl NA FALI Development Partnership The main objective of Development Partnership Na Fali is to support the creation and development of Polish social economy through establishment of the Centre for Organization of Local Social Entrepeneurship (COLPS) model institution, which will elaborate the mechanism of leaving the longterm unemployment and return to the labour market as the methods of fight against discrimination, inequalities and exclusion from the labour market. WWW.nafali.cartitas.pl SDS Self-help House in Gdynia Self-help Hous is an institution in structure of Social Asssitence in Gdynia. Outpost is sponsored by government finances, at all. House is assigned for 45 people with schizoprhenia. All clients come from Gdynia. Offer of Self-help House includes terapy with psychologists and therapeutists. Within the Self-help House clients perform theatrical spectacles, which are exhibited ond Citi Theatre in Gdynia. Artistic (plastic, stained glass, Photos) Works are presented on exhibitions in Poland and also Lithuania. Self-help House Organizes therapeutic trips while clients prepare meals, go shopping etc. There is also a support Group for families and afternoon therapy Group for people wiht psychic problems which are going to work. There is a council elected for a year. Council cooperates with therapists, and establishes and executes duty hours. WWW.mopsgdynia.pl Pagina 2

Report seminar 7 10 / 2 / 2008 ST.BROTHER ALBERT S AID SERVICE It is an independent Catholis charity. The Society s aim is to help the poor and homeless by following the ideas propagated by its patron, St. Brother Albert. The society accomplishes its aims throug: -establishins and running hotels, night shelters, permanent residence homes -social work, legal and spychological help, ministry -running soup kitchens, bath houses, day rooms, clubs, summer camps -distributing food, clothes, appliances, Household detergents, medicines, -cooperation with local and central government, the Catholic church, nongovernemental organizations -information activity, inspiring scientific research -staff and volunteers training. It is the First nongovernmental organization in Poland that started to help homeless. The Society has been acting since 1981. WWW.ab.org.pl Meeting with Mr. Lech WAŁĘSA, former President of Poland In zijn welkomstwoord benadrukte Lech Walesa dat de structuren moeten veranderen om te overleven in een wereld van globalisatie. Hij pleit voor een waardeneconomie. In de open discussie kwamen verscheide thema s aan bod waarop Lech Walesa volgende antwoorden gaf. Europa zal nooit één worden als we niet akkoord gaan met een aantal gemeenschappelijke waarden. 10% van de mensen beschikt over 90% van de inkomens die moet gecorrigeerd worden. Ik had andere plannen met Polen. Ik wilde Polen in Europa. Ik wilde een nieuwe Marshallplan. Maar het is anders gelopen door de verkiezingen.. Men had het geld niet moeten geven aan de bank van Oostblok maar aan de Westerse ondernemingen met als voorwaarde dat ze het geld moeten investeren in Oost- Europa. WWW.ilw.org.pl Pagina 3

SOCIAL ECONOMY Report seminar GDANSK Social economy in Flandres Co-operative entreprises as instruments for (local) socio-economic development Seminar Social Economy Caroline Gijselinckx (HIVA) Brief introduction to the cooperative: Definition Values and principle Historical background Traditions of co-operative entrepreneurship Typologies The co-operative trilemma Co-operatives and the market Co-operatives and the state Co-operatives and civil society- Coops as an social economic enterprise: Socio-economic challenges to which coops can provide an answer Coops as social Enterprises WWW.hiva.be See power-point presentation. How To Start? Dirk Dalle Director Hefboom Hefboom? Investments in social economyloans to social economy Consultancy in social economy: Audit Consulting Coaching WWW.hefboom.be See power-point presentation VERTROUWEN IS EEN BELANGRIJKE VOORWAARDE TOT SAMENWERKING RAF CHANTERIE VOORZITTER EZA Home care and home help in Belgium Familiehulp, Agnes Bode Private non-profit organisation: profit is reinvested. Headquarter, regional and local sections Provision of care: 70,000 clients Home care: 25,000 clients Home help: 20,000 clients Sitting services: 4,000 sick chil- dren; 1,000 elderly people Transport services:800 clientsodd job services:650 clients Service-cheques:20,000 users Three child nurseries Personnel: 11,000 persons 5,400 home helpers 2,600 helpers service-cheques 2,300 home helpers 480 social workers 270 administrative and staff employees 40 managers WWW.familiehulp.be See power-point presentation. Luc MAERTENS Director Recycling centers Promoting the social integration of long-term unemployed people and disabled persons. Created jobs adapted to their possibilities. We collect for free all kinds of furniture, clothing, toys, bicycles, electric appliances. We repair, prepare or recycle and sell in our stores. Opportunities and barri- Social economy in Italy Social economy : European and Italian perspectives Enzo PEZZINI Italian Confederation of Cooperative Brussels office Global figures of cooperative mouvement in Italy Cooperatives 71,000 Members of coops 11,830,000 Jobs 1,020,000 Turn Over 138 Billion Contribution to GDP 7.3 WWW.confocooperative.it See power-point presentation Pagina 4

Report seminar 7 10 / 2 / 2008 Social situation in Poland Minister Jaroslaw Duda Hoe kan sociale economie een instrument zijn/ een antwoord geven om werklozen aan werk te helpen? De grote werkloosheid is een zware last voor de sociale zekerheid. Van de doelgroep werkt amper 16%. We hebben sociale organisaties nodig die de activering van de mensen op gang kan brengen. Dit kan onder andere via sociale economie projecten. We moeten streven naar een gelijk kansenbeleid. De potenties van de mensen wordt niet ten volle benut. Er wordt teveel door de staat overgenomen. Mensen zijn passieve mensen die veel geld kosten en niet bijdragen wat een gevaar betekent voor de sociale zekerheid. In Polen coöperatieve in sociale economie wordt gezien als communistisch, terug naar het verleden concurrentie voor de private/ commerciële markt Deze discussie ook in Pools parlement moet omgevormd worden naar een positieve boodschap van kansen. De goede praktijkvoorbeelden die er zijn moeten ervoor zorgen dat dit model van onderneming zich kan vermenigvuldigen. De overheid met de nieuwe regering is van plan om NGO s te ondersteunen onder andere via wetgeving. De minister beloofde daar verder werk van te maken. Development of the Social economy in Poland. ers. Janusz Galeziak Senior Officer for Social PolicyThe social situation in Poland Within 12 000 000 people not formally employed, only 1 700 000 are registered as unemployed Situation on the labour market Unemployment rate falls down Employment rate slightly rose- High rate of long term unemployed Increasing poverty and social exclusion Shortage of work forces Mass migration of best educated, young and mobile Grey sphere Problems with sustainability of pension system Barriers for employment Welfare state versus work fare state Sectoral barriers (employment, education, social policy) System of financing (redistribution) Lack of result measurement indicators Barriers for employment and social cohesion Lack of co-operation between sectors Education inadequate to labour market demands Lack of results-oriented, integrated employment policy Few facts about Pomorskie Territory: 18.000 km 2 (5.9% of the country) Population: 2.2 mln (5.8% of Poland s total population) The average population density - 120 persons per km 2 WWW.caritas-europa.org See power-point presentation TREK DE AANDACHT VAN DE LEZER DOOR HIER EEN INTERESSANT CITAAT UIT HET ARTIKEL TE TYPEN. Pagina 5

Het seminarie vond plaats met de steun van EZA en van de EUROPESE COMMISSIE EUROPEES FORUM VZW EUROPEES FORUM v.z.w. Oude Burg 13 B - 8000 BRUGGE Belgium Telefoon: +32 50 34 43 36 Fax: +32 50 34 50 37 E-mail: acwbrugge@acw.be The fundemental aims of the ACW and its organizations. 1. Enforcing and improving human rights. 2. Economy at the service of man and society. 3. A qualitative job for everyone. 4. Making a solidary stand of health. 5. A righteous and caring society. 6. Living together in a happy and creative way. 7. Culture in plural 8. Substainable development 9. Coping with changes. 10. Making peace. 11. Strengthening democracy. 12. Space for faith. WWW.EZA.ORG Conclusies van het seminarie Dit seminarie was belangrijk om meerdere redenen. Vooreerst was er het directe contact met oud-president e Inhoudelijk waren er belangrijke vaststellingen te doen. De omschakeling van een communistisch staatsbestel naar een vrije markteconomie heeft in de voormalige Oostbloklanden een hele omwenteling met zich meegebracht. De blik werd gekeerd van het oosten naar West Europa en de westerse economische systemen. Door de bezoeken die een onmisbaar deel waren van het seminarieprogramma werden de deelnemers geconfronteerd met vaak onbekende maar heel nieuwe en creatieve antwoorden voor lokale en regionale sociale problemen zoals gehandicaptenzorg, werkloosheid, psychische hulpverlening, armoede, woningnood. In heel West Europa maar ook in de nieuwe Europese lidstaten wordt de sociale sector en in het bijzonder de zorgsector geconfronteerd met de vermarkting. Initiatieven van de vrije sociale sector krijgen het daarom zeer moeilijk. Dit betekent dat de sociale economie in België, Italië als Polen pas kan functioneren en haar opdracht kan vervullen mits een permanente financiële inbreng van de overheid. In de nieuwe lidstaten waaronder Polen gaat men uit van de evidentie van deze financiële ondersteuning en dit heeft een onmiskenbare invloed op het niet actief zoeken naar financiële selfsurporting. Het blijft noodzakelijk om in Europa op het sociale vlak een aantal platformen te creëren of in stand te houden die verantwoordelijken uit de sociale sectoren rond de tafel brengen om ideeën en ervaringen uit te wisselen en vooral cooperatieve initiatieven op te zetten.