Project Leonardo Da Vinci
C.A.S.E.S. WORK - Collaborative And Social
Enterprises
as a new model of economic activity and work
opportunity
The partners researched, within their own localities, activities relevant to the project theme. A wide range of differing types of action were presented to the partnership and the following single examples from each partner were chosen to be part of this document. It is hoped that the examples given will provide ideas and inspiration for further collaborative, social enterprise development.
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Table
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Best
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Multicultural
Network - Vienna – Austria Centre
Socialiste d’Education Permanente -
Nivelles - Belgium International Platform for
Citizen Participation (IPCP) - Plovdiv – Bulgaria HANDI
JO BS, o.s. – Dětmarovice - Czech Republic Association
– ESENIORS - Paris - France Belvárosi
Tanoda Alapítvány - Budapest – Hungary SEEDS, SEE Beyond Borders – Reykjavik -
Iceland VŠĮ Žinių kodas - Vilnius – Lithuania CMO
Groningen - Groningen – The Netherlands Euro -Idea Fundacja
Społeczno-Kulturalna – Krakow – Poland Agrupamento
de Escolas de Arganil – Arganil - Portugal Lanzarote
Ocean Art – Lanzarote – Spain Prolog
GmbH - Rotkreuz - Switzerland Eskişehir Milli Eğitim
Mdüdürlüğü - Eskisehir - Turkey Pathways
: Inspirational Development CIC – Sarn, Wales – The United Kingdom |
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Multicultural
Network - Vienna - Austria
Sub Group: Transport / Travelling:
We did
interpret the concept of transport quite openly – so we searched for innovative
ideas that could transport some of our youngsters into other social spheres,
into spheres where people are working on their projects with love for what they
are doing and in the optimum case also with money as gratification.
I think for us
as a youth work organisation working with socially disadvantaged
kids an important fact was how we could help our youngsters within this project
to improve their lives and their living conditions. We thought about what we
could do practically and useful with our youngsters and for our youngsters.
So we
developed within our project CASES Work a young entrepreneurial business
support (yebs). The concept is quite easy: to offer support (information)
within the founding of businesses within the dialogue group of youngsters who are
coming to our youth centres and are participating within our EU Projects and
with their friends.
In the year
2013 we have had the support of one youngster, it’s starting small but it’s
starting and we had success with the meanwhile 19 year old youngster D. Halidow,
a young man with talent in style and with talent in fashion. Besides his
education that he is going to perfect in a fashion school, he founded his own
label “Gringo” which is a very stylish self-made design label, and he is
offering shirts, jackets and so on. Which produces cash produced by personal
ideas, culture & art!
So we also got
in contact with Cash for Culture to organize his first fashion show with live
hip- hop performances. Cash for Culture is a Vienna based model, where
youngsters could easily get a small budget (till 1000 Euro) to fulfill their
cultural activities without a lot of bureaucratic obstacles.
We wrote
together a substantially project/business concept and now he is organizing with
us his fashion presentation/show. In
fact for a (young) woman or man the requirements are not so high if you want to
found your own business. In Austria it’s completely free of charge till you
start your action, then you have to pay 157
Euro per month
to a social security agency.
What we are
further doing to support the development of the entrepreneur D. Halidow is:
Printing his personal cards, we helped
him with the support in printing out his own design.
So the next
steps are going to be: we are supporting
his fashion show which he is doing also under the label of cases.work (we are
going to be on his flyers) with technical as well as financial support (for
example we helped him doing this Cash for Culture Subvention)…
He did this
fashion show at WUK, an alternative Cultural Centre… In this hall there are
going to perform various artists, a fashion show with models, hip hop concerts,
and dj’s.
CESEP
Centre Socialiste d’Education Permanente
- Nivelles - Belgium
Located in the center of Éprave,
a small village in the town of Rochefort, the Brasserie
de la Lesse is a cooperative
with social purposes created in 2011
by a bunch of old friends in the area.
Background :
Passionate about beer, concerned about the future of their land
and disillusioned with the functioning of the dominant economic system
they want, through this new brewery, to participate
in the relocation of the economy, the creation of business rural areas and, last but not least, to complement the range of good beers ever brewed
in a dear country. The aasociates just wanted a limited income
so profits made by the company are reinvested in the project to continue the
social aim.
Social
finality:
The social object is obviously to brew and distribute beer, but also all
the activities that can be found around this, in other words the agricultural
production of raw materials, malting barley, festive and cultural activities
around beer, and more generally, the production and distribution of
agricultural products from artisanal culture and livestock farming, transformed or not.
History:
In October 2010 there was the idea to take the old brewery "the
Rochefortoise" located in Eprave (Rochefort) which ceased production 10
years ago. This project emerged within the brotherhood of Bush, a group of
friends Buissonville and around, beer lovers and folklore, stirring regularly
beer for a decade.
Administrators:
Four other members of the Brotherhood of Busson have volunteered to help
in the implementation and project management.
The brewery has so far received the support of nearly 160 cooperative,
both individuals organic farmers, grouped habitats or associations.
The values:
The ambition is to run the brewery as part of a development that will
encourage a variety of agricultural activities, culture and tourism. We also
hope that these activities can be part of an economy at the service of the
community, and environmentally friendly.
Ingredients from organic farming:
In order to have the best beer, but also to support organic farming, our
aim is to eventually have, beers that are 100% organic. This is not the case
for our first brews, given the reduced organic ingredient on the market range.
Nevertheless, about 99% of the ingredients (by weight) are bio for Chinette
(blonde), 95% for Cambrée (amber) and 99% for the Red Cross (brown). The
organic ingredient range is set to expand in the near future, we hope to
rapidly improve these percentages to arrive as soon as possible to 100%.
Contact
Brasserie de
la Lesse
Adresse 43b, rue du Treux
5580 Éprave, Rochefort
Belgique
http://www.brasseriedelalesse.be/
Plovdiv - Bulgaria
Cooperative transport service (bike, travelling...),
fair trade, education
Good practice name / title - Cooperative „Without mediators!”
Location – Veliko Turnovo,Bulgaria
Organization / community / cooperation
implementing this Good practice, partners - Horizontal structure net in Bulgaria “Be the change!”
The main goal of this cooperative is to skip the resellers, who buy the
production at low rates and then sell it at a much higher price to consumers.
This is loss both for the producers and the consumers in the market. The only way to change this is the direct
buying from the producers, so both sides will be satisfied. The consumers buy products at low rates
without harming the producers. To achieve this goal there are markets which are organized every year.
It is implemented although it is still not popular enough. The markets
are organized mainly in the social networks and many people do not take part in
them.
The results, effects and impact expected are the development of a new
kind of economy, which is based on the direct sharing and communication between
people.
This practice is organized mainly on the internet and the social
networks. There, people fix a place and
a date for the
markets.
The benefits for
the community is that it helps the
sharing and the direct exchange between people in one community.
In terms of environmental impact it does not affect the environment and
in terms of social impact it provides communication between people. In terms of
economy this practice helps in the development of the small business which is
threatened by the large trade centers.
The best aspects of this good practice is that it gives the consumers
the opportunity to buy high – quality production at affordable prices and it
helps the producers to sell
their production.
Nevertheless a better organization is needed. Up to now the markets do
not have an exact schedule, so the participants are few. There is a lack of
legal regulations.
More popularity
is needed.
In terms of transferability
this good practice can be transferred to other communities / regions /
countries,
there only has to be a place where the producers and consumers will have
the opportunity to meet. This practice is suitable for all the productions and
services.
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HANDI JOBS, o.s. - Dětmarovice
- Czech Republic
Payroll
accounting – quickly, inexpensivly and with the support of people with
disabilities
The good practice solves problem of unemployment of
a specific group in the labour market – people with disabilities. The
goal is a product which allows employment of such people without any
contribution and financinal support from the state. Another benefit is the
possibility of social contact of those people in connection with the work in
homeplace. People with severe disabilities have only limited options of
everyday commuting to work, because there are still very few objects, which are
characterized by full wheelchair accessibility. The
service consists in the fact that
through employment of people with disabilities we provide payroll accounting
for companies that do not have their accountants and use this kind of service
in the form of outsourcing. Small and medium
enterprises do not usually have accountants in employment due to the specific
distribution of working hours – the largest amount of work at the beginning and
the end of a month.
The benefits for companies are: upport
for people with disabilities, it can be used to enhance the image or reputation
of the company; the opportunity
to meet the alternative compliance and cheaper purchase of
services.
This good
practise solves several problems: the
employment of people with severe disabilities, which is problematic in the
labour market – problem with everyday commuting to work and full wheelchair
accessibility; the problem of social
contact of people with disabilities – the have just a very limited social
contact, in the case they are not employed their social contact is minimal. The
proposed solution enables the combination of working at home (which is the best
option for people with disabilities) and commuting to work as needed (not
everyday commuting). The Company smeets conditions of full wheelchair
accessibility including other requirements, such as parking, etc.; employers
with more than 25 employees may fulfill their legal obligation following the
service.
The target group for the product that we offer are
companies/employers that currently acquire the service from accounting
companies or self-employers that do not employ people with disabilities and so
they do not have the right to provide this kind of service as an alternative
performance. Accounting companies do not usually have the option of homeoffices
for their employees. There is a problem of portability of accounting programmes
and they are often confronted with regular workload of their employees.We
propose the following solution:
selection of suitable clients (companies, firms,
employers);
training courses – people with disabilities follow a
retraining – Payroll accounting ( 160 hours of theoretical training due to the
accreditation);
provision of space, technologies for realisation of
the offered product;
practical training of accounting programme for
people with disabilities;
work of people with disabilities under supervison of
a teacher and a mentor in a familiar environment; individual work of people with disabilities,
assistance of a teacher or a mentor in the case of questions or problems, spot
checks; regular
meetings, familiarization with changes in the offered area; enlargement of our
team if demand for the product is high; enlargement of clients
(employers) who are interested in our product and extension
of activities – providing the whole accounting to companies
This good
practise is unique because companies/employers
currently acquire the service from accounting companies or self-employers that
do not employ people with disabilities and so they do not have the right to
provide this kind of service as an alternative performance. Accounting
companies do not usually have the option of homeoffices for their employees.
There is a problem of portability of accounting programmes and they are often
confronted with regular workload of their employees.
Association – ESENIORS – Paris – France
What is a
Repair Café? A Repair Café is a place where people can bring their
old/broken/in bad shape stuffs and some handymen are there to explain them how
they can fix it instead of throwing it away. The motto of Repair Cafés speaks
for itself “Don’t throw anything away, there is no (a)way!”. So, Repair Cafés
are mainly fighting again over-consumption and planned obsolescence.
The first Repair Café appeared in the Netherlands in 2009 thanks to
Martine Postma from Amsterdam and Peter Van Vliet from Groningen. The idea is
simple, clever and easily reproducible. That is why we decided to create our
own Repair Café in Paris, the first in the French capital. In order to achieve
this goal, we first had to create a special association, Repair Café Paris.
Then we had to find some places ready to welcome us with our idea. As the idea
is seducing a lot of people, it wasn’t complicated to find some places. Repair
Cafés in Paris are held once a month since April 2013.
As the initiative was new in Paris, media were really interested in our
action and came to film, interview and take pictures. All the Repair Cafés held
in Paris were a real success; the last one was such a big success that all the
handymen were overbooked! Repair Cafés
have therefore a bright future waiting for them in Paris. The initiative is
more and more well known. We have planned, the 5th of April as a “Great Celebration of the Depanne” during the French national week for
Sustainable Development, for the first birthday of its creation. We recorded
this event on the website of the Ministry of ESS. It was a massive Repair Café with
conferences and experts from all around Europe including both founders from the
Netherlands.
The file of the program : http://www.e-seniors.asso.fr/fetedepanneAvril2014.htm
Find us on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Repair-caf%C3%A9
Webpage: http://repaircafeparis.fr/ Mail: repaircafeparis@gmail.com
More information on : http://www.e-seniors.asso.fr
Belvárosi Tanoda Alapítvány - Budapest - Hungary
“Be a Farmer” programme
The first one is the “Be a
farmer” programme, initiated began by two men, Gabor and Jozsef – who were fed
up with eating the department-store chickens. They found some farmers in the
countryside to help them grow chicken in their yards.
People who enter this
programme pay for 9 baby chickens, which are given to the farmers in the
country-side. Enough food can be bought from the initial payment by the
“owner”, and the farmer starts to feed and take care of the chicken. This way
the animals are grown in local communities, in a yard – and they become tastier
and healthier. The owner may visit the chickens, or can request photos, can
talk to the local farmer, etc. At the end of the cycle, the owner receives 4
‘dressed’ chickens, the organisers receive 2 chickens, and the profit of the
local farmer is 3 chickens. This way everybody is “paid”.
There are some dangers that
are necessary to take into consideration. The chickens at the local farmer may
get sick or may get stolen. For these cases the organisers haven’t found any
solution yet, so they still have to work on the idea in order to make it more
reliable. The year 2013 is the third year of the system, and they found a food
delivery company to help them in transport and organisation. There are new
possibilities to the programme: for example other kinds of animals or more
local farmers may be involved.
SEEDS, SEE Beyond Borders
- Reykjavik - Iceland
Náttúran.is – An eco-conscious network
Best practice title: "Náttúran.is"
Sector: Alternative Energy & Rural Economy
What: It is an information and news platform for everything
related to nature and the environment in some way.
Where: Breiđahvammi - Hveragerđi, Iceland
When: Established in 2002. The initiative was started to
compensate for the lack of environmental involvement of people everyday facing
a growing mass consumption.
Background &
Social objectives: Náttúran.is is an information and news platform for everything related to
nature and the environment in some way.
It is a website concentrated on serving the general consumer with
reliable information about everything to do with our environment and health. One
of its main aims is to develop people’s environmental consciousness and to
teach them about how they can be environment friendly in their everyday lives.
This platform is positive for the community because advises on how to develop
an environmental behaviour which will have an impact on the individuals’
health, economy and it will have as well an impact on the whole population,
local consumption, preservation of a healthy environment.
The practice is giving tips
and better ways to do things (cooking, gardening, shopping...) in an
environmental sense, so it has an impact on people’s habits. It may change the
places people used to go and bring them into new social circles related to an
eco friendly action.
Objectives &
Means: The results
expected are mainly awareness of the environmental issues and lead people to adopt
an environmental way of life and behaviour.
The organisation is acting
through Green map (Green Map® System
is a worldwide mapmaking project promoting citizen participation in sustainable
community development. Using universal iconography with local knowledge to
chart green living, ecological, social and cultural resources. Questionable
companies and even dangerous sites for humans and environment are listed in
special categories); Eco Tips (Cards
giving tips on how to be environmental everyday: cooking, gardening...) and Website (Tools to buy and consume eco
friendly, advices on how to be more environmental)
Awards : In 2012 Nature.is was awarded the most prestigious
environmental award in Iceland “Kuđungurinn“ (The Shell) the annual Environment
Award of the Ministry for the Environment for an "outstanding webpage on
the environment, and it's beneficial influence on the general public and
businesses.“
The Green map is the first
initiative of its wide kind in Iceland and in Europe.
Contact & Site: www.náttúran.is
VŠĮ Žinių kodas – Vilnius – Lithuania
The main
activities of the community are: growing, harvesting, drying, selling herbs and
implementation of “12 steps” programme for people with addictive disorders. The
main motivation for this project was the community's aim to create a stable
source of additional income. The main problems are the lack of financial
resources, hot weather and preparation costs for drying herbs which accounts
for 50 – 70% of all costs. One of the issues this
practice was developed to solve is social integration of people with addictive
disorders. The main
expected result is building of drying facility for herbs (performance based on
solar power). Expected effects were the reduced cost of dried herbs, additional
income for the community and social integration. All the planned actions were
accomplished: start-up activity of the community with the installation of the
herbal farm, processing facility and creation of sales network. In 2005, the community
planted 1.3 hectares with 15 different species of herbs; there was brick
building with wooden paneling and the roof was covered with solar panels; there
was design and installation of the drying facility successfully implemented.
There are rooms for primary raw material preparation, drying, packing, special
services and storage in the facility; the building was equipped with two 1000
liter storage tanks and two solid fuel boilers; there were special
high-pressure and high air flow fans installed; dryers were installed in four
sections.
This is the first such
structure designed and installed in Lithuania, maybe even in the European
Union. This project is also unique
because it was implemented by the "Full House” community members - fifteen
people with addictive disorders who come to Panara from all over Lithuania and
voluntarily underwent treatment under the “12 step programme” of spiritual
education and occupational therapy.
Solar collectors are
commonly used for heating up the water. There are no (or just a few) examples
when the air warmed by sun is used to heat buildings or dry agricultural
produce in bins. So this project is innovative in alternative energy sector.
The main benefits for the community: the quality of
the herbs preserved; about 84% of the energy required for drying is saved;
solar panels allows to considerably reduce manufacturing costs (up to 70% of the total costs); herbs growing and
preparation technology is improved; installed herbal cultivation technology
ensures the community additional income; additional income enabled community to
clean up the public places, improve people's living conditions; this project is
important for people with addictive disorders as a part of occupational
therapy.
The main positive
environmental effects include eencouragement of
comprehensive modernization solutions, promotion of heat production and supply
efficiency, usage of renewable energy sources, environmental friendliness
(community is situated in a remote place and it allows the farm to be completely
environmentally friendly) and creation, preservation and protection of
ecosystem. The main negative environmental
effects: solar power is sometimes described as a zero emissions
or emissions-free form of energy and it is true that greenhouse gas emissions
from solar are negligible. However, the construction of new utility scale solar
energy projects is bound to result in some greenhouse gas emissions;
Hazardous Waste - Solar
photovoltaic panels may contain hazardous materials that could be released when
a panel is damaged or disposed of improperly.
This project is important
for people with addictive disorders as a part of occupational therapy, it
promotes social integration (enables them to participate in public life). By
implementing this project, community is able to improve people's living
conditions and community
welfare. Short term economical effects are the investment to build solar
panels, employment generated from the new construction as well as the operation
of the solar panels and effects on gross added value and employment (derived
from the construction, operation and maintenance of the solar panels). Long term economical effects are the effect that the new
investment has on new flows of purchases. Reduced
costs of herbs (without quality decrease) determines higher demand and larger trade network as well as additional
income for the community. Generated
stable source of additional income creates opportunities for additional
investments into infrastructure. This practice
can be transferred to other communities: the only requirement for the region is
high solar potential. It can be transferred to
other sectors, adapted for different usage and different energy sources.
CMO – Groningen – The Netherlands
Good practice name:
Iederz
Sector: Government
Service, Social Enterprise
Location (country): the
Netherlands
Who:
Iederz is a Social Enterprise and a coproduction of 4 Social Enterprises of
Municipality Groningen. They provide in City Maintenance, Production of Metals
and a Greenery with disabled people or people who have large problems with jobs
(homeless, handicapped)
When: Iederz was established
in January 2010
Background: Iederz
is the connecting link between supply and demand on the labour market. Iederz
promotes the participation of the inhabitants of the Municipallity Groningen
who have lost contact with the labour market.
What are the main issues / problems
this Good practice was developed to solve:
Integration, work companies and business office are
the three pillars of Iederz; Labour integration is the actual in- and outflow of
employees and participants of Iederz. This work company offers suitable work to
the employees and the business office is responsible for implementing finance,
P&O and facilities. Iederz also works together with many other companies
and tries to set up a social joint-venture with these companies. They provide
in production of articles which need a lot of handy-work, production/sewing of
curtains, articles for the metal industry, provide in maintenance of the city
gardens, etc. Iederz is the only institution on behalf of the
municipality of Groningen that provides suitable employment for the people who
have lost contact to the labour market. Iederz is
able to offer jobs to a large group of inhabitants of Groningen. They give work
to > 1000 employees.
Short and Long term Social impact: socially responsible (or sustainable) business is becoming an
economic necessity. Iederz works a lot with companies that are aware of their
social responsibility. Social joint ventures are a common form of cooperation
between Iederz and the companies they work with. Social joint ventures have
many advantages for the employees, the company where the employee is going to
work and for Iederz.
Short and Long term Economical impact: People, who cannot find a job, are
gaining knowledge and skills in a variety of sectors. People can be trained to
work in sectors where a labour shortage is likely to occur. Within The
Netherlands this good practice is already transferred to other provinces. A
good practise like this can be set up everywhere (region, country or sector doesn‘t
matter). There is always a group of disadvantaged people in the society that
needs a chance for a better future.
Eu-Idea Fundacja Spoteczno-Kulturalna - Krakow - Poland
Best practice title: "From
hand to hand"
Sector: Crowdfunding
Who: Fundusz
Lokalny Masywu Śnieżnika (FLMŚ)
Who EN: Snow Mountain
Community Fund (SMCF) assosiation
What: Scholarship programme for children
and young people
Where: Wójtowice, Poland
When: Association Snow Mountain Community Fund was
established in 1997
Background: Harsh climate, rural areas, 50 people per km2 and
unemployment at 25%. Snow Mountain Community Fund proves that even in such
conditions it can mobilize local communities to work together. In scholarship
programme the goal is clear and in addition connecting all residents, as well
as local authorities.
How Scholarship programme works:
Find the first 15 people in the
association or community members.
Establish evaluation rules
and procedure for granting and rating applications. The rules should be clear
to all.
Encourage people to
participate in the funding , showing them " how it works" and
demonstrate that even a little amount paid every month is precious in terms of
support.
Set up an award, send
invitations and scholarship application forms to schools, local governments and
NGOs.
Collect responses and
documents. Received information consisting in personal data , type of school ,
the average rating of the study, incomes per family , additional achievements.
Appoint a grant commission
(including 10-15 people ) . A committee involves association members,
representatives of schools, local governments, local institutions and business.
Commission’s members must sign a declaration of impartiality.
Assign a scholarships.
Inform about the process and results by the web page and directly in the
schools. Make official release to all interested. Pay scholarships. The appropriate
use of the grants are tracked by the Association and followers.
Promote all granted by
association web portal and on Facebook , you may invite them to significant
local events .
It is important to raise
awareness that everyone likes to be useful and work for others, but may still
not know about it. The children are the focus of the project because they are
our future. A very important issue is a transparency at every stage of the
project: from the database of potential funders - at local, regional and
national level, by means of fundraising (approach to potential funders), the
criteria and the procedure for granting - in order to avoid misunderstandings.
The main benefit for the community is to provide opportunities, thanks to the
social involvement, to create the basis for future start-up activities for talented
but poor people with an incoming benefit in terms of employability and
development of local area.
What are the best aspects of this Good
practice: Development of trust and positive attitudes in small,
rural community; Passionate support for poor but talented children; Building a
better future for all community
Some facts: Within 15 years of its existence: awarded 700 grants for local projects, 900 scholarships for poor
and talented students of primary, lower secondary, upper secondary and university
student.
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