workability

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Who are we?

• the largest employer body representing providers
  of work and employment services to people with
  disabilities in Europe
• provides work programmes for over 1,000,000
  disabled people
• European Group of the worldwide body, Workability
  International (over 100 members, 31 countries, 6
  continents)

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Workability Europe
is a regional group of Workability International
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Workability Europe

• the first regional group to be formed by the
  European members of Workability International
• now has over 30 member organisations in 19
  countries
• Over 4,000 locations

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List of member organisations
Verein zur Forderung von Arbeit und Beschäftigung
(FAB), AUSTRIA
Vlaamse Federatie Van Beschutte Werkplaatsen Vzw
(VLAB), BELGIUM
Vates-säätiö, FINLAND
Fédération Nationale des Associations de Parents
et Amis Employeurs et Gestionnaires
d'établissements et services pour Personnes
Handicapées Mentales (FEGAPEI), FRANCE
Union Nationale des Enterprises Adaptées (UNEA),
FRANCE
Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Werk Für Behinderte
(BAG WfbM), GERMANY
Salo Holding AG, Germany
Regionális Szociális Forrásközpont Kht, HUNGARY
Savaria Nett-Pack Kft., HUNGARY
LUX-TEX Rehabilitációs Foglalkoztató Kft., HUNGARY
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List of member organisations
Samtök um vinnu og verkþjálfun (SVV), ICELAND
Rehab Group, IRELAND
Valakupiu reabilitacijos centras (VRC), LITHUANIA
Cedris, NETHERLANDS
AMFORS Groep, NETHERLANDS
Ulster Supported Employment (USEL), NORTHERN
IRELAND (UK)
Arbeidssamvirkenes Landsforening (ASVL), NORWAY
Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy (CIOP), POLAND
Stowarzyszenie Organizatorów Zatrudnienia Osób
Niepelnosprawnych (OZON), POLAND
Stowarzyszenie Przyjaciól Integracji
(INTEGRACJA), POLAND
Stowarzyszenie Medycyna-Praca (SMP), POLAND
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List of member organisations
Krajowa Izba Gospodarczo-Rehabilitacyjna (KIG-R),
POLAND
Stowarzyszenie Niepelnosprawni dla Srodowiska
EKON, POLAND
Polska Organizacja Pracodawców Osób
Niepelnosprawnych (POPON), POLAND
Fenacerci, PORTUGAL
FRMPH, ROMANIA
Grupo Fundosa, SPAIN
EHLABE, SPAIN
Samhall AB, SWEDEN
Institutions sociales suisses pour personnes
handicapées (INSOS), SWITZERLAND
Remploy, UNITED KINGDOM
Shaw Trust, UNITED KINGDOM
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Our vision

• Equal opportunities
• in employment
• for ALL
• Europeans
• with disabilities

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Our mission

• Closing the gap in employment levels
• between disabled people and non-disabled people

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Our values

• We believe in
• The social model centred on the individual
• Offering a wide range of services
• Inclusion
• Employment
• Right to work for all

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Structure

• A democratic member-driven organisation
• Not-for-profit
• All members of Workability Europe
• are members of Workability
• International
• Secretariats office are located in Brussels

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Areas of activity
Workability Europe structures its work and range
of activities under four Strategic Pillars
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II
III
IV




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The four Strategic Pillars

• PILLAR I Business to Business Corporate Social
  Responsibility
• facilitating the exchange of experience in
  business and commercial matters
• E. g. Purchasing and recycling initiatives
• PILLAR II Enlargement
• achieving an active and diverse membership
• E. g. Meetings with key governmental officials
  in CEE countries
• PILLAR III Communications Networking
• raising our profile and effectiveness
• E. g. Publications and lobbying
• PILLAR IV Routes to Employment Best Practice
• developing programmes leading to increased
  employment of disabled people
• E. g. Applications for EUfunded projects

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Partnerships
among others We work in partnership with

• Employers
• Trade unions
• Policy-makers
• Service providers and other NGOs
• Disabled people

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Achieved successes at European level

• Production of reports Making Values Work,
  Realising the Value, Europe's Under Valued
  Workforce
• Issuing the Reykjavik Declaration a blueprint
  for equal employment opportunities for disabled
  people in Europe
• Contribution to policy-making
• Business initiatives (purchasing, recycling,
  protocols of cooperation)
• Partnerships with EPR, RI, EDF, Social Platform,
  EC EP
• Members all over Europe
• Leadership in promoting and providing employment
  and work participation for disabled Europeans

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Benefits of membership

• Lobbying Networking
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• Contacts across Europe and the world
• Lobbying for the interests of service providers
• Access to international and European
  organisations
• Promoting the profile of member organisations
• Organisation of events

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Benefits of membership

• Research Development
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• Exchange of best practice
• Staff management training and development,
  internships
• Access to expertise and products

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Benefits of membership

• Funding opportunities
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• Information and advice on funding opportunities
• Assistance with project application and project
  management
• Funded partnerships with the New Member States

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Benefits of membership

• Business development
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• Twinning and sponsoring arrangements
• Joint venture projects
• Exchange visits

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Becoming a member

• If an organisation
• Shares Our Mission and Vision
• Has experience of helping disabled people into
  work
• Wants to be a partner with us
• Wants to enjoy the benefits of solidarity
• Its application for membership is welcome!

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Contact us

• Address Rue de Spa 15, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Emails secretary_at_workability-europe.org
• publicaffairs_at_workability-europe.or
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• Website www.workability-europe.org

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WORKABILITY EUROPE
MORE THAN A MILLION