Obmocna organizacija Podravja

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Zavod RS za zaposlovanje Obmocna sluba Maribor
storitveno in invalidsko podjetje d.o.o.
Obmocna organizacija Podravja
Obmocna zbornica Maribor
DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP IN-VALID-IN WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY INITIATIVE
Program delno financira Ministrstvo za delo,
druino in socialne zadeve
Program delno financira Evropska Unija
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Development partnership

• The Community initiative EQUAL is in Slovenia
  limited
• to 4 of 9 thematic fields
• Theme 1- Employability (Re-)integration to the
  labour
• market
• Theme 5 Adaptability
• Theme 8 Equal possibilities
• Theme 9 Asylum seekers

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DP IN-VALID-IN 1/2

• DP Legal status geographical urban area
  Podravje
• DP Identification SI-8
• Selection date 28-10-2004
• Action 1 28-10-2004 till
  28-04-2005
• DPA 23-06-2005
• TPA-Fadiesis 01-07-2005
• TPA-eXtend 11-08-2005
• Action 2 and 3 23-06-2005 till 28-10-2007
• End of DP 28-10-2007

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DP IN-VALID-IN 2/2

• The activities of DP correspond to the goals and
  priority tasks of theme 1
• (1A-Thematic field)
• Employability to make the access to the
  labour market easier for the ones, who have
  difficulties with integration and re-integration
  into the labour market

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PARTNERS of DP

• Cooperation between active partners, which on
  local level represents a social partnership
• On transnational level they have the possibility
  of exchanging experiences and training, and
  acquiring knowledge to assure equal work
  possibilities for disabled persons as well
• Experiences, ideas and skills of each partner are
  supplementary and gradual

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DP IN-VALID-IN

• DP Managing organisation
• OZARA service and invalid company
• Other national partners
• The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
  /
• Maribor Regional Chamber (active partner)
• The Employment service of Slovenia /
• Regional Office Maribor (inactive partner)
• Independent Trade Union Association /
• Regional organisation of Podravje (active
  partner)

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PARTNERS of DP skills 1/4

• OZARA service and invalid company
• Education, training and employment of disabled
  persons
• Direct experiences in employing disabled people
• Contact with the real needs of disabled persons
• Experiences in international cooperation
• Already established contacts with different
  expert institutions and potential employers

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PARTNERS of DP - skills 2/4

• Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
• Maribor Regional Chamber
• represents economy interests
• provides expert information and professional
  support
• competence for selection between employers
• a net of already established contacts and a base
  for employers
• developed tradition to advise on different
  spheres
• experiences in international activities

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PARTNERS of DP skills 3/4

• Free Trade Union of Slovenia
• Regional Organisation Podravje
• Acting as an organisation form on the regional
  level
• Professional help to trade union confidants and
  members of workers
• Cooperation with other trade unions,
  institutions, local authorities and other
  organisations (workers rights, social
  partnerships)
• Recognising informational needs of employers and
  already employed disabled persons

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PARTNERS of DP skills 4/4

• Employment Service of Slovenia Regional Office
  Maribor
• Professional assistance to unemployed people,
  employers, persons who need professional help
  with employment and vocation orientation,
  professional institutions, performers of
  employment programs, social partners
• Professional information support about APZ
  (Active Employment Policy) and possibilities for
  employers
• Knowledge about target population - unemployed
  persons
• Records of unemployed persons

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The purpose of DP IN-VALID-IN

• The partner connection is focused on two active
  elements of employing disabled people
• the needs of disabled persons and
• the needs of employers

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STARTING POINTS 1/2

• High long-term unemployment rate
• Unfavourable age structure of unemployed persons
• High unemployment rate between woman
• Big part of disabled persons between unemployed
• Low level of education of disabled persons
• Work experience deficiency of disabled persons
• Non-stimulating measures APZ (Active Employment
  Policy)
• Disabled persons become a group with the highest
  risk of poorness and social exclusiveness
• The percentage of disabled persons between all
  registered unemployed persons was
• December 2002- 14,5
• December 2003- 9,2

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STARTING POINTS 2/2

• Regional Office Maribor / Employment Service of
  Slovenia/
• The Slovenian Republic situation on June 30th,
  2004
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  ZRSZ OS MB / RS
• Number of inhabitants
  232.193 / 1.997.004
• Number of unemployed people 15.174
  / 89.156
• Number of unemployed disabled persons 1.174 /
  8.603
• Note number of employed disabled persons 3.282
  / 28.017
• (on December 31st, 2003)

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OPPORTUNITIES

• Partnership
• Bridge between employers and disabled persons and
  their needs at employment (innovative informing)
• Regionally suitable orientation because of
  employment problem
• Connection of active partners (invalid company,
  employers council, trade union, public
  administration)? to test new possibilities for an
  easier access of disabled persons to the work
  market, and influencing employers to consider
  employing disabled persons as business
  opportunity forming an image of a company as
  one which is employing disabled persons

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DP Objectives action 2 1/2

• Establishment of mobile and stationary
  information units for the city of Maribor and its
  surroundings
• Forming a base of min. 30 employers and 40
  interested disabled persons for promotion of min.
  5 positive examples of employing disabled persons
  as a brighter area of Maribor
• Acquiring suitable international experiences and
  skills for performing the tasks of a job-coach
  for employment of disabled persons and evaluation
  of these experiences

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DP Objectives action 2 2/2

• Transnational cooperation mutual exchange of
  experiences and completion of innovative
  solutions
• Evaluation of activities active partners
  suitable promotion

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DP Objectives Action 3

• 10 transnational meetings (international research
  connection, enlargement of different cultural
  experiences,)
• promoting activities project financing
• evaluation
• promoting mobile informing unit (improving the
  public institutions)

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DP target groups

• Disabled persons Employers
• employed (40)
• unemployed (40)
• others (20)
• Age
• lt 25 years (40)
• 25 50 years (40)
• 50 years (20)
• Sex
• women (50)
• men (50)

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DP Innovations

• Partnership (co-operation between different
  partners)
• Process orientation new informing methods
• Goal orientation information office
• Containment orientation influence on labour
  market, employment, system, policy, practice, ...
• Equal possibilities (men, women, older / younger
  persons, bigger employers, )

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IMPLEMENTATION of EQUAL principles

• Transnational cooperation
• Inclusion into practices of existing policies
• Empowerment

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RESULTS 1/2

• Stationary and mobile informing units for the
  city of Maribor and its surroundings
• Defined needs of employers and disabled persons
  regarding employment
• Data base of employers and disabled persons
• Selection of positive examples for promoting
  employment of disabled persons

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RESULTS 2/2

• promotional material
• transnational activities
• qualified job coaches, with knowledge
  certification
• standards and normatives formed to encourage
  stationary and mobile informing units for
  employment of disabled persons

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TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION 1/3

• 2 Transnational cooperation Agreements
• 1.) FADIESIS
• 1A (IT-IT-G2-VEN-010) RPFADIESIS
  Fattoria Didattica di Sviluppo e Inclusione Soc.
  le per giovani disabili

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TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION 2/3

• 2.) eXtend
• 1A (AT-1B-01/237) RP RoomyCompany.at
• 1A (CZ-23) RPPENTACOM-labour office-training-voc
  ational rehabilition-target groups-employers
• 1A (IE-24) RPCarlow EQUAL Employment
  Partnership
• 1A (PL-31) RP.Zwiazkowa Promocja i Ochrona
  Rownouprawnienia Osob Niepelnosprawnych w
  Zatrud.

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TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION 3/3

• Common activities of transnational cooperation
• Innovative development
• Exchange of information and experiences
• Import/export of knowledge
• Exchange of trainers / educated persons /
  employed persons

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DP services, systems and products

• Services stationary / mobile informing units
  IN-VALID-IN
• Informing
• Consulting
• Systems
• Innovative informing system
• Products
• Employment
• Higher level of informing
• New methods of informing
• Work promotion

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DP Benefits

• Higher level of education (disabled persons)
• More work experience
• Higher level of informing
• Stimulation and co-operation
• Connection between different institutions
• Economical benefits (employers)

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CONTACTS 1/3

• DP managing organisation IN-VALID-IN
• OZARA storitveno in invalidsko podjetje d.o.o.
• Ulica heroja aranovica 27, 2000 Maribor,
  Slovenia
• Karmen ERJAK, project manager
• phone/fax 386 / 2 238 06 70 238 06 77
• e-mail jovita.lendvaj_at_ozara.org
• Mateja BRADEKO, financial manager transnational
  coordination
• phone/fax 386 / 2 238 06 76 238 06 77
• e-mail mateja.bradesko_at_ozara.org

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CONTACTS 2/3

• Partners of DP IN-VALID-IN
• Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia,
  Maribor Regional Chamber
• Adress Ulica talcev 24, 2000 Maribor,
  Slovenia
• Mrs. Lidija MAJCEN
• phone 386 / 2 220 87 25
• e-mail lidija.majcen_at_gzs.si
• Free Trade Union of Slovenia, , Slovenia
• Mr. Andrej ZORKO
• phone 386 / 2 23 48 302
• e-mail andrej.zorko_at_sindikatzsss-podravja.si
  

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CONTACTS 3/3

• Employment Service of Slovenia, Regional Office
  Maribor
• Adress Gregorciceva ulica 37, 2000 Maribor,
  Slovenia
• Mrs. Mira ZAPECNIK
• phone 386 / 2 25 25 371
• e-mail mira.zapecnik_at_ess.gov.si

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Zavod RS za zaposlovanje Obmocna sluba Maribor
storitveno in invalidsko podjetje d.o.o.
Obmocna organizacija Podravja
Obmocna zbornica Maribor
DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP IN-VALID-IN WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY INITIATIVE
Program delno financira Ministrstvo za delo,
druino in socialne zadeve
Program delno financira Evropska Unija