The International Forum of the Social
Entrepreneurship
focusing on the encouragement of employment of disabled people
Ergoeduka held a Conference called The International Forum of Social Entrepreneurship. Its aim was to gather experts and interested local authorities from the Czech Republic and other European countries, to share experiences and to identify methods of leading in the encouragement and effective development of the integrative form of social entrepreneurship.
During the conference various Czech and foreign representatives presented. Videos, including presentations, and other materials have been prepared, which you can download and watch them yourself.
October 10 - 11
2013
70 participants
14 speakers
01The conference agenda and materials from the presentations
The morning sessions of both days were packed with presentations and participants´ contributions. During the afternoon sessions, all participants were divided into practical workshops focusing on different topics.
There were discussions about new approaches in assessing the labour market’s long-term unfavourable state of health, with emphasis on the social integration and encouragement of different ways of disabled people´s personal development.
At the end of the conference we summarised outcomes, which will then be presented to the representatives within the public sector and at the political level, with the aim of establishing new legislative conditions for social entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
| 9:00 a.m. | 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. | Participants´ registration |
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| 9:30 a.m. | 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. | Opening of the Conferencee Director of Ergotep, Petr Herynek Representative of Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic Representative of Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic Representative of the European Commission Petr Herynek Vladimír Špidla |
| 10:30 a.m. | 10:30 - 12:30 p.m. |
Plenary session I.
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| 12:30 p.m. | 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch Break |
| 1:30 p.m. | 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. | Working Groups I. (including coffee break), preparing recommendations and legislative adjustments for the Czech Republic with regard to the theme of the first plenary session. |
| 4:00 p.m. | 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Presentations of the working groups´ results and discussion in the plenum. |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner and evening program |
Friday, October 11, 2013
| 8:45 a.m. | 8:45 - 9:30 a.m. | Guided Ergotep Tour |
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| 9:30 a.m. | 9:30 - 12:30 p.m. |
Plenary session II. Hazel Blears
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| 12:30 p.m. | 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch Break |
| 1:30 p.m. | 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. | Working Groups II. (including coffee break)), preparing recommendations and legislative adjustments for the Czech Republic with regard to the theme of the second plenary session. |
| 4:00 p.m. | 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Presentations of the working groups´ results and discussion in the plenum. |
| 5:00 p.m. | 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. | End of the Conference – results, next steps and future co-operation |
| 6:00 p.m. | Common dinner and evening program / Departure of participants |
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Departure of participants, possibility to visit local sights or tourist paradise Toulcovy maštale.
02Where was the Conference held
In Ergotep’s education center “Ergoeduka”, a company based in Proseč, in the heart of the micro-region Toulovcovy Maštale in the Pardubice Region.
For more information about the region go to: www.mestoprosec.cz a www.mastale.cz.
03Under the auspices of
- Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic
- Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic
- Laszló Andor, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
