Samhalls Head of international co-operations is:
Leif Alm
leif.alm@samhall.se
Tel: +46 (0)8-553 411 09
Cell: +46 (0)70-638 05 97
Through the membership in Workability International , Samhall co-operates with more than 100 sister companies/organisations from 30 countries around the world. All the members of Workability International are providers of work and employment services for people with disabilities. Workability International has regional groups in America, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
Samhall is an active member of Workability Europe which has members both within and outside EU. At the European level, Workability Europe has created the network ENSPER (European Network of Service Providers in Employment and Rehabilitation) together with EPR (European Platform for Rehabilitation) and RI (Rehabilitation International). ENSPER networks to the EU, EDF (European Disability Forum), employers, trade unions and other relevant NGOs at the European level.
Workability Europe is currently engaged in four main areas of activities as follows:
Business to Business and Corporate Social responsibility.
- Enlargement.
- Communication & Networking.
- Routes to Employment & Best practise.
The Workability International Annual Conference 2007 took place in Stockholm, Sweden 11-14th September 2007 and was hosted by Samhall AB. The Annual Conference 2007 celebrated the 20th anniversary of Workability International. The first meeting of the organisation was held in Stockholm 1987.
The conference program covered both strategic directions for and best practise models in service provision and direct employment of people with disabilities. How to develop international innovative collaborations alliances & networks was also an important subject covered in the conference. As the conference took place in Stockholm the participants had the opportunity to learn from the Swedish model of working with employment for people with disabilities.
The Stockholm Declaration is seeking to maximise employment opportunities for people with disabilities was adopted by Workability International at the annual conference September 2007 in Stockholm. Its main message called for the early ratification and implementation of the UN Convention for the Rights of Disabled People by all countries, to provide a major stimulus for equalising employment levels of people with disabilities to those currently enjoyed by non-disabled people.
Stockholm declaration:
/upload/STOCKHOLM DECLARATION.doc
Sven Otto Littorin Minister for Employment. Speech at Workability International, Sept. 12, 2007:
/upload/Sven Otto Littorin.doc
Handouts:
/upload/Angela Kerins.ppt
/upload/Anna_Karin Hedlund.ppt/
/upload/Barbara Murray.ppt
/upload/Charlotte_MacLaine.ppt
/upload/Deborah Atkinson.ppt
/upload/Eileen_Lu.ppt
/upload/Eunsoo_Park.ppt
/upload/Frank Flannery.ppt
/upload/Karen_Lauwers.ppt
/upload/Maria Korodi.ppt
/upload/Nigel Hopkins.ppt
/upload/Ola_Lohman.ppt
/upload/Rehab_group_Int _Disability_Fund.ppt
/upload/Robyn Klos.ppt
/upload/Stevens.ppt
/upload/Thorkill_Sonne.ppt
/upload/VIPP Cedris.ppt
/upload/VIPP eng.ppt
/upload/Workability Conference Managing Mental Health at Work.ppt
/upload/Working together to increase employment, Stefan Trömel.ppt
Pictures from the conference:
/upload/WI_collage.ppt
/upload/Photo compeition.ppt
/upload/Bild delegaterna 2.JPG
/upload/Bild delegaterna.JPG
Samhall is an active member of the Leonardo project, Vocational Improvement Pipeline Project. It has been set up to develop, share and improve the employment of people with disabilities via specific "vocational pipelines" across 7 EU partners.
Samhall is also an active member of Rehabilitation International, which is a worldwide network of people with disabilities, service providers and government agencies.
Samhalls RI contact is Mari-Ann Levin-Polde:
mari-ann.Levin-polde@samhall.se
Sidan publicerades 2007-09-19