Workshop on Social Innovation

19- 20 of January, Brussels,

Barbara Sadowska

Barka system for education and employment of the long term

unemployed people

6/9 Sw. Wincentego str.61-003 Poznan,POLAND tel./fax + 48 61 872 026 86e-mail: barka@barka.org.plwww.barka.org.pl

Background information

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WEAK SIDESWeak society’s preparation to the free market economy and democracy, lack of financial support, legal regulations and lack of citizens’ society’s structures; Societal stagnancy and lack of co-operation at administrative, private and individual levels; Lack of entrepreneurial activities traditions; Passive welfare approaches, lack of re-socialization programs;Unbeneficial changes in the situation of many people, who were not prepared to the political and economic transformation (homelessness as result of evictions and liquidation of workers hotels, long term unemployment, closure of unprofitable companies, addictions as result of worsening life conditions, increase of violence);Lack of educational programmes for staff in the area of social economy, etc.

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STRONG SIDES:

Entry into a free market economy and democracy created possibilities for search of new solutions; Relief for the financial strain on the national system of social welfare can be found through the social economy; Leaders determination to shape a new social policy in Poland and create an alternative system of support;The EU enlargement process emphasizes the strengthening of citizens society initiatives and development of active forms of support to socially excluded people, as well as the development of human resources through financial instruments, mainly the EFS.

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HOMELESSNESS, ADDICTIONS, DELINQUENCY, PASSIVITY: 1st step - communities creation ;

LACK OF SKILLS : 2nd step - socio-educational programme, which gave the basis for the creation of the act on social employment;

LACK OF LEGAL REGULATIONS : 3rd step - work places creation programme and social entrepreneurship - Barka prepared a proposal of a new legislation to obtain legal recognition of social cooperatives – law on social cooperatives;SHORTAGE, OVERCROWDED AND DAMP HOUSING : 4th step - housing programme - an example of public-social and public-private partnerships - act on activities of public benefit and volunteerism (in which the Barka Foundation participated as consultant) and act on financial support in the period 2004-2006 for creation of social housing, shelters and hostels for the homeless

Background information New Legislation 2002 - 2006

Building public – social partnership - Act on Activities of Public Benefit and Volunteerism

Social Integration Centres and Clubs of Social Integration – trade training and general education for long term unemployed people - Law on Social Employment

Emerging social cooperatives - Law on Social Cooperatives

Housing for people with low wages - Law on Accesible Housing

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Target Population

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1st GROUP : socially excluded people or threatened by exclusion: unemployed people, homeless, released from prisons, leaving orphanages and correctional houses, addicted and people without any income

2nd GROUP : workers of institutions of social support, local admnistration, NGOs, social animators, representatives of housing settlements’ councils, parishes, educational institutions, housing cooperatives, trade unions, entrepreneurs, social enterprises’ staff, media representatives and leaders of partner organizations.

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Long term unemployed people

Long term unemployed people

Open labour marketOpen labour market

People not qualified to participate in theSocial Integration Centre

People not qualified to participate in theSocial Integration Centre

HOUSING

Social Cooperatives and Social enterprises

Social Economy CentreSocial IntegrationCentreSocial IntegrationCentre

Hostels &Community housesfor homeless

Hostels &Community housesfor homeless

Support structures (local level)

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Networks & relationships

Housing cooperativesParishes

Inhabitants’ councils

Businesses

District work offices

NGOs

Social cooperativesEducational institutions

Local authority welfare office

LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS

SOCIAL ECONOMY LEADERS EDUCATION

1. Center of Social Integration2. Social Economy Centre

Local authority

LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS - new mechanism of cooperation

Local welfare institutions select the social clients for the integration programs. Than instead of distribution a social money, they order different tipes of services to the social cooperatives, which consist of former clients (in commune Lwowek 11 former social clients are prepared to take care of ederly people)

Housing company in Poznan order to take care of the green area to the people who haven’t payed for the rent of flats. These gave them possiblity to be self-employed and pay back their debts

Results of cooperation

• 18 social cooperatives• 3 social enterprice run by assosiations and

foundations• 3 limited companies• 7 ceters of social integration• 6 centers of social economy• 12 community houses• 32 social houses as a last step of integration

Evaluation• Opinion presented by local partners• Media presentation• Stories of people who have rebuilt their life

presented in publications• Report of the visitors from different regions

of Poland and from Europe (England, Irland, Copenhagen, Ukraine, Bielarus presented in www.barka.org.pl

• Evaluation of Polish and international researchers (Diesis, Rambol, Velux Foundation etc.)

POZNAN, LWOWEK, DREZDENKO, KWILCZ

Examples of reintegration programes

CARPENTRY Social enterprice - Poznan

5 workers are engaged in renovation and production of furniture.

Social Cooperative - ARTSMAK; Poznan

Serving food for students in schools and occasional events; 7 workers

ECO- FARMA – SOCIAL COOPERATIVES; Lwowek

11 workers, production of organic food

Social Enterprice - recreation center , 3 workers – Kwilcz

Gardening SOCIAL COOPERATIVEworking in cooperation with housing company; 8

workers

SOCIAL ENTERPRICE - STREET PAPER

The unemployed people in Poznan who sell the Street Paper earn 50 % of the price; yearly 50 vendors

The model was repited in The model was repited in WarsawWarsaw

Production of bicycles, CooP, Poznan; 5 workers

32 social houses – the last step to start independent life; Poznan

Darzybor Settlement – built in public – private partnership

First families living in the Darzybor Settlement; 150 persons

Mainstreaming infuence for 4 new legistations The model of public –social partnerships between local

welfere offices and social cooperatives ( following by 11 local authorities in different regions of Poland)

The model of partnerships between housing cooperatives and people who have debts( 3 social local settlements)

System of support of social cooperatives – Center of Social Economy followed by 11 new local communities

Added value – inclusion of the migrants inside of EU, who were not succeed in UK, Irland and Copenhagen who enter Barka system of integration in Poland;

influence of revision of the English and Irish system of suppot;

WELCOME TO THE

BARKA Programs in Polandwww.barka.org.pl