Programme


The Conference Programme is a combination of plenary sessions, study visits and a number of attractive interactive workshop sessions.


Dates

Wednesday, September 18 – Saturday, September 21, 2013.

Venue

The conference will be hosted at the IONIAN UNIVERSITY in the city and the CORFU HOLIDAY PALACE which is located in the Kanoni area of Corfu

Conference Language 

English and Greek

Registration

registration process will take place only at Corfu Holiday Palace

Programme Structure

Guided City Tour and Study visits 

Participants of the 26th SFE CEFEC conference will have the opportunity to participate in study visits, which has been organised by the social co-operative of Corfu “NEW HORIZONS”. 
There will be a walking guided city tour while visiting the Entrepreneurial activities of  the KoiSPE New Horizons
PLEASE do mention in your registration form if you wish to participate in the study visits.

Workshops

Please consult the REGISTRATION FORM and check the workshops you wish to attend.

Exhibition 

During Friday 20 and Saturday 21st of September Social Cooperatives, Social Firms and Local Social Business will exhibit their products. 


Daily Programme 




Tuesday 17.09.2013
16:00 – 20:00



registrations at Corfu Holiday Palace  

DAY 1
Wednesday 18.9.2013
11:00-14:00
Registrations at Corfu Holiday Palace
16:00-20:00



16:00-20:00
SFE CEFEC Executive Committee Meeting at Corfu Holiday Palace


20:30 
‘A get together drink’ at Café Lunatico

DAY 2
Thursday 19.9.2013  (IONIAN UNIVERSITY)
9:00-10:00
Conference Opening 
Moderators: Athena Frangouli, Chairperson of SFE CEFEC
Maria Dimopoulou, Vice President of KoiSPE “New Horizons”, Corfu, Greece

Welcome addresses
Spyridon Spyrou, Regional of  Ionian Islands, Corfu, Greece Ioannis Trepeklis, Mayor of Muncipality of Corfu, Corfu, Greece
Stavros Katsios, Prof., Vice Rector of Financial Management Development of the Ionian University, Corfu, Greece
Georgios Chondrogiannis, President of the Chamber of Corfu, Corfu, Greece
Ksenofon Kavadias, President of KoiSPE “New Horizons”, Greece



Introducing the island of Kerkyra
Kostas Tsoumanis, Regional Director of Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism, GNTO, Greece



Introducing the Social Cooperative KoiSPE ‘New Horizons’
Athanasios Papavlassopoulos, CEO of KoiSPE  ‘New Horizons’, Corfu, Greece
10:00-13:30
Guided City Tour and Study visits
Walking guided city tour while visiting the entrepreneurial activities of  KoiSPE “New Horizons” 
  • ‘Melissa’ a day center for people with learning disabilities 
  • Bakery – pastry 
  • Catering service 
  • Café Lunatico and Town Hall Cafe 
  • Parking services
  • Environmental park


13:30-16:30
Lunch break at Corfu Holiday Palace

Venue:

Corfu Holiday Palace
14:00-19:00
Registrations
16:30-17:00


Official opening
Christiane Haerlin, Member of the Executive Committee of SFE CEFEC, Germany 
Yorgos Kokkinakos, Chairperson of the Pan-Hellenic Federation of Social Cooperatives (PO.Koi.S.P.E.), Greece
Efi Bekou, Department of Welfare, Ministry of Labour Social Security and Welfare, Greece 
Vasile Gafiuc, Secretary General of SFE CEFEC, Romania
Anastasia Tovi, Member of the Executive Committee of PO.Koi.S.P.E, Thessaloniki, Greece 


17:00-18:30
‘Mapping Social Economy in Europe’: Belgium, Finland, Germany, Italy, Romania, Slovenia, United Kingdom
(to be continued after the break) 
Co-ordinators:
Vasile Gafiuc, Secretary General of SFE CEFEC, Romania
Polona Štefanić, Slovenian Association for Mental Health, SLOVENIA


18:30-19:00
Coffee Break 


19:00-20:30

 ‘Mapping Social Economy in Europe’: Austria, Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland.
Co-ordinators:
Vasile Gafiuc, Secretary General of SFE CEFEC, Romania
Polona Štefanić, Slovenian Association for Mental Health, Slovenia


21:00-21:30

Theatre play 
“ASCETIC” N. Kazantzakis at the Latin Chapel (Church of Madonna del Carmine) of the old Fortress of Corfu


21:30
Free Evening


DAY 3
Friday 20.9.2013 (CORFU HOLIDAY PALACE)
9:30-10:30
INTERACTIVE SESSION
Social Entrepreneurship Today:   Grasping the Challenges and the Opportunities
Coordinator: Athena Frangouli, Chairperson of SFE CEFEC
Speaker: Konstantinos Geormas, Dr. of Sociology, Director of department of Social Economy of Ministry of Labor Social Insurance and Welfare, Greece

10:30-11:00
Coffee Break


11:00-12:30
Workshops 
  • W1: “Social Economy Europe: Challenges & Opportunities” An update from the 8 European partners of SETreality project
Coordinators: Graham Nicholls, Plymounth Mind, UK
Tom Zuljevic-Salamon, Die Querdenker, AUSTRIA
  • W2: Job Coaching – Empowering for work
    Coordinators: Bernard Jacob, Federal Coordinator of the Reform of Mental Health Care, BELGIUM
Pavel Novak, FOKUS - Association for Mental Health Care, CZECH REPUBLIC
 
  • W3: “Linz Appeal: our SFE CEFEC experience and how to encourage more Social Firms to set up”  
Coordinators: Christiane Haerlin, Member of the Executive Committee of SFE CEFEC, GERMANY
Sigrid Strőher, Pro Mente Austria, AUSTRIA
Stelios Chatzigeorgiadis, Chairperson, KoiSPE Thessaloniki, GREECE
  • W4: European legislation for social cooperatives – social firms
Coordinators: Lorenzo Toresini, Psychiatrist, Consultant on Mental Health Policies, Bolzano, ITALY
Konstantinos Geormas, Dr. of Sociology, Director of department of Social Economy of Ministry of Labor social insurance and welfare, GREECE


13:00-15:30
Lunch Break


16:00-17:00
ROUND TABLE
Social Economy: being between the private and the public sector. Presenting the compass to social enterprise
Coordinator: Ilias Grammatikopoulos, Psychiatrist, KoiSPE “Desmos”, Imathia, Greece. 
Speakers: Tom Zuljevic-Salamon, Die Querdenker, Austria
Pavel Novak, FOKUS - Association for Mental Health Care, Czech Republic
Magdalena Bene, County Council Alba Iulia, Romania
17:00 – 17:30
Coffee Break


17:30-19:00
Workshops
  • W5: Start-up in social economy 
      Coordinators: Petru Vasile Gafiuc, AREAS, Suceava,
      ROMANIA
      Tom Zuljevic-Salamon, Die Querdenker, Austria       
      Magdalena Bene,  County Council Alba Iulia, ROMANIA
      Nikolaos Avraam, KoiSPE ”Athina – Elpis”, Attica,
      GREECE

  • W6: Economic Expertise: Successful management for business success 
Coordinators: Polona Štefanić, Slovenian Association for Mental Health, SLOVENIA
Athanasios Papavlassopoulos, CEO of KoiSPE  “New Horizon”, Corfu, GREECE

  • W7: Work opportunities for offenders
Coordinators: Michele Rigby, Social Firms UK, UK
Kostas Mantzos, Therapy Center for Dependent Individuals, KETHEA, Epirus, GREECE

  • W8: Social Firms - Tools of social and vocational integration 
Coordinators: Dominik Murawa, Social Firm KLOS, Jedlicze, POLAND
 Stefanos Koulis, President, KoiSPE “Faros”, Achaias, GREECE


21:00
Gala Dinner at the Garden of the Old Palace (ART CAFÉ)

DAY 4
Saturday 21.9.2013   (CORFU HOLIDAY PALACE)
9:30-11:30

9:30-9:45

‘Seeds for the Future’ 
- Presenting the next SFE CEFEC Conference
Moderator Petru Vasile Gafiuc, Secretary General SFE CEFEC, Romania

09:45 – 10:30

Entrepreneurial ideas from SETreality: in and out social economy
Moderator/Discussant: Sotirios Koupidis, MD, PhD, President of Supervisory Committee Board of KoiSPE “New Horizons”, Corfu, Greece

  • Social Cooperatives: The Italian and The Greek model 
         
ITALY: Social Cooperative OASIS, Bolzano
Giulia Failli, Director of Social Cooperative Oasis

GREECE: Social Cooperative “Faros”, Achaias 
Stefanos Koulis, President
Social Cooperative Thessaloniki
Stelios Chatzigeorgiadis, President 

10:30 – 11:00
  • other models of enterprises  

Social Cooperative Enterprises Greece
Stelios Katomeris, President of Social Cooperative
Enterprises “ALYLEGII” south suburbs, Attica 

Corfu enterprises 
- CORFUBEER
- Mavromatis distillery

11:00 – 11:20
- Reports from the workshops
11:20 – 11:30
- Closure of the conference 
Yorgos Kokkinakos, Chairperson of the Pan-Hellenic Federation of Social Cooperatives (PO.Koi.S.P.E.), Greece Petru Vasile Gafiuc, Secretary General SFE CEFEC, Romania
Christiane Haerlin, Member of the Executive Committee of SFE CEFEC, Germany


11:30-12:00
Coffee Break


12:00-13:00
SFE CEFEC General Assembly 


14:00
Sea side picnic
optional – the tour is at participants’ own cost!  


Exhibition
Social Cooperatives, Social Firms and Local Social Business will exhibit their products on Friday 20.09 and Saturday 21.09




Plenary Sessions

Friday 20/09/2013, 09:30 – 10:30 
Social Entrepreneurship Today: Grasping the Challenges and the Opportunities 
Interactive session 
The participants will be able to work in groups where they could discuss their concerns, experiences and suggestions regarding the possibilities and opportunities presented today through the “social entrepreneurship” to the establishment and development of a “social responsibility” and a “civil society”.

Friday 20/09/2013, 16:00 – 17:00 
“Social Economy: being between the private and the public sector. 
Presenting the compass to social enterprise” 
SOCIAL ECONOMY is a concept with a wide range of interpretation. A section of economy that flirts with both private and the public sector. Pointing out and highlighting the main characteristics of this sector is important in order to make it recognizable and comprehensible and subsequently to explore and unfold the possibilities and opportunities that this sector could offer to society with the aim to implement and develop a social attitude of economy. The experience of those involved in the fields of Social Economy could be used as a guide to those to follow. What makes an enterprise a social enterprise, how society benefits, are there limits, are only some of the concerns that emerge and highlights the necessity of guidance, of a Social Enterprise Compass. This plenary session gives the opportunity to an open discussion, a share of “know how” and exchange of thoughts on the significance of Social Economy in present times.

Saturday 21/ 09 from 10:00 – 11:15 
Entrepreneurial ideas from SETreality: in and out social economy 
In the frames of the Conference program the Greek partner (KoiSPE Diadromes) of the European program “SETreality project” is organizing a plenary session under the title of: “Entrepreneurial ideas from SETreality: in and out social economy” where we wish to be presented the Italian and the Greek social cooperatives as a distinguished model of social and work integration of people with mental health problems and other types of disability and disadvantage as well. In addition there will be a second part where other models of cooperatives and local enterprises will be presented as an effort to the research, exchange of ideas and know how among different types of enterprises.