Project ID: 2012-1-IT1-LEO04-02959 1 Leonardo da Vinci Partnership S.E.GR.E. Social Enterprises & Green Economy: new models of European Development PARTECIPANTS STUDY VISIT Name Surname Association E-mail Role 1 Giacomo Sarti Associazione Orius segre@associazioneorius.eu Project Leader 2 Giorgio Rosso Associazione Orius presidenza@associazioneorius.eu President 3 Marinka Vovk Environmental Research Institute orz@siol.com Environmental Manager 4 Franc Zver Environmental Research Institute Director 5 Timo Keisala Bovallius Services ltd timo.keisala@bovallius.fi CEO 6 Maarit Kräkin Bovallius Services ltd maarit.krakin@bovallius.fi Teacher 7 Ulla Nyrönen Bovallius Services ltd ulla.nyronen@bovallius.fi Recruiting Manager 8 Jukka-Pekka Itkonen Bovallius Services ltd jukka-pekka.itkonen@bovallius.fi Work Coach 9 Sirpa Suhonen Bovallius Services ltd sirpa.suhonen@bovallius.fi Project Manager 1
Steering Committee THURSDAY 05 TH DECEMBER PLACE PIEKSÄMÄKI DECISION TAKEN SPEAKER GIACOMO SARTI AND GIORGIO ROSSO ASSOCIAZIONE ORIUS DISCUSSION 1. REVIEW OF LEONARDO VISITS IN ITALY AND SLOVENIA 2013. 2. STATEMENT THAT BELGIUM ISN T AN OFFICIAL PARTNER ANY MORE, BUT JUST SILENT PARTNER. 3. IF ALL THE REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT FILLED AT THE END OF LEONARNO PROJECT THE PARTNERS ARE NOT GOING TO GET THE FINANCING. 4. THERE WILL BE AN INSPECTION CONSIDERING ALL THE DOCUMENTS IN ITALY ON 17 TH OF DECEMBER. 5. FOR NOW THERE HAS BEEN 3 MEETINGS DURING THIS PROJECT. UNFORTUNATELY BOVALLIUS SERVICES LTD HASN T BEEN ABLE TO TAKE PART IN ANY OF THEM. BOVALLIUS HAS TO WRITE THE REPORT CONCERNING THE VISIT IN PIEKSÄMÄKI, FINLAND ON 3 RD TO 5 TH OF DECEMBER 2013. 6. THERE SHOULD BE A CONNECTION TO A NATIONAL AGENCY BECAUSE THE FINANCIAL ISN T COMING FROM EU. 7. THE AIM OF SEGRE IS THAT: THERE WILL BE NATIONWIDE CO-OPERATION CONCERNING RECYCLING ETC. IT IS IMPORTANT TO COMPARE AND EXCHANGE DIFFERENT PRACTICES AND KNOWHOW. THERE WILL BE NEW AND BETTER WAYS TO EXCHANGE KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWHOW. AS AN END PRODUCT A CD/DVD IS MADE. ALL THE INFORMATION, GOOD PRACTICES AND FIGURES OF THE OPERATIONS DURING THE PROJECT WILL BE GATHERED INTO IT. THE PARTNERS COMBINE THEIR SKILLS IN ORDER TO CREATE NEW SKILLS. THERE SHOULD BE ALL THE BEST FEATURES WRITTEN IN EVERY REPORT. THE EARLIER REPORTS (2) ARE TOO SHORT AND INACCURATE. THEREFORE THE SLOVENIAN AND ITALIAN PARTNERS HAVE TO WRITE THEM 2
AGAIN. THERE MUST BE MORE ACCURATE AND DETAILED INFORMATION AND MORE OBSERVATION. THE REPORT SHOULD BE A PRODUCT THAT CAN BE UNDERSTOOD ALSO BY THE OUTSIDERS. THERE MUST BE 3-4 GOOD PRACTICES AND FUNCTIONS DESCRIBED IN IT. THEREFORE AT THE END OF THE LEONARDO PROJECT THERE WILL BE CIRCA 15 DIFFERENT MODELS. THEY WILL BE DISSEMINATED TO OTHER PEOPLE VIA RREUSE WEBPAGE AND OTHER WAYS. EVERY PARTNER HAS A TASK TO DO. THERE WILL BE A MEETING IN TURKU, FINLAND ON 4 TH TO 6 TH OF JUNE IN 2014. IT IS A SMALL SEMINAR IN WHICH THE FINAL REPORT AND THE RESULTS ARE PRESENTED. IT IS A PUBLIC EVENT. THERE SHOULD BE SOME EVIDENCE CONCERNING THE LOCAL PRACTICES AND GOOD FUNCTIONS. THERE SHOULD BE ONE WELL-KNOWN SPEAKER WHO HAS BEEN SOMEHOW IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE PROJECT. ALSO THE PRESS/MEDIA SHOULD BE INVOLVED. METHODOLOGICAL AND PRACTICAL GUIDELINES INCLUDING THE GOOD PRACTICES MUST BE CREATED AFTER THE SEMINAR. ALL PARTNERS PARTICIPATE IN PLANNING THE SEMINAR IN FINLAND. THERE WILL BE SMALL LOCAL WORKSHOPS IN ITALY AND IN SLOVENIA. THE PROJECT DOESN T HAVE A LEADER. EVERY PARTNER IS IN CHARGE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR EXAMPLE CONCERNING THE CONNECTION TO NATIONAL AGENCY. A PLAN OF ACTION WAS MADE IN THE BEGINNING. NOW A FINAL REPORT AND THE END PRODUCT CD/DVD MUST BE DONE. EVERY PARTNERS HELP IS NEEDED. PARTNERS MUST CONTACT EACH OTHER TO COMPLETE THE MISSION. 8. EU WANTS US TO DISSEMINATE AS WIDE AS POSSIBLE THE INFORMATION ETC. 9. THERE WILL BE A NEW PROJECT ERASMUS FOR ALL IN 2014-2020 AND THERE ARE NEW GUIDELINES TO IT. USUALLY IT IS POSSIBLE TO START A NEW PRODUCT AFTER THE LEONARDO PROJECT. ITALY IS WILLING TO CONTINUE CO-OPERATION WITH ITS PARTNERS. IN MARCH/APRIL 2014 IT IS TIME TO PRESENT NEW PROJECTS TO THE COMMISSION. 10. IN NEXT FEW WEEKS GIACOMO SARTI WILL SEND THE LATEST MATERIAL FOR ALL. 11. FOR A LITTLE WHILE AGO THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST FROM APULIAN TO GET A PARTNER INTO A PROGRAM THAT CONCERNS THE EDUCATION IN PRISONS ON GREEN ECONOMY. IT IS A PEER REVIEW WITH A PARTNER WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION IN PRISON. BOVALLIUS HAS THAT EXPERIENCE AND THEREFORE ORIUS HAS ASKED IT TO 3
JOIN AS A PARTNER. THE OTHER TRANSNATIONAL PARTNER IS GERMANY JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. THE AIM IS TO VERIFY AND REVIEW THE PROJECT IN APULIA IN THE BEGINNING, IN THE MIDDLE AND AT THE END. THE EXPERIENCE IN PRISON EDUCATION IS REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSION. 20.000 EUROS IS PAID FOR EVERY PARTNER FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PEER REVIEW. THE TRAVEL EXPENSES ARE PAID BESIDES. 12. LEONARDO PROJECT ENDS ON 30 TH OF JUNE 2014. THE FINAL REPORT MUST BE RELEASED IN 30 DAYS. 13. THE NEXT MEETING IS IN BOLOGNA, ITALY ON 15 TH TO 17 TH OF APRIL 2014 AND THE NEXT AFTER THAT IS IN TURKU, FINLAND ON 4 TH TO 6 TH OF JUNE 2014. BOVALLIUS HAS STILL 4 TRANSNATIONAL VISITS TO DO. Study Visits WEDNESDAY 4 TH DECEMBER PLACE PIEKSÄMÄKI, THE NAARAJÄRVI OPEN PRISON QUESTIONS / COMMENTS OF THE PARTICIPANTS PRACTICE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN PRISON SPEAKER JYRI KOIVUMAA, THE DIRECTOR OF THE PRISON HOW MANY PRISONS AND PRISONERS ARE IN DISCUSSION FINLAND? INDICATORS DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST RELEVANT PRACTICE WHAT KIND OF WORK OR ACTIVITIES THERE IS? 1. WHAT: Brief description of the practice / intervention addressees Vocational education to prisoners inside the prison. The study programme in everyday life management. IS THERE LEISURE TIME AND WHAT KIND OF POSSIBILITIES FOR HOBBIES? 2. WHERE: Localization of the In the Naarajärvi prison in Pieksämäki, Finland. ARE THE PRISON STUDENTS WILLING TO WORK intervention: intervention territory AFTER THE EDUCATION? 3. WHO: Promoter of the structure / Bovallius Vocational Education and Training Centre. WHAT PLANS THEY HAVE? company manager / partner and support organizations 4. WHEN: How old is the practice and Since 2011 and is still active. 4
if it is still active 5. WHY: Purpose of the practice To help prisoners to live independently, learn workmanship and interaction. To build an individual path to further studies. To help them integrate and adjust into the society and to labour market after the sentence. To build a better self-esteem and self-. 6. HOW : Source of funding / funding Criminal Sanctions Agency. body/economic sustainability 7. BENEFICIARIES AND THEIR NEEDS: How are relived the final beneficiaries problems and to whom the service/project aims to give an answer 8. ANSWERS TO BENEFICIAIRES NEEDS: To which final beneficiaries problems the service gives an answer 9. STAFF AND SKILLS: Professionals Minimum involved: educational level Activities / tasks 1) Prisoners/offenders: The lack of learning competence and skills. The difficulties to find a job after the sentence. The difficulties to adjust to society. 2) The society: The costs and other problems caused by the crimes. 1) The aim of this education is to help the prisoners/offenders to live their lives without crime. Therefore the aim is that this will be their last time in prison. 2) The aim is to help them study a profession and to get a job and housing. 3) The cost for one prisoner per day in open prison is 125 euros. In addition to that there are lots of other costs in society that are caused by the crimes. Therefore the social aim is to minimize those costs. Vocational School Teaching subjects as cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping, 5
carry out Professional / technical skills and Linguistic skills and ICT skills and Organisational skills Social skills Other skills 10. LINKS: Connections between the reported practice and other local (private or public) services in order to achieve the intended purpose 11. NETWORKS: Description of the reference network, if any, formal or informal 12. SPECIAL REMARKS: Conditions for the operation of the practice social skills, ICT-learning and communication. Practical and theoretical in mentioned activities. Teaching capabilities. Finnish and some skills in ICT. Low High; to keep order in the classroom and to organize the lessons. High; the climate in the classroom may be tensed and there may be multiple problems in behaviours etc. Pedagogical skills high; the students may have special needs, Employment Office, Social Office, Health Care Social Office Classroom facilities are repaired and built in 2009. 6
Study Visits WEDNESDAY 4 TH DECEMBER PLACE PIEKSÄMÄKI, BOVALLIUS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTRE PRACTICE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION QUESTIONS / COMMENTS OF THE PARTICIPANTS SPEAKER MARI PUTKONEN-HUTCHINS, TEACHER SOURCE OF FINANCING DISCUSSION WHAT SUBJECTS ARE TAUGHT INDICATORS DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST RELEVANT PRACTICE HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GRADUATE 1. WHAT: Brief description of the practice / intervention addressees Upper secondary vocational education and training to young and adult people with special needs. 2. WHERE: Localization of the intervention: intervention territory 3 main schools in Finland: Pieksämäki, Jyväskylä and Turku. Several outlets around Finland. 3. WHO: Promoter of the structure / Bovallius Vocational Education and Training Centre. company manager / partner and support organizations 4. WHEN: How old is the practice and Since 1905 and is still active. if it is still active 5. WHY: Purpose of the practice To provide vocational education and employment promoting activities to people with special needs: the hearing-impaired; dysphasia or intellectual and developmental disabilities; other learning difficulties; difficulties in social interaction. 6. HOW : Source of funding / funding body/economic sustainability Ministry of Education. 7
7. BENEFICIARIES AND THEIR NEEDS: How are relived the final beneficiaries problems and to whom the service/project aims to give an answer 8. ANSWERS TO BENEFICIAIRES NEEDS: To which final beneficiaries problems the service gives an answer 9. STAFF AND SKILLS: Professionals Minimum involved: educational level Activities / tasks carry out Professional / technical skills and Linguistic skills and ICT skills and Organisational skills Social skills People with special needs. The lack of learning competence and skills. The difficulties to find a job after the education. The difficulties to adjust to society especially in case of the developmentally disabled people. The aim is to facilitate the employment of people with special needs or disabilities so that they would be part of the society, get regular wage, have their own housing etc. Vocational education Teaching different subjects. Depending on the subject, for example ICT, maths, English and so on. Practical and theoretical skills. The education is divided into two sections: Vocational education and Preparative education. Depending on the subject; Finnish, English and Sign language. Middle to high. High; to keep order in the classroom and to organize the lessons. Especially high; the climate in the classroom may be tensed and there may be multiple problems in 8
Other skills 10. LINKS: Connections between the reported practice and other local (private or public) services in order to achieve the intended purpose 11. NETWORKS: Description of the reference network, if any, formal or informal 12. SPECIAL REMARKS: Conditions for the operation of the practice behaviours etc. The teacher has to know how to handle for example student with autism or dysphasia. Pedagogical and cognitive skills high; the students have different kind of special needs. Social Office Health Care Trustee of a student Bovallius Services ltd, private companies and municipalities (both local and nationwide). Good school facilities in Pieksämäki, Turku and Jyväskylä. Study Visits WEDNESDAY 4 TH DECEMBER PLACE PIEKSÄMÄKI, BOVALLIUS SERVICES LTD QUESTIONS / COMMENTS OF THE PARTICIPANTS PRACTICE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE SPEAKER TIMO KEISALA, CEO WHO ARE THE CUSTOMERS DISCUSSION WHAT KIND OF SERVICES ARE OFFERED INDICATORS DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST RELEVANT PRACTICE 1. WHAT: Brief description of the practice / intervention addressees Social enterprise. At least 30 % of the personnel are disabled or long-term unemployed persons. Businesses of the company are construction, garden and other environmental maintenance, real estate management, 9
various reuse and recycling services, shopping services for elderly people etc. 2. WHERE: Localization of the Pieksämäki, Kajaani, Turku, Oulu and Hämeenlinna. intervention: intervention territory (Head office in Pieksämäki.) 3. WHO: Promoter of the structure / Owned by S. an A. Bovallius Foundation. company manager / partner and support organizations 4. WHEN: How old is the practice and Since 2004 and is still active. if it is still active 5. WHY: Purpose of the practice The company offers opportunities for practical training and employment to the students graduating from Bovallius Vocational Education and Training Centre, disabled and other individuals who have difficulties in being employed. 6. HOW : Source of funding / funding Start-up capital from the Bovallius Foundation. After that body/economic sustainability 7. BENEFICIARIES AND THEIR NEEDS: How are relived the final beneficiaries problems and to whom the service/project aims to give an answer 8. ANSWERS TO BENEFICIAIRES NEEDS: To which final beneficiaries problems the service gives an answer 9. STAFF AND SKILLS: Professionals Minimum involved: educational level through services that are sold to customers. Customers such as various private companies, municipalities, the military, private households, Bovallius Foundation etc. There may be multiple problems that are solved by these services. Vocational School 10
Activities / tasks carry out Professional / technical skills and Linguistic skills and ICT skills and Organisational skills Social skills Other skills 10. LINKS: Connections between the reported practice and other local (private or public) services in order to achieve the intended purpose 11. NETWORKS: Description of the reference network, if any, formal or informal 12. SPECIAL REMARKS: Conditions for the operation of the practice All kind of activities concerning the services that are offered to customers. Woodwork, metal work, sewing, gardening etc. Coaching and leading workers with special needs. Depending on tasks; Finnish, English and Sign language. Middle to high. High; different types of workers and multiple different functions High; different types of workers and customers High; different types of practical skills. Employment Office Social Office Bovallius Vocational Education and Trainging Centre. Companies, other local, national and international projects. Multiple places to operate, good facilities in Pieksämäki and Turku. 11
Study Visits WEDNESDAY 4 TH DECEMBER PLACE PRACTICE SPEAKER DISCUSSION PIEKSÄMÄKI, BOVALLIUS SERVICES LTD SHOPPING SERVICES FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE TIMO KEISALA, CEO; PENTTI TANSKANEN, SHOPKEEPER; MARKUS VESTERINEN, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMICAL DEVELOPMENT IN PIEKSÄMÄKI MUNICIPALITY INDICATORS DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST RELEVANT PRACTICE 1. WHAT: Brief description of the practice / Bovallius Services ltd does the shopping on behalf of elderly people. intervention addressees 2. WHERE: Localization of the intervention: Pieksämäki intervention territory 3. WHO: Promoter of the structure / company S-market Pieksämäki (grocery store), Pieksämäki municipality and Bovallius Services manager / partner and support organizations ltd 4. WHEN: How old is the practice and if it is still active Since 2009 and is still active. 5. WHY: Purpose of the practice To do shopping on behalf of elderly people. 6. HOW : Source of funding / funding body/economic The costs are devided between Pieksämäki municipality, the grocery store and the sustainability customers themselves. 7. BENEFICIARIES AND THEIR NEEDS: How are relived Elderly people or people with some disabilities. The employees of Bovallius Services the final beneficiaries problems and to whom the ltd pick up the shopping lists from customer s homes, do the shopping and bring the service/project aims to give an answer items to customer s homes. No money is handled; the invoice is mailed afterwards. 8. ANSWERS TO BENEFICIAIRES NEEDS: To which final beneficiaries problems the service gives an answer Earlier home care units of the municipality took care of the shopping but it had to be terminated because there wasn t enough money to do it. Elderly people have difficulties to do the shopping by themself so this service solves their problems. 12
9. STAFF AND SKILLS: The employees are long-term unemployed or disabled people. Professionals Minimum educational level Comprehensive School involved: Activities / tasks carry out Driving, shopping and customer service. Professional / technical skills Financial and product. and Linguistic skills and Finnish ICT skills and None Organisational skills None Social skills Middle; interaction with customers. Other skills None 10. LINKS: Connections between the reported practice and other local (private or public) services in order to Home Care units Trustees of the customers. achieve the intended purpose 11. NETWORKS: Description of the reference network, none if any, formal or informal 12. SPECIAL REMARKS: Conditions for the operation of none the practice 13