International Seminar
“ Work integration social enterprises– old challenges, new pathways”
RESIT – Portugal strategy in action
Porto 26/06/2015
Rosa Silva
EUROPEAN NETWORK OF SOCIAL INTEGRATION ENTERPRISES
The Institution
 ARTENAVE - IPSS for the social integration and professional of vulnerable
and at risk audiences through leisure , housing and work.
 Average annual budget of 750 000,00€;
 26 workers with a non fixed-term contract and 7 with a fixed-term
contract serving 45 people with disabilities, (20 in housing and 15 in
training) and 55 external clients (agricultural producers and other economic
actors);
 It acts on a poor rural region (63% purchase power/ national capita),
low population density (46h/Km2) and weakened by the aging of the
population (aging index: 159,2).
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The strategy
ARTENAVE – Institutional Strategic Plan
PIAIE
Concerted Plan for Integration and Employment
ECONAVE
IOD
Provision of services– WISE (?)
Professional integration of
vulnerable audiences
DLBC
“Local development of communitary basis”
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The WISE
 WISE (ECONAVE) since 2000/ Revoked by the decree DL 13/15 January 26th;
 From its current 9 workers, 5 are being integrated in the agricultural sector;
 Ongoing study/ business plans for a new model to provide services in the
agricultural sector and environmental sector.
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IOD Methodology
IOD – (Intervention sur l’offre et la demande) – Intervention in the offer and
demand (of a job)
 A free-of-charge service for SME’s (recruitment and human resources);
 Professional integration of vulnerable audiences, through economic activity;
 A partnership of organisations and networking of social actors and economic
agents;
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IOD Methodology
 Is developed by TRANSFER Association(Bordeaux- France);
 ARTENAVE plans to implement it locally for the work integration of people
facing difficulties entering the labour market and propose it to RESIT for
implementation on a national level;
Through an agreement, currently being negotiated with TRANSFER;
 We await for public funding for the Pilot Team of IA (integration agents) and
its replication.
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DLBC –Local development of communitary basis
 ARTENAVE saw in DLBC the possibility to fulfil its Strategic Plan;
 Developed a proposal that was presented to Association Beira Douro
(ABD);
The proposal hangs on professional and social integration through 4
actions:
1. Presentation, negotiation and subscription of individuals kits of
monitoring (people at risk of social exclusion);
2. Creation and functioning of a team of integration agents;
3. Making workers available to individual farmers and agricultural
business men (training people and providing services);
4. Placement of long-term unemployed in companies and
identification of new job posts
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 DLBC GAL Rural – Beira Douro approved for the
2nd phase. Currently preparing the local strategy
ARTENAVE hope to implement its proposal
EUROPEAN NETWORK OF SOCIAL INTEGRATION ENTERPRISES
International Seminar
“ Work integration social enterprises– old challenges, new pathways”
RESIT – Portugal strategy in action
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Thank you!
Rosa Silva
EUROPEAN NETWORK OF SOCIAL INTEGRATION ENTERPRISES