Disabilities and work
Symposium open to all public
Event under the patronage of the European Parliament
100 years
The objective is to provide a broad overview of the situation in Europe, though a lively and dynamic symposium event. Videos of first-hand accounts will be collected throughout Europe, from people with disabilities, guest-speaker "experts" will be asked to react and posters will complement the conference-room sessions.
Programme
- Day 1
- Thursday June, 21
Who? Why?
- Day 2
- Friday June, 22
Where? How to?
The four questions asked: "Who?" Why? Where? How? will be illustrated by first-hand accounts from workers with disabilities, presentations by researchers and round tables by professionals from the adapted sector and enterprises, hailing from several European countries.
Speakers
Filippo Cavallo
Professor at the BioRobotics Institute of Pise
Magdalena Kolasa
Psychologist in the Social Support Association “Me-You-Us”
Annette Fréoux
Director of a sheltered company and an « ESAT »
Stéphane Forgeron
Director of LADAPT
The organisers
This symposium is organised by the associations managing Social enterprises (ESAT) or Adapted Enterprises in the Finistère region: Genêts d’Or, Papillons blancs du Finistère, Kan ar Mor, La mutualité 29-56, APF, ADAPT, Sevel Services and ARFIE, federating 57 NGOs in 16 European countries.
