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In this current time of crisis and precariousness in the employment sector it is necessary to look for new ways of working that promote self-employment, foster the inclusion of disabled people in the open job market and encourage the use of technologies to reactivate the said market.
The term teleworking is another way of saying that Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can be applied to the development of new strategies for social inclusion thus giving rise to new working models. Teleworking not only contributes an added value to the company, a competitive advantage of a first order, but also gives people with disabilities the opportunity to enter the job market, either by self-employment or by being hired by a company.
If this phenomenon affects business at large then it affects companies of social economy in a very substantial way, since the latter rely on human resources, bonds of solidarity and socio-economic agreements in order to generate wealth and employment.
Teleworking forms part of a broader social agenda, an agenda where employment policies, the impact of technological development on the relationship between work and family, and quality of life are under debate.
The development of new ICT based techniques and processes that facilitate learning, access to knowledge, to training, to culture and employment place public agencies at local, county, national or Community level, as well as businesses, associations, and people with disabilities in a situation where they are faced with new perspectives for integration.
Teleworking and teletraining emerge as an integration option for people with disabilities by:
Teleworking requires a level of technical-professional qualifications in align with the demands of the market, if we intend to benefit from these insertion opportunities. It is priority to improve employability and above all improve the opportunities of access to continuing education and professional training for people with disabilities. Employment Area, CEPES
As well as integration opportunities for disabled people, teleworking also implies certain risks. It is important to bear this in mind in order to avoid, yet again, a situation where people with disabilities cannot become part of this integration process under conditions of equality.
Rafael de Lorenzo. Vice-president of Fundación ONCE. Vice-president of CEPES
Unless teleworking is properly regulated there is a danger of it becoming a form of sub-employment, or fringe economy.
Antonio Jiménez Lara. Head of the Cabinet of the General Secretary of the Social and Economic Council.
Teleworking (whether it be home-based or in teleworking centres, full-time or part-time) is more than 'work at a distance'. It is significant not only because it is directly associated with ICTs, but also because it involves new flexible patterns of management and work organisation. We are concerned that teleworking should develop in ways which emphasise the positive aspects of the new flexibilities (like wider access to jobs, more flexible timing of work) and which reduce the risks of shifting away from conventional workplaces such as isolation of workers, lower social protection and inadequate working conditions.
(...) In general, we would also like to see a much higher quality of debate on teleworking. The process of re-examining the basis for legal and social protection of teleworking should be conducted in such a way as to raise the general awareness of teleworking. This awareness should have the aim of making sure that potential teleworkers and managers know better the pros and cons of the different forms of teleworking. "Building the European Information Society for Us All. First Reflections of the High Level Group of Experts, Interim Report", DG V, European Commission, January1996
The working sessions will take the form of workshops, panels of experts, round tables and general discussions so that the conference will be of a very practical nature based on the exchange of experiences at both Spanish and European level.
Under the common denominator of the insertion of people with disabilities in the job market, parallel working sessions will be organised, in which delegates will reflect on a particular aspect in 5 different workshops.
The aim of each workshop is to extract conclusions, from the active participation of the delegates, to be included in the final conclusions of the Conference.
At least one week prior to the Conference each delegate will receive a copy of the specific documentation to be analysed at the workshop for which s/he has registered.
Parallel to the conference, delegates will have the opportunity to visit various stands of organisations and projects of the disability sector in order to obtain information and view demonstrations of Web pages and telematic resources.
CEPES - Confederación Empresarial Española de la Economía
(Social Spanish Bussiness Confederation for Social Economy)
c/ Vallehermoso 15, 1a planta 28015 Madrid (Spain)
Cepadite Project Co-ordinator: Carmen Viorreta
Telephone: 34-91 5930412
Fax: 34-91 4487393
E-mail: cepadite@cepes.es or c.viorreta@cepes.es
Website: www.cepes.es/cepadite.htm
Hotel NH Parque Avenidas
C/ Biarritz, 22
28028 Madrid (Spain)
(Accessible to mobility-impaired delegates)
Thursday, February 17
Morning Session
9: 30 - 10:00 | Registration of delegates |
10:00 - 10:30 | Opening Session 10:00 - 10:10 Manuel Pimentel. Minister of Work and Social Affairs 10:10 - 10:20 Marcos de Castro. President of CEPES - Confederación Empresarial Española de la Economía Social 10:00 - 10:30 Rafael de Lorenzo. Vice-president of Fundación ONCE and Vice-president of CEPES |
10:30 - 11:15 | Paper: Trends and perspectives for the insertion of the disabled in the job market in Europe. Rafel de Lorenzo. President of Employment Comette of EDF - European Disability Forum |
11:15 - 11:45 | Coffee Break |
11:45 - 12:30 | Paper: Teleworking in Spain. Risks and opportunities for people with disabilities to access employment. Angel Rodríguez Castedo General Secretary of the Social and Economic Council |
12:30 - 14:00 | Panel Discussion I. European experiences of teleworking and disability. Chairperson: Joaquín Bonaventura i Ayats. Manager of Fundosa Teleservicios 12:30 - 12:40 Introduction by Chairperson 12:40 - 12:10 Overview of the /Horizon II/Employment Initiative Projects in Spain focused on Teleworking and Teletraining. Maite Pozo. Support Structure HORIZON Initiative in Spain 12:10 - 12:40 Experience 1. Telework and Disability in Europe. Patrizio di Nicola. (Italy) 12:40 - 13:10 Experience 2. Ken Abrahan. Omnitech in Inverness (Scotland) |
14:00 - 15:30 | Lunch |
Afternoon Session
15:30 - 17:00 | Panel Discussion II. European experiences of teleworking and disability.
15:30 - 16:00 Experience 4: Connie Hasseman. Institutet for Blinge og Svagsynede (Denmark) 16:00 - 16:30 Experience 5: Rui Cartaxo. Think Project (Portugal) 16:30 - 17:00 Experience 6: Nicole Turbe-Suetens (France) |
17:00 - 17:20 | Discussion |
17:20 - 17:40 | Coffee Break |
17:40 - 19:30 | Analysis Workshops
17:40 - 17:50 Presentation: Carmen Viorreta. Employment Area, CEPES |
21:30 | GALA Dinner |
More experiences to be selected for workshop presentations:
Friday, February 18
Morning Session
9:15 - 11:30 |
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11:15 - 11:30 | Discussion |
11:30 - 12:00 | Coffee Break |
12:00 - 14:00 | Analysis Workshops Session 2
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| 14:00 - 15:30 | Lunch |
Afternoon Session
15:30 - 16:45 | Analysis Workshops Session 3
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16:45 - 17:15 | Coffee Break |
17:15 - 18:30 | Plenary Session
Presentation of Conference conclusions
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