ELWARE - The Social Firms Specialised in Electric Waste Recycling ascii version

The objective of the ELWARE (Social Firms Specialising in Electronic Waste Recycling) project is to provide for people who are in disadvantage position on the labour market new job opportunities in social firms, especially in the field of recycling electrical and electronic waste. The aim is to simultaneously develop ecologically sustainable operating models for recycling. The project aims to investigate the starting process of a social firm and its operational preconditions, future challenges, and needs for change. The goal is to design a model for a Finnish social firm based on the data collected within the project. EU directives concerning recycling electric waste will come into force at 2004/2005 in every EU member state. Now it is the time to develop and organise preconditions for social firms and to create a business concept for electric waste recycling. The project aims to develop and to enlargen business activitity which is based on recycling of electronic scrap. The project anticipates the recycling directive coming from the EU which will increase the marketing potential of the industry and to enlargen business activity in this field. The strength of is that the activities of the project are conrete, the project will create real work for the target group.

Objective

The project aims to create new employment opportunities for difficult-to-place people in a growth sector, in the recycling of electronic scrap. Social enterprises have an excellent chance to succeed in this industry. The recycling of electronic gadgets in social enterprises has been tried out in Finland for a couple of years but in Europe for a longer time. In order for the social enterprises to really establish themselves in the industry, much more information and experiences are needed from other European countries; it is also essential to try to influence national authorities, decision-makers and the public. The aim of the project is to influence legislation in such a way that it will support the functioning of social enterprises, have an impact on authorities and decision-makers so that they will – by their own decisions and actions – promote the founding of social enterprises in the recycling field and the organising of necessary support measures. The aim is to disseminate information about business activities in this field to the great public and interest groups and to the indirect target group. Through information dissemination the project aims to have a positive effect on the employment opportunities of the indirect target group – immigrants, refugees, handicapped long-term unemployed people and those recovering from mental illness.

Innovation

Nature of the experimental activities to be implemented	Rating
Training	**
Conception for training programs, certification	**
Awareness raising, information, publicity	**

Type of innovation	Rating
Goal-oriented	****

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The field of electrical and electronic waste recycling provides markets and jobs that are highly suitable for social firms. Recycling is a labour-intensive field. Part of the work is easy to learn either through work experience or brief training. The work is thus suitable for unemployed people, immigrants or disabled people who have little training or whose training is out-of-date. The ELWARE project aims to promote regional processing of electrical and electronic waste so that the preliminary processing of the waste is carried out as close to its place of origin as possible. This will eliminate unnecessary transportation and employ people all over the country.

Budget Action 2

500 000 – 1 000 000 €

Beneficiaries

Assistance to persons	M	F
Unemployed	50.0%	50.0%
Employed	0.0%	0.0%
Others (without status, social beneficiaries...)	0.0%	0.0%
	100.0%
	M	F
Migrants, ethnic minorities, …	0.0%	0.0%
Asylum seekers	0.0%	0.0%
Population not migrant and not asylum seeker	50.0%	50.0%
	100.0%
	M	F
Physical Impairment	25.0%	25.0%
Mental Impairment	0.0%	0.0%
Mental Illness	25.0%	25.0%
Population not suffering from a disability	0.0%	0.0%
	100.0%
	M	F
Substance abusers	0.0%	0.0%
Homeless	0.0%	0.0%
(Ex-)prisoners	0.0%	0.0%
Other discriminated (religion, sexual orientation)	50.0%	50.0%
Without such specific discriminations	0.0%	0.0%
	100.0%
	M	F
< 25 year	0.0%	0.0%
25 - 50 year	50.0%	50.0%
> 50 year	0.0%	0.0%
	100.0%

Assistance to structures and systems and accompanying measures	Rating
Asylum	*
Disabilities	*
Low qualification	**
Unemployment	**

Participation in the project design

Empowerment

With beneficiaries

Participation

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In each partner organisation the development work is done in co-operation with the secondary target group of the DP, people with disabilities and long-term unemployed. These people take part in planning and organising recycyling of electric waste rectycling together with supervisors of social firms.

Between national partners

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DP Elware is based on democratic way of working. The decions are made in the Elware network meetings in which all DP partners take part. All the partners have importan and comprehensive role of the development work. All the partners are involved in transnational co-operation work. The partners have in their responsibility to organise the transnational co-operation work and running workshops.

Transnationality

Linguistic skills

suomi
English

Percentage of the budget for transnational activities

14.0%

Transnational Co-operation Partnerships

Transnational Co-operation Agreement	DPs involved
237 SENECA - Social Economy Network for Environmental Cooperation Activities	AT 3-08/135 CZ 3 IT IT-G-VEN-038 IT IT-S-MDL-216
665 MIND THE GAP	DE EA-64929 NL 2001/EQD/0002

Background

Involvment in previous EU programmes

Two and more partners involved in A&E

Networking

Interest in networking

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ELWARE DP is very active in RReuse network which is the network for recycling and reuse social firms in Europe. ELWARE DP was acive in establishing a network for Finnish social firms in the field of recycling and reuse. ELWARE project is a member of these networks.

Events

Last update: 15-05-2002 Top

web-page www.elware.fi, brochures, posters, news letter

Products

N.C.

National Partners

Partner	To be contacted for
National Research and Development Center for Welfare and Health	Co-ordination of experimental activities Design of the project DP managing organisation Evaluation Monitoring, data collection Transnational partnership
Kiepura Ltd.
Service Foundation of the Deaf
Tervatulli Ltd
Työ & Toiminta Association

Agreement Summary

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DP Elware takes part in two transnational DP: SENECA and Mind the Gap.The partners in within the SENECA have nationally the joint attitude to work on and disseminate new opportunities to implement environmental services in employment initiatives. The aim is to create new quality jobs and sustainable employment. Through the transnational learning performance of process, working conditions and skills at the technical and managerial level can be improved.

Mind the Gap is built up between three DP's who are concentrating on the strengthening of social companies in the third sector involved in the areas of reuse and recycle. The aim of the Mind the Gap DP is to promote the integration and reintegration of vulnerable job seekers with the help of strengthening and creating jobs and work opportunities in social economy.

(STAKES)
P.O.Box 220
Lintulahdenkuja 4
FIN-00531 Helsinki
www.stakes.fi

National Research and Development Center for Welfare and Health

Tel:+358 9 39671
Fax:+358 9 3967 22913
Email:eeva-marja.loukola@stakes.fi


Responsibility in the DP:	Co-ordination of experimental activities Design of the project DP managing organisation Evaluation Monitoring, data collection Transnational partnership
Type of organisation:	Public authority (national, regional, local)
Legal status:	Public organisation
Size:	Staff 50-250
NUTS code:
Date of joining / leaving:	15-11-2001 / 30-06-2004

Contact person(s)

Name	First name	Phone	E-mail	Responsibility
Loukola	Eeva-Marja Ms.	+358 9 3967 2616	eeva-marja.loukola@stakes.fi	co-ordination, transnational co-operation, administration
Pöyhönen	Eveliina Ms.	+ 358 9 3967 2617	eveliina.poyhonen@stakes.fi	co-ordination, transnational co-operation, administration

Kiepura Ltd.

xx
xx xx

Tel:xx
Fax:xx
Email:


Responsibility in the DP:
Type of organisation:	Enterprise
Legal status:	Private
Size:	Staff < 10
NUTS code:
Date of joining / leaving:	15-11-2001 /

Contact person(s)

Name	First name	Phone	E-mail	Responsibility
xx	xx	xx	xx	project implementation

Ilkantie 4
FIN-00400 Helsinki
www.deaf-serv.fi

Service Foundation of the Deaf

Tel:+ 358 9 58031
Fax:+358
Email:


Responsibility in the DP:
Type of organisation:	Organisation providing support and guidance for disadvantaged groups
Legal status:	Non-profit private organisation (including NGO...)
Size:	Staff 50-250
NUTS code:
Date of joining / leaving:	15-05-2002 / 30-06-2004

Contact person(s)

Name	First name	Phone	E-mail	Responsibility
Saarenkari	Kaija Ms.	+ 358 9 58031	kaija.saarenkari@kuurojenpalvelusaatio.fi	analysis of the training needs of supervisors in electric waste
Saarinen	Marja-Leena Ms.	+ 358 9 58031	marja-leena.saarinen@kuurojenpalvelusaatio.fi	developmet of training curriculum in electric waste recycling

Korjaamontie 2
FIN-90530 OULU
www.tervatulli.fi

Tervatulli Ltd

Tel:+ 358 8 386 226
Fax:+ 358 8 386 334
Email:mauri.korhonen@tervatulli.fi


Responsibility in the DP:
Type of organisation:	Social economy enterprise
Legal status:	Private
Size:	Staff 10-50
NUTS code:
Date of joining / leaving:	15-11-2001 / 30-06-2004

Contact person(s)

Name	First name	Phone	E-mail	Responsibility
Korhonen	Mauri Mr.	+ 358 8 556 2501	mauri.korhonen@tervatulli.fi	conducting the work of DP, development work. marketing
Salmi	Raimo Mr.	+ 358 8 556 2507	raimo.salmi@tervatulli.fi	conducting the work of DP, development work. marketing

Vuosaarentie 8
FIN-00980 Helsinki
www.kierratys.net

Työ & Toiminta Association

Tel:+ 358 41 457 9000
Fax:+ 358 9 344 4162
Email:honkanen@nic.fi


Responsibility in the DP:
Type of organisation:	Social economy enterprise
Legal status:	Non-profit private organisation (including NGO...)
Size:	Staff 10-50
NUTS code:
Date of joining / leaving:	15-05-2002 / 30-06-2004

Contact person(s)

Name	First name	Phone	E-mail	Responsibility
Honkanen	Kari Mr.	+ 358 41 457 9000	honkanen@nic.fi	development of local network of recycling & reuse social firms
Niukkanen	Harri Mr.	+ 358 40 838 3715	harri.niukkanen@kierratys.net	find good practices of the social firms in the field of recycling

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ELWARE - The Social Firms Specialised in Electric Waste Recycling

Rationale

Objective

Projektin tavoitteena on luoda uudet työllistymisen mahdollisuudet vaikeasti työllistyville henkilöille kasvavalla toimialalla, elektroniikan ja sähköromun kierrätysalalla. Sosiaalisilla yrityksillä on tällä markkina-alueella erinomaiset mahdollisuudet kehittyä varteenotettaviksi yrityksiksi. Elektroniikka- ja sähkölaitteiden kierrätystä sosiaalisissa yrityksissä on harjoitettu Suomessa muutamia vuosia ja muualla Euroopassa pitempään. Jotta tällä tulevaisuuden alalla sosiaalisilla yrityksillä olisi todelliset toimintaedellytykset, tarvitaan asiasta vielä paljon tietoa ja kokemusta muista Euroopan maista, vaikuttamista kansallisiin viranomaisiin, päätöksentekijöihin ja suureen yleisöön. Projektin tavoitteena on vaikuttaa lainsäädäntöön niin, että se tukee sosiaalisten yritysten toimintaa, vaikuttaa viranomaisiin ja päättäjiin, jotta he omilla päätöksillään ja tietämyksellään edistävät kierrätysalan sosiaalisten yritysten perustamista ja tarvittavien tukitoimien järjestämistä. Tavoitteena on tiedottaa ao. yritystoiminnasta suurelle yleisölle ja oheisryhmille sekä välilliselle kohderyhmälle. Tiedottamisella pyritään myös vaikuttamaan positiivisesti projektin välillisenä kohderyhmä olevien: maahanmuuttajien, pakolaisten, vajakuntoisten pitkäaikaistyöttömien ja mielenterveyskuntoutujien mahdollisuuksiin työelämässä.