Photo courtesy of Social Firm Wood at Aldingbourne, UK
Social Firms Europe CEFEC believes in the creation of employment for people facing barriers to the labour market because of disability or disadvantage
Photo courtesy of Social Firm Wood at Aldingbourne, UK

Events

CEFEC annual conferences

Forthcoming conferences

Past conferences

30th June - 3rd July 2010
23rd Social Firms Europe CEFEC Conference, Cambridge UK
"Harnessing the power of business to change lives."
www.socialfirmsuk.co.uk/events/past-events/social-firms-uk-annual-conferences-events/social-firms-uk-annual-conference-2010

10th - 12th September 2009
22th CEFEC Conference, Prague, Czech Republic
"Social Firms - A New Dimension of Enterprise"
www.cefec2009inprague.cz

26th - 28th June 2008
21st CEFEC Conference, Lisbon, Portugal
"Social Firms, Employment and Quality of Life: Common Strategies for Social Inclusion in Europe"

11th - 13th October 2007
20th CEFEC Conference, Linz, Austria
"New Work - new culture the future of the world of work"

19th -21st October 2006
19th CEFEC Conference, Seville, Spain
"The Social Economy and Employment of people with mental health problems"

8th -10th September 2005
18th CEFEC Conference, Novo mesto, Slovenia
"Social Economy - Innovative Approaches to Employment"

30th September - 2nd October 2004
17th CEFEC Conference, Thun, Switzerland
"Social Firms - The Challenge of Ethical Business"

October 2003
16th CEFEC Conference, Athens, Greece
"Social Economy, European Social Firms-Cooperatives What-How-Why"

June 2002
15th CEFEC Conference, Guilford, UK
"Social Firm Networking and Development"
www.socialfirms.co.uk

September 2001
14th CEFEC Conference, Berlin, Germany
"Develop Social Entrepreneurship in Europe"
www.faf-gmbh.de

June 2000
13th CEFEC Conference, Lisbon, Portugal
"Equality of opportunities in access to employment and citizenship"

June 1999
12th CEFEC Conference, Helsinki, Finland
"Potency of Social Firms and Networks"

September 1998
11th CEFEC Conference, Athens, Greece
"The Reality in Social Firms and Cooperatives: an employee’s perspective"

October 1997
10th CEFEC Conference, Zaragosa, Spain
"Looking back to move ahead"

October 1996
9th CEFEC Conference, Linz, Austria
"Profit-Nonprofit-Profit"

October 1995
8th CEFEC Conference, Turin, Italy

October 1994
7th CEFEC Conference, Spa, Belgium

1993
6th CEFEC Conference, Northern Ireland

1992
5th CEFEC Conference, Delphi, Greece

1991
4th CEFEC Conference, Southampton, England

1990
3rd CEFEC Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands

1989
2nd CEFEC Conference, Torino, Italy

1988
1st CEFEC Conference, Berlin, Germany

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European Social Firm of the Year 2010

(Sponsored by Di-Hako, Germany)
European Social Firm of the Year 2010

 

The European Social Firm of the Year Awards were presented at the Social Firms Europe CEFEC Conference in Cambridge, UK on the 1st July. The Overall Best Social Firm award was won by Oxford Wood Recycling Ltd, UK

 

For the full results and to find out more about their organisations click here:

Research - "Linz Appeal"

Why should there be more Social Firms for disabled and disadvantaged people across Europe?
Research - "Linz Appeal"

 

The 2010 updated 'Linz Appeal' presents the collective experience of the Social Firms Europe CEFEC members with recommendations for how the growth of Social Firms can be encouraged.