Social Cooperatives in Employment & Integration of

mental health patients

Anna KanakakiCommunication Officer, Evaluation Expert

MBA, IPMA Level D Sert

Ministry of Health& Social Solidarity GreeceESF Managing Authority and Coordination Service

Main points to discuss…

What are the Social Cooperatives of Limited Responsibility in the mental Health Sector ( KOISPE) ?

How they work in practice?What are their results ?What are the next steps and challenges?

The story of a Reform… the “PSYCHARGOS” Programme

6 Mental Health Asylums closed 3 Psychiatric Hospitals shrinked to total closure by 2015 2000 asylum patients in community structures

What is a KOISPE ? (1)

Created under a specific legislation (Law 2716/1999) Both therapeutic Units and

Commercial Institutions (enterprises) Managed by a Council,

where all participants represented

Special structure and management arrangement…- Tri-latteral participation- All profits re-invested in therapeutic activities, training or new jobs - Mental Health therapeutic sessions included- Reward paid to working patients- ….

What is a KOISPE ? (2)

Staffed with health, training and administrativepersonnelSME of 15 to 100 employees

Operating under a common brand“In business together”

Considered as protected employment under Presidential Act 60.

Activities in agricultural sector, handcrafts, services…- Delicatessen, Honey, Mastic production, bio-products, plants- Catering, Cafee and taverns, Art gifts, - Cleaning Services, Maintenance, Toy store- Paper recycling, Environmental Care & Gardening- Graphic Arts, tele-Secretary Services

KOISPE in MH (GREECE) Results : Some Statistics…

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KOISPE in MH (GREECE) Results : Some Statistics…

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Is it a Good Practice?

15 KOISPE operating, 3 in start-up 220 job places and growing

Financial data :Average investment of 23.000 Euro/job position5,2 MEURO for only 21% coverage of the Institutional Objective ( 15/70 KOISPE in Greece)

Social data :- social inclusion/ cost of doing nothing- therapeutic effect- anti-stigma effect for the society, multiplier effect and social dynamics- show case for social economy

Is it a Good Practice?

The story of Georgia on Corfu island…

The story of Spyros on Crete island…

A life story in 1 minute

Challenges for the future Europe 2020…

Growth to critical mass . Full coverage of the country (50 new KOISPE)

Networking & Growth to collective structures – the “Federation of KOISPE in Greece”

Sustainability challenge beyond the state assistanceEconomic Crisis= Opportunity ( ex. reduction of operational cost in PS)

Challenges for the future Europe 2020…

Business skills development at the KOISPE management level

Evolution to a “new role” for the KOISPE- new business activities ( work for hosting , equivalent exchange value)- incubator of potential employees for the labor market

- mediator between labor market and the vulnerable social groups

On behalf of the hundreds of people involved in the KOISPE endeavour…

….Thank you for being supportive !!