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European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities
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EASPD is the European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities and represents over 20,000 support services for persons with disabilities across Europe.
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We promote equal opportunities for people with disabilities through effective and high-quality service systems.
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Funding of Social Services
When done right, quality care and support enables people to live independently, in the community, to make choices, and to have control over their lives.
James Crowe, EASPD President
Maximising the use of social procurement: CO-RESP's final conference
On 22 March 2024, the CO-RESP project will host its final conference, Maximising the use of Social Procurement, in the European Economic and Social Committee.
Registrations to attend the event in-person have closed.
Online attendance
If you prefer to attend remotely, the conference will also be available for online access via Zoom.
Context
Public procurement, the instrument through which the State purchases goods and services, has a great economic impact on the EU market, reaching up to 14% of the GDP in 2017. For this reason, in recent years, and driven by the Directive 2014/24/EU, public procurement has also become a mechanism to promote social (and ecological) policies, such as the creation of job opportunities for individuals that have traditionally been discriminated against in the labour market.
In this context, the CO-RESP project was born, with the aim of supporting local cooperation and facilitating the exchange of good practices in the creation of job opportunities for persons with disabilities through the optimal use of socially responsible public procurement (SRPP).
Event overview
This final conference will provide a space to:
- Discuss the impact of using SRPP to integrate people with disabilities and other disadvantaged groups in the labour market.
- Present the results of the project.
The event will target stakeholders from across Europe such as local authorities, policymakers, DPOs, SME, social economy organisations, organisations providing training and support to persons with disabilities and experts on public procurement to discuss the future of SRPP in the EU.
Contact us at miguel.buitrago@easpd.eu for any questions you may have regarding this event.
Draft agenda
13:30 – 14:00 | Arrival and registration |
14:00 – 14:15 | Welcome remarks
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14:15 – 14:25 | Community Resilience through Social Procurement – CO-RESP
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14:25 – 15:30 | Panel 1: SRPP for the Employment of Persons with Disabilities and Disadvantaged Groups
Moderation: Henrike Schaum, ZfSW |
15:30 – 15:50 | Coffee break |
15:50 – 17:25 | Panel 2: The future of SRPP – What’s next for Europe?
Moderator: Thomas Bignal, EASPD |
17:25 – 17:30 | Concluding remarks
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Maximising the use of social procurement: CO-RESP's final conference
On 22 March 2024, the CO-RESP project will host its final conference, Maximising the use of Social Procurement, in the European Economic and Social Committee.
Registrations to attend the event in-person have closed.
Online attendance
If you prefer to attend remotely, the conference will also be available for online access via Zoom.
Context
Public procurement, the instrument through which the State purchases goods and services, has a great economic impact on the EU market, reaching up to 14% of the GDP in 2017. For this reason, in recent years, and driven by the Directive 2014/24/EU, public procurement has also become a mechanism to promote social (and ecological) policies, such as the creation of job opportunities for individuals that have traditionally been discriminated against in the labour market.
In this context, the CO-RESP project was born, with the aim of supporting local cooperation and facilitating the exchange of good practices in the creation of job opportunities for persons with disabilities through the optimal use of socially responsible public procurement (SRPP).
Event overview
This final conference will provide a space to:
- Discuss the impact of using SRPP to integrate people with disabilities and other disadvantaged groups in the labour market.
- Present the results of the project.
The event will target stakeholders from across Europe such as local authorities, policymakers, DPOs, SME, social economy organisations, organisations providing training and support to persons with disabilities and experts on public procurement to discuss the future of SRPP in the EU.
Contact us at miguel.buitrago@easpd.eu for any questions you may have regarding this event.
Draft agenda
13:30 – 14:00 | Arrival and registration |
14:00 – 14:15 | Welcome remarks
|
14:15 – 14:25 | Community Resilience through Social Procurement – CO-RESP
|
14:25 – 15:30 | Panel 1: SRPP for the Employment of Persons with Disabilities and Disadvantaged Groups
Moderation: Henrike Schaum, ZfSW |
15:30 – 15:50 | Coffee break |
15:50 – 17:25 | Panel 2: The future of SRPP – What’s next for Europe?
Moderator: Thomas Bignal, EASPD |
17:25 – 17:30 | Concluding remarks
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