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FEANTSA European Conference 2009
In cooperation with projekt UDENFOR
Sharing the Power - Working Together: Participation as a tool to solve homelessness
Copenhagen, 23 October 2009 |
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This European Conference was the highlight of FEANTSA's Annual Theme 2009 on Participation and Homelessness. Co-organised by Danish FEANTSA member, projekt UDENFOR, the conference aimed to show the importance of involving service users at all levels in homeless services.
Service providers and service users, together with other homelessness experts, discussed different forms of participation and how to make them work in practice. The conference addressed issues such as: Why is participation important? What are the challenges to user participation and how can they be tackled? What can service users and service providers do together to change the ways of working in homeless services? What is the role of service user organisations? How can public authorities create an effective framework for participation?
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Presentations:
Welcome
Peter Juul, Head of Division, Ministry of Interiour and Social Affairs, Denmark - Homeless strategies in Denmark
Key note speech
Kaspar Villadsen - What is help? What is a 'homeless'? Conflicting constructs among welfare institutions
Workshop 1: Working with individuals in an empowering way
Adam Cenian, MOPS Gdynia, Poland
Richard Lee Stevens, Copenhagen School of Social Work, Denmark
Workshop 2: Participation within homeless services
Stefano Galliani, Nuovo Albergo Popolare, Italy
Ivan Christensen and Jesper Henriksen, SUS - Social Development Centre, Denmark
Workshop 3: Political participation of homeless people
Carl Eric Blach Overgaard, Municipality of Herning, Denmark
Suzanne Huygens, Relais Social Charleroi, Belgium
Workshop 4: Setting up a service user organisation
Ask Svejstrup, SAND, Denmark
Wolfgang Jeckel and Brigitte Hartung, Bundes Betroffenen Initiative, Germany
Workshop 5: Promoting participation from the national level
Danny Lescrauwaet, Steunpunt Algemeen Welzijnswerk, Belgium
Hanne Ramsbĝl, National Board of Social Services (Socialstyrelsen) and Ole Kruuse, SAND, Denmark
Workshop 6: Participation and housing
Finn Kenneth Hansen, CASA, Denmark -Danish version
Finn Kenneth Hansen, CASA, Denmark - English version
Anna Lilje Flyverbom, Kuben Management, Denmark
Workshop 7: Participation and employment
Beth Coyne and Ian Wybron, Thames Reach, UK
Anette Lauritsen, Stubben, Denmark
Workshop 8: Participation and health
Guillermo Bono, Association Rauxa, Spain
Anna Kiorboe, projekt UDENFOR, Denmark
Workshop 9: Involving service users through the arts
Anna Orbán, Homeless Artists Association, Hungary
Workshop 10: Participation, awareness raising and the public image of homeless people
Ann Dorthe Lunde and Steen Viggo Jensen, Projekt Gadeklog, Denmark
Roughan McNamara, Focus Ireland, Ireland
Project Visits, 22 October
Conference participants had the opportunity to visit a wide range of innovative homeless projects in Copenhagen one day before the conference. Overview of project visits
Service User meeting, 24 October
Service users attending the conference were invited to a meeting of service users from across Europe on Saturday morning, 24 October. This meeting was hosted by the Danish service user organisation, SAND.
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