Franz Wolfmayr

Partner

Zentrum für Sozialwirtschaft GmbH

Austria

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The Center for Social Economy Ltd. (ZFSW), based in Graz, is a consultancy firm specializing in Austria's social economy and its international networking. It provides tailored solutions for political, legislative, and organizational development processes, deinstitutionalization processes as well as comprehensive studies on key issues of the social economy. The team of shareholders and experts brings together decades of national and international experience in academia, politics, consultancy, and the management of social economy organizations. The ZfSW offers interdisciplinary evaluations and studies, (legal) expert opinions, consultancy, and organizational development services in the areas of social economy, deinstitutionalization, social policy, social law, and social administration. Its clients include the Bundesland Carinthia, Lebenshilfe Tirol, Pro Senectute, the City of Graz, the Disability Council of Graz, Lebenshilfe Steiermark, and EASPD. Projects are the development of the inclusion strategy "Graz Inclusive – A City for Everyone" with the City of Graz, a regulatory sandbox "Inclusive employment" together with the Bundesland Carinthia, development of the concept "SELMA" to deinstitutionalize the housing opportunities for persons with disabilities of Lebenshilfe Tyrol, evaluation and development of strategies to develop vocational education for young people with disabilities in carinthia, to evaluate and consult social services supported by the labour market agency of Niederösterreich, to develop a system to support older persons who face violence for prosenectute, ...
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About me

Franz Wolfmayr was special teacher involved in psychiatric reform projects for children with severe disabilities (1982 – 1989); founder of the social service provider Chance B - group in Eastern part of Styria – AT (1989 – 2015), today one of the most inclusive regions in Europe; cofounder and president of regional, national and international networks like EASPD - European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (2008-2016) representing more than 22.000 service providers in 41 European Countries

Since 2022 FW is partner of Zentrum für Sozialwirtschaft GmbH (ZfSW) - center for social economy in Graz (AT), expert in community based and personalized social service systems; employment of persons with support needs, author and coauthor of several studies and reports, partner in more than 30 innovative international projects in the field of education, employment, European Quality Framework, Social economy, public procurement, ...

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Employment

Supported EmploymentVocational TrainingTransition models from sheltered workshopsEntrepreneurship and micro-finance

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Wednesday, 5 March 2025

12:00 - 13:00

Undoing the sheltered workshop system

Format:In-personLocation:M3Track:Zero Project Awardees
  • Transition models from Sheltered Workshops
  • English captions | International Sign

Sheltered workshops remain a reality in most countries in the world. This forum examines the reasons behind this violation of the CRPD and highlights how global good practices are moving persons with disabilities out of sheltered workshops.