Study Visit Graz, Austria3 – 5th June 2013

Overview of potential hosting sites

presented during the Study Visit in Italy, 19th April 2013

BANPlace: City of Graz

Link: http://www.ban.at

• employment company• reintegration of former long term unemployed people into the first labour market • activities are based on the ecologic cycle “collecting-separating-recycling-reusing”

clearing out and transport service recycling yard joinery where furniture is repaired and refurbisheddepartment where electric devices are repairedRe-use-Shop, where various items ranging from cheap, used furniture and mattresses to electric equipment and restored furniture or collectors’ items of all kinds are sold

Organic Farm Chance B

Ort: Labuch (near Graz)

Link: http://www.chanceb.at/

• training facility for people with learning difficulties• production of organic pastries and bakery products, fruit juices, organic soaps and gift

baskets. Seasonal products include fruits and vegetables, organic seedlings, herbs, jams, pesto, juice syrups, noodles and pickles.

• selling of products at the Farmer‘s market in Gleisdorf

Café and pastry shop faMoos

Ort: Mooskirchen & Graz

Link: http://www.famoos.at

• qualification of disabled people for the first labour market

• 2 Cafés and pastry shops – people with disabilities work together with experts out of the gastronomy

• Pastries, cakes, sweet dishes, self-made ice-cream

heidenspass

Ort: innercity of Graz

Link: http://www.heidenspass.cc

• non-profit employment project for young adults in crisis situations

• creation of design products out of used materials

• design and production of bags, functional jewelry and things for living out of used materials

• design of furniture

• heidenspass shop and webshop

• cooking project “grieskoch”

Housing group Messequartier

Ort: Graz

Link: http://www.lebenshilfe-guv.at/wohnen/wohnhaeuser/wohnverbund_messequartier

• housing group for people with disabilities in a modern living and building complex besides a kindergarden, doctor‘s office, home for students, offices and a bistro

• single households or community-living

• round-the-clock care or part time care

Ökoservice GmbHOrt: Graz

Link: http://www.oekoservice.at

• cooperation private-social-public

• Environment & employment

• job creation for disadvantaged people exclusively in the environmental sector:

• gardening and shredding services

• rental and washing service (re-useable cups, dishes, plates, cutlery)

• mobile dishwashing facility

• collection of used edible oils

• recycling of electrical and electronical equipment

ökoTech solar panels

Ort: Graz

Link: www.oekotech.biz

• creation of longterm employment for people with the need for integration

• production and installation of thermal solar collectors

• customized design and production

• repair and service for installed solar panels

Rebikel

Ort: Graz

Link: http://www.rebikel.at

• self-sustaining social business (all expenses are covered without any subsidies and all incomes are generated exclusively out of the core business)

• restoring and recycling of old abandoned bicycles – own shop

• customized solutions

• repair and service for bikes

We are looking forward to welcome you soon in Austria