WEED – Transnational workshop II

Attractive workplace on equal terms

WEED – Transnational workshop II

Goal• Using gender equality work as method to develop

organisation, activity and professional role.

• Improvement of qualifications

• More men employed at School restaurants

• Try new ways of organising work to decrease long-term sick-leave

WEED – Transnational workshop II

Target group

Long-term unemployed, interested in or with some background in food/restaurant business, as well as to employees of the School restaurants

WEED – Transnational workshop II

Budget

• Total: 3 195 500SKR (Euro 319 550)

• Co-financing : 162 700 Euro

out of which 90 700 Euro is part of unemployment benefit

Municipality of Umeå 15 000 Euro

School restaurant work 57 000 Euro

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Result with gender mainstreaming at School restaurants

• Action plan for gender equality

• Collaboration with gender experts

• Gender equality file at every work place

WEED – Transnational workshop II

Improvement of qualifications for staff of School restaurants

WEED – Transnational workshop II

Improvement of qualifications• Gender theory

• Gender equality politics

• Women´s history

• Gender stereotypes

• Gender equality law

• Techniques of power & empowerment

• Workshop on media, images, internet

• Town planning & gender issues

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Result

• 163 employees all had four whole days of gender equality course

• Total of: 652 days

Staff met over boundaries and worksplaces, got to know colleagues from other kitchen´s, ”mini” bench-marking at coffee-breaks, self-esteem through meeting and discussing the important questions, value added to organisation for future work on changes, new ideas etc.

WEED – Transnational workshop II

Training course for unemployed

• 1 March - 8 September 2006

• Theoretical training, 16 weeks

• Gender equality and common values, two weeks

• Practice, 8 weeks

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Theory and practise

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The staff from the restaurants were teachers at the course

• High competence

• Knowledge of profession and trade were essential for the course

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Result from training for unemployed

14 unemployed men (long-term unemployment)

• 5 have long-term temporary job (3-24 months)

• 5 have shorter temporary jobs• 1 has started training for chef• 3 not in the organisation

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Try new ways of organising work to decrease long-term sick-leave

•Rotation of work

•Exchange of experience

WEED – Transnational workshop II

Results

• Rotation of work has started in several working areas between the restaurants and within the separate kitchens. More flexible solutions enabling full-time jobs and making the work more interesting, and also if the kitchens have to help each other due to staff illness or other cause.

• Exchange of experience had started between two different areas. The staff changed place with each other for a few days – this was possible now that they knew more people after going to the course-days with people from the different kitchens.

WEED – Transnational workshop II

Other results

• Conference for all staff and external guest.

• Media reporting about the school restaurants

• University interest in the project

• Study visits, invitations to conferences etc

WEED – Transnational workshop II

Tony Westerlund and Lena Sundelin, Hagaskolan

Photo: Per Landfors