12th Conference EUSE Lisbon 2015

1. “ Improving Diversity through
Supported Employment ”

2. Employers and
Supported Employment
AERLIS
Business Association of the
Lisbon Region
Ana Rita Ferreira Ramos
hosted by:
In association with:

3. Business Association of the Lisbon RegionBusiness Association of the Lisbon Region

4. A STRENGHT SUPPORTING YOUR BUSINESSA STRENGHT SUPPORTING YOUR BUSINESS
INTERNATIONALISATIONINTERNATIONALISATION
TRAININGTRAINING
INTEGRATED REGIONALINTEGRATED REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT
REPRESENTING MEMBERSREPRESENTING MEMBERS
INTERESTSINTERESTS
INFORMATIONINFORMATION
SERVICESSERVICES

5. AERLIS is Vice-President of the OPCE /
BECC Association of Interprofessionnals
Employers Businessmen - www.opce.org
And Vice-President of the General Council of
CIP - Confederation of Portuguese Industry
www.cip.org.pt

6. • AERLIS encourages the involvement of public, collective and
private stakeholders by identifying common concerns and
goals.
• We believe that the integrated regional development is
sustained in the triangle shown in the picture: economic and
environmental ... .social ... without any of the factors, regional
development is compromised.
• We believe that the happiest people do best organizations
and it is in this context that the relationship with social
organizations is a natural component.

8. AERLIS was invited by national movement of SE to participate in a
project under the EQUAL initiative in 2001. The project was called the
"Supported Employment", under which the Portuguese Association of
Supported Employment was created, being AERLIS one of the founders,
this project was followed later by Nautilus.
We were the first Business Association working on SE movement, and in
practical terms we function as a "bridge" between the business
community and the authorities responsible for insertion of public at a
disadvantage, through:
– Awareness of the use and will feature SE methodology in
recruitment and HR management;
– Ways to communicate, think and approach the inclusion of
entities to the business community. Restructuring the way of
thinking and acting, being the face of this change.
AERLIS AND SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT

9. In Portugal through some projects, of which we highlighted the
Supported Employment and Nautilus, effective networking
based work, has allowed a change that has been gradual:
•mentalities,
•ways to operate and relate to the outside with respect to the
above mentioned entities was developed,
•the role of cooperation between social economy entities and
business associations, having a vision, shared objectives with a
view to sustainable development, was prominent in these
developments.
EMPLOYERS AND SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT

10. This cooperation and particularly its consolidation, allowed
incorporate practices in each types of entities that intersect and
complement.
On the side of social economy entities, we highlight training in
language and way of operating in a more economic approach to
the business world, as particular emphasis on the decisive
factors in recruitment and HR management.
EMPLOYERS AND SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT

11. In business associations and companies the integration of SE
methodology, is formally and informally, whether in training for
adults and / or for new entrepreneurs or to consolidated
companies, which are not only for the training of tutors, but
more broadly, with the cost-benefit analysis for insertion people
with some disadvantage.
EMPLOYERS AND SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT

12. The work is more or less informal, is done in partnership or
network if they prefer designate, being an effective
complementary logic.
Concepts / Key elements:
•Work by complementing our partners;
•Incorporate SE methodology in the way we think and act;
•Always identify the best person for each job, valuing the skills
to perform the function;
•Employers need to have added value in each recruitment.
EMPLOYERS AND SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT

13. OEIRAS (headquarters)
Rua São Salvador da Baía
Edf. AERLIS - 2780 - 017 OEIRAS
Tel: 00351 210 105 000
Fax: 00351 210 105 001
E-mail: aerlisoeiras@aerlis.pt
CARREGADO (Delegation)
Torre - Carregado
2580 – 512 CARREGADO
Tel: 00351 263 860 260
Fax: 00351 263 860 269
E-mail: aerliscarregado@aerlis.pt
SINTRA (Delegation)
Avenida Almirante Gago Coutinho,
CESN - Edifício 6 - 2710 - 418 SINTRA
Tel: 00351 219 242 454
Fax: 00351 219 243 644
E-mail: aerlisintra@aerlis.pt
Thank you!
www.aerlis.pt