”Room for Growth”, Rum för Växande

Name of institution: Eskilstuna Local Municipality
Type of the organization:
  • Administration
  • Others (Put the additional information into the entry field below the project fiche)
Country:
  • Sweden
Thematic scope of the project:
  • Access to employment and social inclusion
  • Fighting discrimination
Problems to be solved (justification of the need of the transnational cooperation):

Men and women with mental, physical or social difficulties will work in a rehabilitative, nature oriented environment, ‘green jobs’. (Gardens, Greenhouses etc.)

Objectives to be achieved: Better health, vocational training, validation of knowledge and to get closer to or enter the labour market.
Main transnational activities (as provisionally planned, to be confirmed with partners): Exchange of experience both methods in the projects, and participants by short internship or exchange.
Planned deliverables & outcomes of TNC: Incread strategic impact also locally, increased awareness of sustainable development and increased awareness of the participant by new experiences, development of methods.
Target group:
  • Unemployed
  • Persons with mental or physical disabilities
Stage of the implementation: Project under implementation
Budget of the project in EUR: 2200000
Budget of transnational activities in EUR: 43000
Duration of the project from (dd/mm/yyyy) to (dd/mm/yyyy): 16/01/2012 - 27/06/2014
Duration of transnational activities within the project from (dd/mm/yyyy) to (dd/mm/yyyy): 01/09/2012 - 31/05/2014
Contact person: Mrs Marie Rydén Davoust
Phone: +46 700862027
Located in: Fishing Pool