European partnership for a better inclusion of handicapped trainees in lifelong vocational training Erasmus Project

Project Title

European partnership for a better inclusion of handicapped trainees in lifelong vocational training

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Disabilities – special needs; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

In the countries of the European Union (EU28), 44 million people aged 15 to 64 years reported in 2011 that they had a disability that limited their activities of daily living.
The employment rate is 47.3% for people with disabilities, while for people without disabilities the same rate is 66.9%. In a context of massive unemployment, it is even more difficult for disabled workers to keep their jobs or to find new ones. Moreover, people with disabilities have particular difficulties in integrating into the workforce, with a high age and a low level of training.
In this complex context, it is essential to be able to accompany disabled people into employment, via training, with dignified and adapted conditions of reception, support and maintenance in employment or training. It is a question of equal treatment of citizens. However, obstacles have been noted.
The APASHE project aims to promote the employability and retention of people with disabilities and to create the conditions for inclusive vocational training
With the APASHE project, the participating organizations (training centers, inclusive companies, health school, popular university) have shared their experiences of preparation for qualification, training, accompaniment and retention in employment for people with disabilities.
Thanks to visits to companies, sheltered workshops, training centers in the countries of the partnership, meetings with the people concerned and the managers of these structures, the partners tried to understand the different systems in place, to question the differences and to imagine transfers of experiences.
The good practices observed have been collected and are accessible to all on a public project space at the following address: https://cafoc.forpro-creteil.org/, tab Erasmus+ projects.
Three short training events took place in France, Germany and Spain. These 3-day mobilities on site with a demanding program allowed to discover the daily work of people with disabilities in different types of organizations and with different degrees of autonomy. 30 professionals took part in these activities.
Three transnational meetings took place in France, Sweden and Spain. Due to the occurrence of Covid-19, the project was extended by 6 months, but internal changes and the external context did not allow the realization of the last mobilities and transnational meeting.
This project allowed a real “intercultural” meeting between actors from the business world and actors from the training and social sphere. This meeting has generated a number of potential projects with a mix of actors.
Considerable impacts were achieved thanks to the dissemination efforts of the participants. We estimate that more than 18,000 people were reached by the project, whereas we had set a target of 5,000.
At the regional level, partnerships have been established or deepened between the Ile-de-France partners . European partners are ready to engage in new projects.
In the wake of the APASHE project, a strategic partnership project with an innovation component was submitted to and selected by the Erasmus+ agency, the IDE@ project – Implementing a digital e-learning alternative which focuses on digital accessibility in training. This project is even open to the international scene since a Quebec university is part of the adventure.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 78420,81 Eur

Project Coordinator

GIP FORMATION CONTINUE ET INSERTION PROFESSIONNELLE DE L ACADEMIE DE CRETEIL & Country: FR

Project Partners

• Innova Sozialwerk e.V.
• CONFEDERACION NACIONAL DE CENTROS ESPECIALES DE EMPLEO
• GIP FORMATION CONTINUE ET INSERTION PROFESSIONNELLE
• GIP FCIP DE PARIS
• FOLKUNIVERSITETET STIFTELSEN VID LUNDS UNIVERSITET