INNOVATIVE PRACTICES AND POLICIES IN DISABILITY-INCLUSIVE EMPLOYMENT Erasmus Project

Project Title

INNOVATIVE PRACTICES AND POLICIES IN DISABILITY-INCLUSIVE EMPLOYMENT

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 adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity; Overcoming skills mismatches (basic/transversal); Disabilities – special needs

Project Summary

In the EU during last four decades the disadvantages faced by disabled persons, their social exclusion and discrimination against them have been increasingly perceived to constitute human rights issues, rather than matters to be dealt with exclusively through social welfare measures. It is linked with the call to protect groups with special needs, such as those with disabilities, coupled with target-sensitive laws, policies, programs, mechanisms, personnel, resources, information, education and capacity-building. These are shaped by the need to promote cooperation with key partners, such as the private sector, and genuine participation by the affected groups, including those with disabilities.
As in 2019 much remains to be done, however, giving the fact that considerable numbers of refugees who arrived after 2015 migratory crisis suffer from mental issues of various levels.
Of utmost importance is to find ways and means to include those with disabilities in the employment and other environments more proactively. Some countries have adopted various affirmative action programs, such as quotas, to ensure some access of those with disabilities to job placements. This is a method of providing temporary preferential treatment to raise the status of those who are less able to access employment opportunities. There is also a need to provide more self-employment opportunities, coupled with access to credit, know-how, marketing skills and support networks. In this context, there are different scales of industry which may have to be covered, ranging from small to medium scale enterprises.
There is also a need for incentives to enable employers to ensure more access to those with disabilities. As an example, employers might have access to tax deductions as part of the process of engaging a person with a disability. There could also be various capacity- building facilities, such as training programs, which help both sides to adjust to each other. Employers can be assisted by rewards and prizes for exemplary conduct, and assistance with appropriate technology such as Braille-programmed computer facilities.
To achieve the PROJECT OBJECTIVES, the partnership will develop the following specific aims:
(a) Improve social inclusion training itineraries existing for people with intellectual disabilities, transforming them into innovative itineraries based on the use of the methodology and resources of cooperative learning, which allow people with intellectual disabilities to be active agent in the teaching and learning process
(b)Train the staff responsible for training people with intellectual disabilities to implement cooperative learning methodology, its resources and instruments.
6 partners are part of the consortium. It tries to reflect the heterogeneity of the European Union and Russia , this consortium is used to work with the target group of the project. The consortium combines the experience of Esenler Ortopedik Engelliler Dernegi, SHG and NAMOI , working with social enterprises having intellectual disabled employees with the experience of Y4F (coordinator) . The work PSIHO and AMICOS associations of disabled people with considerable experience in the training of their target group. These two entities has no previous experience managing Erasmus+ project, in the case both are new come in ERASMUS+ programme. The distribution of the activities is based on the different fields of expertise from the partners.
The seven main ACTIVITIES to be developed by our project are:
Development of specific training itinerary in the pre-work competences
Development of specific training itinerary in work competences needed to keep a job.
Development of specific training itinerary in work competences needed to create self-employment with support.
Development of accessible software
Training of trainers.
Development of pilot tests
Implementation of a transnational Blended Mobility of learners
The MAIN RESULTS :
[1] Training contents about pre-work competences in order to get a work placement developed;
[2] Training contents about work competences needed to keep a job developed;
[3] Training contents about competences for create self-employment with support developed;
[4] Accessible software (easy reading and augmented reality) for learning skills for obtaining and maintaining employment or self-employment developed;
[5] Video of experiences
[6] Prototype of a specific business model;
[7] Short-term joint staff training event
[8] Blended Mobility
[9] Local pilot training sessions
[10] local training of trainers events
[11] Social Innovation Day for employment
[12] International meeting on ICT and people with disabilities
[13] International Meeting of Social Entrepreneurship
[14] Open doors Day for inclusion and universal accessibility
[15] Final Conference held in Spain in order to disseminate and capitalize project final results.

Project Website

https://inovpractice.wordpress.com/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 285875 Eur

Project Coordinator

Youth 4 future Ltd & Country: UK

Project Partners

• Esenler Ortopedik Engelliler Dernegi
• SC PSIHOFORWORLD
• AMICOS – ASOCIACIÓN DE FAMILIAS DE PERSOAS CON DISCAPACIDADE PSÍQUICA DAS COMARCAS DO BARBANZA E NOIA
• Namoi
• Scientific and Humanitarian Non Profit Organization Greekteachers