'European Platform for Rehabilitation' Report: "Disability Mainstreaming in the Framework of the European Employment Strategy: a Collection of Good Practices"
13-10-2006, Brussels
In 2004 the European Platform for Rehabilitation (EPR) was asked to provide the European Commission DG Employment and Social Affairs with examples of good practices regarding disability mainstreaming in the framework of the European Employment Strategy.
The EPR Report documents good practices under the following employment specific guidelines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 10. Nearly all (except guideline no 10) of the good practices originate from the two SIVOR (System of Information on Vocational Rehabilitation) editions published by the EPR in 2002 & 2003. The main goal of SIVOR is to give an overview of trends, innovations and best practices of vocational rehabilitation services of the member organisations of EPR.
The Report lists good practices using a pre-defined template provided by the Commission (- which is a useful resource in itself). The only difficulty EPR found was with the "weak points" section. This is not due to the fact that there can be no weak points emerging from good practices. Rather, it is due to the fact that, in all the selected cases, no formal evaluation had been carried out by the respective organisations, or others.
The report is based on research conducted from 2001 to 2003. Further information on the status of the measures or any other information about this study can be obtained by writing to the EPR at the following address:
Email: epr@epr.be
| Gudeline of the EES | Page |
|---|---|
| Introduction | 1 |
| 1. Active and preventive measures for the
unemployed and the inactive 1.1 Job retention schemes and personalised action plans for people who become disabled during their working life |
4 |
| 1.2 Adaptation of active labour market policies for long-term unemployed to the needs of longterm unemployed with disabilities | 6 |
| 2. Job creation & enterpreneurship 2.1 Sheltered work and other aids which create more and better job opportuniites for disabled people |
8 |
| 2.2 Setting up of own businesses by people with disabilities. Measures for promoting selfemployment which are adapted to the needs of people with disabilities | 10 |
| 3. Address change and promote adaptability
and mobility in the labour market 3.1 Adapting working conditions in order to reduce the barriers which disabled workers encounter in the workplace |
13 |
| 3.2 The role in ICT and telework in overcoming mobility obstacles | 15 |
| 3.3 Corporate Social Responsibility and actions for disabled workers | 17 |
| 4. Promote development of human resource
capital and lifelong learning 4.1 Making distance learning useful for people with disabilities |
20 |
| 6. Gender equality 6.1 Disabled women requiring special attention |
24 |
| 10. Address regional employment disparities 10.1 The social economy is an important generator of employment and can provide a lot of employment opportunities for people with disabilities |
28 |
Links
European Platform for Rehabilitation site
European Commission site: European Employment Strategy
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- Download the EPR Good Practices Report (English only) - PDF document; opens in new window. - Filesize: 107Kb
- Disability Mainstreaming in the European Employment Strategy (English) (Communication of the Commission, COM (2005) 486 final of 13 October 2005) - PDF document; opens in new window. - Filesize: 249Kb