DIS-Employability – Supporting The Employability of Young Disabled people
DIS-employability is a 24-month Strategic Partnership in the field of Youth Education involving several European entities working with disabled people. It aims at providing disabled people with useful employability skills through the development of critical thinking for promoting their inclusion in the labour market. Critical thinking is considered an important methodology for the development of employability skills. People with a high level of critical thinking and reasoning are likely to be innovative, bringing new ideas and creative solutions to even the most difficult business challenges. “UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”recognizes the right to work and employment as a fundamental right. The project will address and overcome systemic barriers to participation in education and the labour market that concern disabled people. According to Eurostat data, in 2010 in Europe, approximately 100 million EU citizens live with a disability. Their well being is affected by various barriers, such as inaccessible physical environments and transportation, the unavailability of assistive devices and technologies, non-adapted means of communication, gaps in service delivery, and discriminatory prejudice and stigma in society. Furthermore, the Report on Disability and Work, elaborated by the International Labor Organization on 2019, showed that lower employment and education levels cause the poverty rate for those with disabilities being 70% higher than the average, while the unemployment rate of around 4 million people in the European Union who have intellectual and relational disabilities is more than twice as high as for the general population. Based on this context, there is a clear need to target initiatives at these vulnerable people. Disabled people must overcome the barriers experienced as a result of the disability, and shall be provided with useful skills to tackle the challenges faced in the labour market.
Start: 01-11-2021 End: 01-11-2023
Project Reference: 2017-3-DE04-KA105-015935
EU Grant: 37.470 EUR
Programme: Erasmus+
Key Action: Learning Mobility of Individuals
Action Type: Youth Mobility
Project Partners:
- Asociatia Babilon Travel Romania
- NGO NEST BERLIN EV Germany
- MINE VAGANTI NGO Italy
- EDUFORMA SRL Italy
- Innovation Frontiers IKE Greece
Project TOPICs:
- Disabilities
- Critical Thinking
- Employability
TARGET GROUPs
Youth workers who work in the field of Youth education in critical thinking.
Blended Mobility of Learners: disabled people aged 18+coming from disadvantaged urban and rural communities and Educators/Trainers providing or interested in providing support to their social inclusion
Indirect: Education institutions, NGOs, cultural businesses and associations, Artscentres/groups, Organizations of people with disabilities, Organizations/public agencies providing services for people with disabiities.
PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES
DIS-employability aims at providing people with disabilities useful employability skills through the development of critical thinking for promoting their inclusion in the labor market.
APPROACH / METHODOLOGY
[NFE methods, initiatives and actions…etc.]
Project ACTIVITIES
Employability Piloting