Little professional integration for disabled people. Within the framework of the strategic plan for social protection and integration 2008-2010, the “Equal Opportunities on the Labor Market” program was launched in late 2008 by the Romanian Department for labor. A target group of 300 people in Bucharest, Iasi and Arad is going to take part in a program divided in several steps: professional evaluation, development of an individual integration plan, training and integration on the labor market. The wider objective is to “improve existing tools for the professional evaluation of disabled people, improve the legal framework, provide a range of services to advise, supervise and train disabled people and integrate them onto the labor market, in protected or classical structures” the Department explained. All this will come with a big media campaign to change mindsets. This pioneer initiative shows that the policy on this subject is starting to change, rushed by the EU and supported by Community funding.
vise, supervise and train disabled people and integrate them onto the labor market, in protected or classical structures” the Department explained. All this will come with a big media campaign to change mindsets. This pioneer initiative shows that the policy on this subject is starting to change, rushed by the EU and supported by Community funding.
Indeed, Romania is far behind its European neighbors. An assessment carried out by the National Authority for Disabled People listed 656,000 disabled
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