Links & Resources

Below you will find links towards national portals established by project partners, as well as other useful links.

Background documents:

• EASPD Position Paper on Employment for Persons with Disabilities - The Thessaloniki Declaration
• The full text of the United Nations on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• The EU Disability Strategy 2010-2020: A renewed commitment to a barrier-free Europe, in all EU languages
• Research document from ANED (Academic Network of European Disability experts): The labour market situation of disabled people in European countries and implementation of employment policies: a summary of evidence from country reports and research studies, prepared by Pr. Bent Greve, University of Roskilde, Denmark (April 2009)

• Report from the European Disability Forum on the Impact of the Employment Directive (Council Directive 2000/78/EC) on persons with disabilities in employment: "Ten years on: practical impact of the Employment Directive on persons with disabilities in employment, EDF Analysis of Council Directive 2000/78/EC"

• 'Supported Employment as an instrument to enter the open labour market',
  an introduction to the supported employment approach, by Chiel Kamp, member of the PASS IT ON pool of experts

The national portals:

• Romania
• Czech Republic
• Bulgaria
• Hungary
• Malta

Institutional links:

• Executive Agency Education, Adiovisual & Culture

This Agency is a body set up by the European Commission. It is notably in charge of managing the Lifelong Learning Programme, which is co-funding this project

•  European Commission Disability Unit

Useful links with information on the employment of persons with disabilities:

• ANED

The Academic Network of European Disability experts (ANED) was created by the European Commission in December 2007. The aim is to establish and maintain a pan-European academic network in the disability field that will support policy development in collaboration with the Commission Disability Unit.This website contains several accurate reports related to the employment of people with disabilities

• The European Union of Supported Employment

The European Union of Supported Employment (EUSE) is the European umbrella organisation for supported employment. The members of the EUSE are National Associations of Supported Employment in Europe.

EUSE was established in 1993 to facilitate the development of Supported Employment throughout Europe. The Union works to promote the Supported Employment model through the exchange of information and knowledge on good practice.

EUSE also provides a platform for its members to network with other organisations and associations at European and world level.

The European Union of Supported Employment has a membership of 19 National Associations and the EUSE Council aim to work hard during 2009 - 2011  to provide leadership and direction for supported employment organisations to increase employment opportunities for their clients.

•  Workability Europe

Workability Europe is the largest employer body representing providers of work and employment services to people with disabilities in Europe. It has 40 member organisations located in more than 23 countries. The growing membership provides work programmes for over 1,250,000 persons with a disability yearly

•  Worksupport.com

Worksupport.com is the website of the Virginia Commonwealth University RRTC, which purpose is to study those supports that are most effective for assisting individuals with disabilities maintain employment and advance their careers.