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Luk Zelderloo, EASPD Secretary General info@easpd.eu www.easpd.eu

About t EASPD

Improving Improving Services Services-Imp mpro rovin ing Lives

• Non-profit NGO in the disability sector:

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ce of

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• ver 11

11 00 000 social service providers in Europe

• EASPD plays a key

key rol

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at Eu Euro ropea pean le leve vel as a representative

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disability service providers, working for an inclusive Europe and the full implementation of UN UN CRPD CRPD

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ectiv tive: Effective and high quality service systems, promoting equal

• pportunities

for people with disabilities throughout Europe

• Broad range of support activities: work

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What is needed ed for La Labo bour ur Ma Mark rket et ac acti tivation? vation?

• The

The STAR

STAR Recommendatons

mmendatons:

• Stakeholder Cooperation
• Targeted actions
• Availability of Support
• Research
• Based on a

an assessmen ment t of success ss factors rs in 2 25 project cts s on labour r market t activat atio ion n of persons ns with disabil ilit itie ies s & d disadvan antag taged ed groups through ghou

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t Europe. e.

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Stakehol eholder der Coope peratio ration n

• Structur

ructural al stakeh akeholder

• lder

cooperat

• peration:

ion: users, employment

support agencies, employers, VET providers, trade unions and public employment agencies and public authorities.

• Mutual

tual respon sponsibi sibilitie lities, s, incl. commitments from ALL ALL stakeholders

• Integrat

tegrated ed service provision must

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Targeted eted Actions

• ns
• Individ

idua uali lised sed approach ch to support services

• Ensure that employment leads to

decent t pay, working g conditio ions ns & career r paths (link to adequate income dimension of active inclusion)

• Avoid benefit

t trap by not withdrawing welfare immediately or too soon

• Public

c authori riti ties es must take the lead in employing disadvantaged groups.

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Availabi lability lity of Suppor

• rt
• Develo

elop p cohere erent nt & holist istic ic legisl islati ation

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and fundin ding g system tems s covering the action costs of hiring people and in-work support (to unemployed, employers, staff).

• Imple

leme ment nt campa paig igns ns to articulate and promote positive outcomes for employers

• Develop a multi-level platform, enabling

the exchan hange ge of best t practi ctices ces for employment measures for disadvantaged groups

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Research arch

• Support

rt research ch on measures aiming at unemployed people or at risk (success rate, barriers, other impacts, failures)

• Develop more detailed

ed unemploy

• ymen

ment t statist stic ics s & analysis is for disadvantaged groups

• Include

de research cher ers s in the stakeholder cooperation platform

• Analyse impact of the EU anti-

discrim imin inat ation ion directiv ive e on

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8 With the financial support from the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation “EaSI” (2014-2020)

Thank You!

EASPD

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