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Valorisation conference dedicated to accessible mainstream vocational training and employment for people with disabilities, Brussels, 18 September 2007

PhoenixKM organised a valorisation conference for Marie Curie Association (www.marie-curie-bg.org). This conference was dedicated to accessible mainstream vocational training and employment for people with disabilities.

The conference presented outcomes from different projects that address following policies:
- Use education and vocational training as instruments to improve employability;
- Raise awareness among employers and placement services about the realities that people with disabilities face in the labour market;
- Encourage adaptation of the work environment;
- Take advantage of new sources of employment;
- Promote the shift to mainstream employment;
- Improve the quality and competitiveness of sheltered employment;
- Engage social agents in raising employment levels of people with disabilities;
- Seek the advice at all stages of people with disabilities themselves.

The conference took place on 18 of September, 2007 at POLIS, Rue du Trône 98, in Brussels from 9.00 till 14.00. It was organised with the financial support of the Leonardo da Vinci programme of the EC.

After the conference a free lunch was offered to all attendees.

The agenda was as following:
Date: 18.09.2007
Venue: Polis conference centre, Brussels (POLIS, Rue du Trône 98, in Brussels (easily reachable via the metro – stop "Troon / Trône"))
9.00-10.00 Registration/welcome coffee and project products exhibition
10.00-10.10 Opening - Executive Agency, Leonardo da Vinci programme (pdf)
10.10-10.30 VIPP project presentation - Gaynor Edwards, Remploy UK (link to project) (pdf)
10.30-11.00 Case studies from VIPP - Levin-Polde Mari-Ann + Pär Larshans (personnel manager at MAX Hamburger Restaurants), Lars Andersson (piloter) SE (link to project) (pdf 1), (pdf 2)
11.00-11.15 Coffee break
11.15-11.45 Validation of mentoring project and Codes of practices - Mariya Goranova, Marie Curie Association, BG and David French, French and Burt, UK (link to project) (pdf 1, pdf2)
11.45-12.15 Workability Europe - Martin Ohridski, Workability Europe, BE (pdf)
12.15-12.45 Quality assurance in training and education - David French, French and Burt, UK (link to project) (pdf)
12.45-13.00 Press conference
12.45-14.00 Lunch cocktail

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