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

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

The conference will present 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 will take place on 18 of September, 2007 at POLIS, Rue du Trône 98, in Brussels (easily reachable via the metro – station "Troon / Trône") from 9.00 till 14.00. It is organised with the financial support of the Leonardo da Vinci programme of the EC.

After the conference a free lunch will be offered to all attendees.

The agenda is 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
10.10-10.30 VIPP project presentation - Gaynor Edwards/Caroline Richardson, Remploy UK (link to project)
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)
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)
11.45-12.15 Workability Europe - Martin Ohridski, Workability Europe, BE
12.15-12.45 Quality assurance in training and education - David French, French and Burt, UK (link to project)
12.45-13.00 Press conference
12.45-14.00 Lunch cocktail

For registration, click on this registration link. As places are limited, please register before 4 September 2007.