Employment of Persons with Disabilities (original) (raw)

2011, Employment of Persons with Disabilities in Serbia

The Report ‘Employment of Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Serbia’ was produced within the framework of the project ‘Promotion of Inclusive Labour Market for Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Serbia’ implemented by Centre for Society Orientation – COD in partnership with Belgrade Centre for Human Rights and coalitions of disabled people’s organisations. The project is focused on monitoring in the field of labour and employment of persons with disabilities, through the creation of a national mechanism for monitoring the rights of persons with disabilities, implementation of national legislation and the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the local level. The main goal of the project is to contribute to the promotion of human rights of persons with disabilities and quality of their involvement in social processes, in order to increase the opportunities for employment and inclusion of these persons in society. An essential element of social inclusion of persons with disabilities is, undoubtedly, the field of labour and equal employment opportunities, which increases the willingness of the society to appropriately treat the problem of marginalisation in this field, which was the major obstacle to creating equal opportunities for all. The planning and implementation of the project are based on guidelines and recommendations of two global initiatives - ’Making it Work – MIW’ and ’Disability Rights Promotion International – D.R.P.I.’ which adopts ‘bottom up’ approach. By collecting local examples of innovative practices that have had a positive impact on the lives of people with disabilities, it is possible to make positive, concrete recommendations to government on how to develop inclusive policies. The aim is, therefore, to develop MIW projects that would make a direct connection between the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the lives of people with disabilities. This means learning what has worked on the ground – then replicating and scaling-up: from good practice to good policy.