Workplace Inclusion 4.0

Completed

Workplace Inclusion 4.0

Workplace Inclusion 4.0

Contract Number

2017-1-AT01-KA202-034995

Description

Accessibility is still recognized as an annoying and costly duty but not as an opportunity. The legal position is clear  – all public services and goods must be barrier-free (European Unions charter of fundamental rights and UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities CRPD). Accessibility concerns approximately 15% of the population with an increasing tendency in aging societies.  The awareness about the four major disability types with the different requirements is largely lacking and the understanding of barrier-free adaptations is not available despite standards.

     In addition to the socioeconomic importance, the importance and basic requirements of this growing group of clients cannot be ignored (World Bank Group: World report on disability,

Online 15.12.2014: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/ 01/14440066 / world-report-disability). In fact, if the market of the future is the “Silver Market”, accessibility is the foundation for participation and success. 

     The main focus of this project is to improve the work place situation of people with disabilities and to enable a better integration at their work places. The objectives to reach this are:

1) Study of the current status of workplace inclusion in different regions of Europe,

2) Collection of best-practice examples from different regions,

3) Preparation of teaching and learning materials for the WI4.0 training,

4) Test course conducted in all five partner countries with at least ten participants per training course with certification,

5) Evaluation of the testing phase and improvement of the WI4.0 training.

     The participants of the training will use their opportunity and will strengthen their own profile and expand their business activities with the offer for the improvement of workplace inclusion.

     The project has a different kind of participants. At least 50 take part in the test training and can receive the certificate.  Another 600 people of different organizations will be approached in Online surveys and interviews. And more than 100 000 will receive information about the project through different channels like newsletters, reports in media, websites and social media activities. The profile of the test training participant slightly varies from partner to partner depending on their national situations.

The main target groups are business consultants and people in HR, but also guidance counselors in universities.

    The following activities are planned. The study about the current situation consisting of an Online survey, interviews, data from other sources and literature research will help us to improve our specification with the requirements of the customer. The preparing of the certificate-process and EQF-requirements can be done parallel. The development of the training materials with peer reviewing loops had to take care of these results. The test phase of the training and the certification of the first participants as CAC ends with a feedback loop and an improved version of the training materials.   

The pm methodology according to IPMA will be used in carrying out the project.

The results and the impacts of this project are; 

1) A holistic training, which enables the participants (ie business consultants and HR manager) to improve the situation for people with disabilities at their workplace,

2) A lot of people will get informed about the lacking implementation and this will raise their awareness for this issue,

3) More than 50 participants will get trained in the test training,

4) An extended business case for the participants of the testing phase is available,

5) A certificate conforming to an international standard (ISO 17024) for persons to the CAC is available,

6) The training corresponds to the national EQF-implementations,

7) The training is also valuable for people with disabilities who, as “experts on their own cause”, seek new job opportunities.

As social inclusion is not limited to the partner nations, the results can improve the situation in the whole European Union for people with disabilities.

     The training will be provided by the partners after the end of the project and the training materials will be available via the website for self-study. Also, the certification will be existing after the project end, so that other people can get the certificate, too. The know-how of the participants and the raised awareness of informed people will be a good base for ongoing development in this issue. 

Project Website

Start Date

01/10/2017

End Date

30/09/2019

Budget

285.530,07 €

Institutional Budget

26.391 €

Coordinator

FH JOANNEUM GmbH – Austria

Program

Erasmus+ Key Action 2- Strategic Partnerships for Vocational Education and Training

Status

COMPLETED

Partners

  • YASAR UNIVERSITY – Turkey
  • HAAGA-HELIA AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU – Finland
  • DI Tolliner Klaus – Austria
  • EURORESO – Italy
  • K MILIOS AND SIA OE – Greece
  • Fondazione Fenice Onlus – Italy

Institutional Project Coordinator

Prof. Dr. Çağrı BULUT