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  Rating-based training of accessibility assessors

  The Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification (RHFAC) is a comprehensive rating system to measure meaningful accessibility in the built environment. The foundation also launched a training course for professionals in the construction industry to promote the principles of both the RHFAC and Universal Design.
  Rick Hansen Foundation, Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification, Canada

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  Training persons with disabilities in the Philippines to work as digital freelancers

  The 10-week programme includes demand-driven digital skills training, work-based learning, and employment support. Virtualahan also employs its own graduates to work as online outsourcing professionals. Since 2015 more than 400 people have graduated from the programme and 78 per cent have found employment.
  Virtualahan Inc., Virtualahan, Philippines

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  Bringing dance and artistic expression to people with and without disabilities worldwide

  DanceAbility International runs two to three training courses a year for dance teachers, choreographers, therapists, and others who want to incorporate inclusive dance and movement into their work. As of October 2018, over 500 people with and without disabilities have been certified in the DanceAbility method in 35 countries.
  DanceAbility, United States of America

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  Private company joins a university in training students in web accessibility

  "Los Laboratorios de Accesibilidad Web" (Web Accessibility Laboratories) is a project for improving web accessibility expertise in Latin America. The approach is based on a training course and the development of web accessibility assessment tools. Since the start in 2015, 150 programmers and designers have passed the course.
  Hearcolors, The Web Accessibility Laboratories, Mexico

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  NGO developing young people with disabilities for leadership positions

  In 2019 the Youth Disability Advocacy Service from Australia developed a leadership programme for young people with disabilities aged 14 to 25, and by 2022 there were 120 graduates, most of whom have gained paid employment. In addition, the programme has already been licensed to other organizations.
  Youth Affairs Council Victoria, Young Leaders Programme, Australia

• Supported internship

  The programme takes place entirely within a business setting where students participate in three internships to explore a variety of career options. This total workplace immersion facilitates a seamless combination of classroom instruction, career exploration and hands-on, worksite-based training and support.
  Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Centre, Supported internship, United States of America

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  Tactile Ballot Guides for Blind Voters

  The tactile ballot guide has cut-out holes and lines along one side to indicate the sequence of candidates. The ballot paper is placed under the guide and an audio recording describes the parties and candidates that correspond to the holes. The guide can be used multiple times and does not require knowledge of the Braille font.
  Central Election Commission of Georgia, Georgia

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  DPO federation running a business sector-encouragement programme

  COCEMFE encourages and supports companies to include people with disabilities among their relevant stakeholders as suppliers, customers, and competent professionals, and therefore to go beyond inclusive recruitment and CSR. Since 2018, 161 such agreements have been signed with companies.
  COCEMFE - Spanish Confederation of People with Physical and Organic Disabilities, Making businesses Inclusive, Spain

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  Training job coaches to support jobseekers with disabilities and employers

  Since 2018 the Accessible Employment project has been training people with and without disabilities in Cambodia as job coaches, who then support jobseekers while also working with employers. In 2019 there were ten trained job coaches, and 54 people with disabilities had gained employment.
  Light for the World Cambodia, Accessible Employment, Cambodia

• Preventing bullying against women with learning difficulties

  According to the Ninlil empowerment seminars bullying and violence against women with learning difficulties or multiple disabilities can only be stopped, if these women develop more self-determination in their everyday life. 210 seminars were held from 1999 to 2014, reaching 1,159 participants.
  Ninlil, Austria