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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

• Gateway to employment: opportunities not obstacles

  The Telenor Open Mind programme duration is two years. In the first three months the individuals participate in a computer training course, as well as a course to develops social skills for the workplace. The following 21 months are work practice in Telenor in an area of their interest, allowing them to gain hands-on experience.
  ASA Telenor, Gateway to employment: opportunities not obstacles, Norway

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  Three internships to provide a variety of career options

  Project SEARCH prepares young people with intellectual disabilities for successful employment and job development. The programme takes place entirely within a business setting, providing students with three internships to allow them to explore a variety of career options. In 2016, the project operated 405 programmes worldwide.
  Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Centre, Project SEARCH, United States of America

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  Accessible London funds work that improves access to buildings of the civil society and increases disabled people's participation in arts and sporting opportunities.

  The Accessible London program allows voluntary and community organisations to get free advice and funding for improving accessibility to their buildings and services. This program provides funding for access consultancy, specialist disability staff, disability training, physical and sensory building improvements.
  City Bridge Trust, Providing access to buildings of civil society, United Kingdom

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  Mystery Clients with disabilities evaluating the accessibility and usability of services

  Access Israel, a leading NGO, trains training people with different disabilities to act as ‘mystery shoppers’ to covertly assess the level of accessibility and usability of services. Businesses pay for the service to improve their services, and many use it regularly. By 2021 testing teams had completed more than 300 assessments.
  Access Israel, Accessibility Testing and Evaluation by Undercover Clients with Disabilities, Israel

• Towards an accessible Province

  Ontario wants to become a fully accessible province by 2025. The AODA-Act includes guidelines for public space design, employment, information and communication, transportation and customer service. The "Regulation on Integrated Accessibility Standards" (IASR) defines 200 concrete requirements.
  Accessibility Directorate of Ontario, Canada – Province of Ontario – Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), Canada

• Hospital internships as a strong bridge to the open labour market

  Project SEARCH offers young people with intellectual disabilities an internship programme at Naas General Hospital. Over a nine-month period, the interns take part in different real job experiences and then seek employment. Following the first year, all interns who completed the programme found employment in the open labour market.
  KARE - Promoting Inclusion for People with Intellectual Disabilities, Project SEARCH, Ireland

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  Widening effective participation of people with disabilities in community-based disaster risk management - that is the mission of this project run by Malteser International and local partners in Vietnam.

  A manual on inclusive community-based disaster risk management was created to complement the national project of "Awareness Raising and Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction" (CBDRM). A pilot project was launched in 47 villages in 6 communes of 3 district of Quang Nam province.
  Malteser International, Manual on inclusive disaster risk management, Vietnam

• The right to youth education

  The law enables young people with special needs to attain personal, social and vocational competencies through a three-year youth education. The training is based on a person-centred curriculum. It can take place in different schools or in the form of work experiences, and is completed with a certificate.
  Danish Ministry of Children and Education, The right to youth education, Denmark

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  Large-scale support for employers who have to meet a quota of employees with disabilities

  Helm assists employers by short-listing suitable candidates, identifying the required accommodations and ensuring that employees maintain their jobs by on-the-job training and regular follow-up with both the employee and employer. Between 2014 and 2017 Helm has worked with more than 250 companies.
  Helm, Egypt