#ZeroCall25 Topic: Employment

Innovative solutions for inclusive employment

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The Zero Project's research topics are based on the UN CRPD's definition of rights of persons with disabiltities and seek innovative solutions to advance their implementation. Article 27 of the CRPD addresses Work and Employment and informs this year's #ZeroCall25 selection process.

Previous research cycles showed great potential for innovation in the following areas that are covered by Article 27. However, these are intended only as examples of possible nominations. Innovative solutions that remove barriers in other areas of Employment may be considered as well. 

  • Supported Employment

    Personal or technical support enabling persons with disability to participate in the labour market

  • Vocational Training

    TVET – Technical and vocational educational training providing skills for employment

  • Transition models from sheltered workshops

    Methods and programmes to move beyond sheltered employment

  • Entrepreneurship and micro-finance

    Creation of small businesses and the provision of financial means to run them

  • Transition

    Period between the end of secondary education and the start of employment

  • Matchmaking

    Bringing employers and employees together and the aligning of capabilities and requirements

  • Higher education to prepare for the labour market

    University and/or college education to enter the labour market

  • Inclusive Arts

    Innovative solutions for inclusive employment in the Arts & Culture sector

Innovations very often connect education and vocational training with employment. As a consequence, there is no clear distinction between education (Article 24 of the CRPD) and employment. Innovative solutions relating to Inclusive Arts also address Article 21 (Freedom of expression) and, in particular, Article 30 (Participation in cultural life, recreation, leiser, and sport).

In addition to the CRPD, the #ZeroCall25 research design also draws on publications and reports, including those from the ILO and the Thematic Report of the OHCHR.

Zero Project Awardees

Innovative solutions from previous #ZeroCall research cycles on Employment

  • A lady is cleaning a tire of a car. She has some cleaning material and a brush in her hand. She is wearing head phones.

    Chile

    Seco Chile

    SecoChile is an eco-washing service for cars, where most of the employees are people with…

  • Two young women sit next to each other in front of two computers, with a crutch leaning on the desk between them. One woman is doing a typing exercise.

    India

    Youth4Jobs College Connect

    The Youth4Jobs Foundation has established Smart Inclusion Centres through its College Connect…

  • Four women in work uniforms hold trays with bakery products in front of them. There are ovens in the background and more trays with bakery products on the side

    Moldova

    Hope has an address!

    Floare de Cireş is a catering service in the town of Razeni in Modava founded in 2012 to give…