European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities: ‘Employment for All’ award

Deadline for submission – 14 March 2014.

The European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD) would like to promote better employment opportunities for persons with disabilities, and your help is needed. EASPD invites you to share your best practice, model, method or tool by participating in the EASPD ‘Employment for All’ award.

Your best practice will:

  • Be published on a best practices compilation on www.easpd.eu (if selected)
  • Be published in a compilation disseminated throughout Europe (if selected)
  • Be considered for selection as one of the three nominees for the award.

The nominees and the winner

There will be two categories in which nominees will be selected from.

The first category is for businesses/employers who promote better employment opportunities for persons with disabilities.

The second category comprises of social services and support providers who exhibit exceptional qualities in their practices in the employment field for persons with disabilities. Three nominees from each category will be invited to the conference; their best practices will be presented during the conference and they will participate in the final award ceremony.

The winning best practice from each category will receive the award during the EASPD Annual Conference “Persons with Disabilities in Employment: Inclusion through Jobs – making it real” in Zadar (Croatia).

The 3 nominees from each category will be selected by a jury composed of persons with disabilities, representatives of the business world, authorities, Disabled People Organisations and service providers.

Criteria: your best practice

  • has proven its merits in improving support conditions for integrating work- and career- opportunities for persons with disabilities.
  • is an active and on-going practice and it has positive prospects for future activity.
  • is preferably integrated in mainstream operations.
  • is about support leading to improvement of employment opportunities, including promotion of autonomy and an environment that is empowering.
  • is about supporting and promoting quality in work and in work- and career- opportunities.
  • it can be part of support-processes built around the person.

The Award will be presented during the EASPD conference, ‘Persons with Disabilities in Employment: Inclusion through Jobs – making it real’ that will take place in Zadar, Croatia on 7-8 May 2015.

Call for Applications: How to apply

Check out the full Call for Applications.

To participate in the award selection, please fill in the application form or ask for more information at harrison.crabtree@easpd.eu.

More information.