In the countries of the European Union (EU28), 44 million people aged between 15 and 64 years old in 2011 reported having a disability limiting activities of daily living. The employment rate is 47.3% for persons with disabilities whereas for non-disabled persons, the same rate is 66.9%. In addition, for the population aged 25 to 64, access to lifelong learning in 2011 was 9.8% for the non-disabled compared with 6.9% for the disabled. . 80% of disabilities are invisible: while the wheelchair remains emblematic of disability, it concerns only 2% of situations, and sensory impairments (deafness, bad vision, ...), only 4%. On the other hand, 45% of disabilities are related to disabling diseases such as allergies, asthma, diabetes, cancers or musculoskeletal disorders, and 20% to psychic disorders (autism, schizophrenia, etc.). In a context of massive unemployment, it is even more difficult for disabled workers to keep their jobs or to find a new one. In addition, people with disabilities have particular difficulties of integration with a high age but also a low level of training. In this difficult context, it is essential to be able to welcome in training trainees with disabilities. It is a question of equal treatment of trainees. With the APASHE-FOCO project, the stakeholder organizations (training centers, companies, health school, popular university) would like to share their experiences of preparation for qualification, training, coaching and job retention for the people with disabilities. It is a matter of identifying the procedures put in place and the tools available so that each partner can improve their identification, recruitment, training and support practices in order to ultimately promote the employability and their keeping their job. APASHE-FOCO aims to promote the employability and job retention of people with disabilities and create the conditions for inclusive vocational training The objectives of the project are to improve the conditions of reception, identification and support of people with disabilities in Europe with partners from the field of entrepreneurship, training and the medical field; question situations of educational / administrative interface / through the lens of disability; to raise the awareness of the teams of training structures to the different types of invisible disabilities and to identify good practices for the reception and support of trainees with disabilities to the point of employment. Thanks to job-sharing activities that will directly involve 45 professionals and with the support of an associated regional partner, Défi-métiers, the partners will produce an e-guide of good practices as well as an engineering of reception, tracking and accompanying persons with disabilities. The impacts are mainly related to the awareness of staff to invisible disabilities and their consequences on learning and therefore to more appropriate support (more adapted information, reworked documents, orientation to specialized services ...) Dissemination of the project will affect at least 5000 people not directly involved in the project.
In the countries of the European Union (EU28), 44 million people aged 15 to 64 years reported in 2011 that they had a disability that limited their activities of daily living. The employment rate is 47.3% for people with disabilities, while for people without disabilities the same rate is 66.9%. In a context of massive unemployment, it is even more difficult for disabled workers to keep their jobs or to find new ones. Moreover, people with disabilities have particular difficulties in integrating into the workforce, with a high age and a low level of training. In this complex context, it is essential to be able to accompany disabled people into employment, via training, with dignified and adapted conditions of reception, support and maintenance in employment or training. It is a question of equal treatment of citizens. However, obstacles have been noted. The APASHE project aims to promote the employability and retention of people with disabilities and to create the conditions for inclusive vocational training With the APASHE project, the participating organizations (training centers, inclusive companies, health school, popular university) have shared their experiences of preparation for qualification, training, accompaniment and retention in employment for people with disabilities. Thanks to visits to companies, sheltered workshops, training centers in the countries of the partnership, meetings with the people concerned and the managers of these structures, the partners tried to understand the different systems in place, to question the differences and to imagine transfers of experiences. The good practices observed have been collected and are accessible to all on a public project space at the following address: https://cafoc.forpro-creteil.org/, tab Erasmus+ projects. Three short training events took place in France, Germany and Spain. These 3-day mobilities on site with a demanding program allowed to discover the daily work of people with disabilities in different types of organizations and with different degrees of autonomy. 30 professionals took part in these activities. Three transnational meetings took place in France, Sweden and Spain. Due to the occurrence of Covid-19, the project was extended by 6 months, but internal changes and the external context did not allow the realization of the last mobilities and transnational meeting. This project allowed a real "intercultural" meeting between actors from the business world and actors from the training and social sphere. This meeting has generated a number of potential projects with a mix of actors. Considerable impacts were achieved thanks to the dissemination efforts of the participants. We estimate that more than 18,000 people were reached by the project, whereas we had set a target of 5,000. At the regional level, partnerships have been established or deepened between the Ile-de-France partners . European partners are ready to engage in new projects. In the wake of the APASHE project, a strategic partnership project with an innovation component was submitted to and selected by the Erasmus+ agency, the IDE@ project - Implementing a digital e-learning alternative which focuses on digital accessibility in training. This project is even open to the international scene since a Quebec university is part of the adventure.