The specific objectives were: - to examine the status quo at a national level on inclusive employment in the GLAM sector in the partner countries; - to enhance the capacity of adult education providers to provide for more flexible and high quality learning opportunities for adults with disabilities; - to equip adult educators with strategies and practical scenarios for training adults with disabilities through flexible learning opportunities, adapted to their needs; - to provide for flexible digital and blended learning opportunities for adults with disabilities, particularly those with ASD, for joining the GLAM workforce; - to promote awareness and a culture of equal access and non-discrimination for inclusive employment in the GLAM sector, focussing on institutional training for GLAM professionals, especially in HR departments; - to strengthen efforts to support all those involved in the GLAM labour market, to make use of existing or new spaces and advocate for equal access and non-discrimination for inclusive employment in the GLAM sector; - to inspire co-creation strategies among different stakeholders for policy making for equal access and non-discrimination for inclusive employment in the GLAM sector.
Fostering employment and inclusive societies are on top of EU policy agenda. Foremost, when it comes to the labour market, it is often especially the group of persons with disabilities who is excluded from full participation, leading to a need for “mainstreaming disability in the labour market”. This refers to the groups of people whose potential still is unlocked or untapped and who therefore are often confronted with disadvantages. Having a job is one of the best ways to ensure independence and social inclusion, yet only 50.8% of people with disabilities are in work compared to 75% of people who do not have a disability. This amounts to over 40 million disabled Europeans who are currently not employed. That´s why INCLUDED specifically addressed labour inclusive recruitment in the GLAM sector (galleries, libraries, archives, ,useums), as these institutions are considered agents of social change, and thus should set the example of an inclusive society, shape the future of the sector but also guiding societal changes and nurturing social inclusion. People with disabilities are among those first excluded from the labour market and the project seeked to disrupt this trend, through reversing the paradigm in the GLAM sector.