Description
The project addresses the need for labour mediation of visually impaired people in Targovishte District. The project aims at empowering and assisting such people by providing them with services. First, the centre for labour mediation of visually impaired people will open in Targovishte and 4 reception offices will be opened in 4 more cities. Second, the awareness of the local community will be raised about the opportunities offered by the centre. Third, the centre will start registering and assisting the users based on their needs. Fourth, 50 meetings with businesses will be held to persuade potential employers to hire visually impaired people. In addition, a manual with affirmative measures for employers will be disseminated. Finally, the centre will assist the users with the application documents, the CV, the motivation letter and the interview. The project will benefit the visually impaired people in Targovishte District, the business, the local administration and community.
Summary of project results
The districts of Targovishte, Shumen and Razgrad lacked an efficient approach in employment mediation for visually impaired people. The implemented project helped provide a new service, namely Centre for Employment Mediation and Assistance for Visually Impaired People, targeted at empowerment of vulnerable groups through support for social inclusion of unemployed visually impaired people. The implemented project has threefold impact: - With regard to visually impaired people: 1.The profile of visually impaired people was outlined through the developed and updated database on district level for Targovishte, Razgrad and Shumen Districts. 2.The operation of the Centre for Employment Mediation and Assistance for Visually Impaired People enabled the unemployed with impaired sight in these regions to have access to professional help with job searching. - With regard to employers: 1. The motivational training sessions held and the individual meetings with business representatives were focused on the social commitment of each citizen, the one capable of supporting disadvantaged people, in particular. - With regard to the public, the project had great impact on overcoming negative attitudes of mistrust towards visually impaired people. The achievements of this project will be further developed in the future through the organization’s efforts to keep constantly up-to-date the database for working-age visually impaired people; keep the contacts established with representatives of employers; have the team of specialists who are members of the association prepared to support the employment opportunities of each member of the group of visually impaired people and disseminate the manuals with information issued under the project.
Summary of bilateral results