Finished Projects / DESCUBRE

Project Acronym / Full Title: DESCUBRE – Contemos con todos para evitar la exclusion social

EU Programme: HORIZON

Lead Partner: Ajuntament de Sabadell, Spain

Partners:

Ajuntament de Terrassa (Foment de Terrassa, SA and Municipal Institute for Social Services IMSS), Spain
Ajuntament de Santa Coloma de Gramanet (Grameimpuls, SA), Spain
Ajuntament de Mataró (Municipal Institute for Economic Promotion), Spain
Ajuntament de Manresa, Spain
ADAPEI, Anger, France

Project duration: 1998 - 1999

Abstract:

The DESCUBRE project aimed at enhancing the working conditions of handicapped persons (disabled and mentally handicapped persons) through the coordination of training and employment services and awareness raising activities and collaboration with businesses and social partners.

The main objectives of the project were:

To collaborate – from a comprehensive and global perspective - in the field of the employment of handicapped persons to overcome the obstacles that exclude them from the labour market and from society;
To create a network of the participating city councils with the aim to foster the active exchange of experiences to promote equal opportunities for disabled persons in the labour market for disabled persons;
To foster a dynamics of coordination at local level to give a coordinated answer to the needs of handicapped persons.

The project activities addressed the total population (awareness raising actions, information to citizens), businesses (consulting services to businesses) and users of training and relocation services (occupational training courses, attendance of labour relocation measures).