Mission
The EFC Disability Interest Group was initiated within the framework of the EFC - Fundación ONCE project “Partnership for Vocational Training and Employment for People with Disabilities in Europe”.
The current phase of the project focuses on dialogue enhancement among players and expanding the possibilities for cooperation thanks to the setting up of the permanent EFC Disability Interest Group and the implementation of the initiatives taken by it.
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Objectives
The group aims at:
- Promoting synergies between funders supporting training and employment, and those supporting people with disabilities in order to strengthen the exchange of knowledge and good practice; networking between foundations, corporates and public authorities; and to mobilise people for further action.
- Fostering networking, information and best practice exchange, as well as better communication and coordination among funders active or potentially active in the field
- Enhancing the knowledge base and grantmaking skills/capacity of donors in this field
- Raising awareness among foundations, corporate funders and public authorities about disability issues
- Creating public-private partnerships
- Promoting synergies and possible ground for cooperation
- Involving employers for further action
Projects/Activities
The project has been designed in two phases. The first phase focused on information gathering and analysis, mapping funding in the field, identifying cases of best practice, and convening funders for sharing knowledge and experience, where the three major results of this phase were the following:
1. The publication of the directory “Funding for Vocational Training and Employment for People with Disabilities in Europe”, which includes a sample of 105 profiles of foundations and corporate funders active in the fields of disabilities and/or employment.
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2. The associated “Guidelines for Good Practice”, which describe broad categories of guidelines for good grantmaking practice for independent funders in the area of vocational training and employment for people with disabilities.
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3. A Eurobriefing on Vocational Training and Employment for People with Disabilities on January 23rd 2003. This one-day information meeting on disability issues convened major European foundations and corporate funders active in the field, as well as European Commission representatives and other stakeholders such as the European Disability Forum. The objective was to exchange information on practices and policies in order to find possible ground for cooperation towards the European Year of People with Disabilities 2003.
The second and current phase focuses on dialogue enhancement among players and expanding the possibilities for cooperation thanks to the setting up of the permanent EFC Disability Interest Group and the implementation of the initiatives taken by it, which will be based on the knowledge gained in the first phase of the project.
> Go to European Consortium of Foundations on Human Rights and Disabilities
Governance
The group seeks to convene foundations, corporate funders and their partners active in the field with a view to facilitating networking and information exchange, stimulating critical reflection, fostering cooperation, increasing awareness and mobilising funders.