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Innovative financing for out-of-school children and youth
Este folleto tiene como objetivo servir de referencia rĆ”pida para los responsables polĆticos en la regiĆ³n que deseen familiarizarse en enfoques no tradicionales de financiaciĆ³n educativa. Compila casos exitosos extraĆdos de diversos sectores que no sĆ³lo abren nuevos caminos sino que ofrecen factible soluciones fiscales para apoyar mejor las intervenciones educativas para los niƱos no escolarizados
Getting Hired: A Trainer\u27s Manual for Conducting a Workshop for Job-seekers with Disabilities
Teaching people the skills they need to find their own jobs can be empowering for both
trainers and trainees. The ILOās AbilityAsia programme has published Getting Hired: A
Trainerās Manual for Conducting Workshops for Job-Seekers with Disabilities to help trainers
help people with disabilities get hired by teaching job-seeking skills.
This manual is designed for job placement or employment officers, social workers, staff who
work at organizations of and for people with disabilities and others who want to provide jobseeking
skills training. The manual has a special emphasis on people with disabilities since
they face specific barriers to entering the labour force, however the job-seeking skills that are
the basis of the curriculum are the same for any job-seeker and therefore the job-seeking
training workshops that are offered can be for both disabled and non-disabled persons.
The companion Getting Hired: A Guide for Job-Seekers with Disabilities (referred to simply as
āthe guideā or āguide for job-seekersā) should be used along with the this trainerās manual
when workshops are offered. Both the trainerās manual and the job-seekersā guide can be
downloaded from www.ilo.org/abilityasia or www.ilo.org/employment/disability.
The guide can be used independently if training workshops are not feasible; however most
job-seekers with disabilities will benefit from some training in job-seeking skills.
The guide and trainerās manual were originally developed for use in ILO projects in Tanzania
and Kenya during the 1990s, but have been updated and adapted for use in Asia and the
Pacific. They were field-tested in Africa but have also been used in some Asian countries in
the former formats. This updated version of the trainerās manual was reviewed by employers
and job placement experts from a number of different countries in Asia.
Getting Hired: A Trainerās Manual for Conducting Workshops for Job-Seekers with Disabilities
also has relevance to other regions of the world besides Asia and the Pacific. And, since jobseeking
practices can vary within the region, guidance on how to tailor the curriculum to
national or local practices is provided in Appendix I.
This training manual takes on increased importance as the attitudes about disabled persons
are changing. People with disabilities are no longer viewed as requiring protection and care;
they are seen as individuals who have rights, including the right to access training and
employment. With preparation and training, it has been proven time and again by employers
who hire people with disabilities that the overall performance, productivity and safety records
of disabled persons is on par with those of their non-disabled peers.
Further, the right to meaningful, decent work is guaranteed in a number of international
instruments. Most recently, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which entered into force on 3 May 2008. It is now
being signed and ratified by many countries around the world and those who have ratified
it are starting the process of implementation. The ILO Convention concerning Vocational
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Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons), 1983 (No. 159) promotes equal
treatment and equal opportunity for people with disabilities in work and training situations.
The ILO Code of Practice on Managing Disabilities in the Workplace provides guidance for
employers on how to implement these principles in the workplace. At the national level,
many countries also have laws to protect the right of people with disabilities to engage in
work and to access the services to help them find decent work. To learn more about these
instruments and local laws, consult the websites listed in the Section āUseful Websitesā in
Appendix VII and national ministries of labour, trade unions and disabled personsā
organizations.
The ILO wishes you success in conducting a job-seeking workshop in your country.
Hopefully, this trainerās manual will assist you and that, as a result, many of the workshop
participants will be getting hired
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