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80
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Project Description:
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Area(s) of Application:
Social and Vocational Integration
Relevant Player(s):
Research Institute, University, User Organization, Enduser,
Other
Thematic Issue(s):
Recommendation, Possibilities, Training / Methods
Economic Integration, Vocational guidance
Author:
Ph. Lamoral
Abstract:
The third Community action programme to assist disabled people,
the "HELIOS II programme", is intended to promote
equal opportunities for and the integration of disabled people.
Integration produces a positive relationship between individuals
and their physical and social environment. It allows disabled
people to develop their potential and to contribute to the development
of a non-discriminatory society in which they can be perceived
as, treated as and consider themselves as full and equal citizens.
Exchange and Information Activities (E.I.A.) are one of the
programme's operational aspects. There are four E.I.A. sectors,
namely functional rehabilitation, educational integration, economic
integration, and social integration and an independent way of
life. 14 European seminars were organized during the third quarter
of 1994 and in January 1995. Each of these seminars brought
together several theme-based groups.
The HELIOS activities in the economic integration field focus
on the vocational integration and examples of good practise
concerning successful training of disabled people. Vocational
guidance is designed as a service for disabled people, who,
in accepting and using the service, take the role of the client
or customer. Their aims and interests guide the process. The
guidance function is not performed for but in close cooperation
with the disabled individual, as the person is in charge of
his/her plans for the future and is therefore ultimately responsible
for them.
Editor:
Ph. Lamoral, manager of the HELIOS Team of Experts
Publisher:
HELIOS Team of Experts on behalf of the European Commission,
DGV
,
Brussels
,
1994
Relevant Pages:
121-156
European Context:
HELIOS Programme, 1994
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