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Participate in the 2nd Awareness Action "Employers - Employing and Creating Career Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities"

Updated : 08/10/2024

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Next day 29 October, of 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., will be carried out a 2nd Awareness-raising Action with the theme: "Employers - Employing and Creating Career Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities". The event, which will take place on a platform Teams, has as main objective to promote the discussion on the opportunities e challenges the integration and development of persons with disabilities into the labour market.

The action is intended to: employers and other interested people who want to know how to promote inclusion in the workplace, create opportunities, promote skills and contribute to a fairer and more cohesive society. This event will address difficulties, but also practical solutions that can be adopted to improve the accessibility and reception of these people in employers.

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Get to know the program below:

Opening: Helena Alexandre, INR, IP |14h30

Initial intervention: Right to employment and work. Legislative background: Constitutional Law, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other existing legislation, Odete Fiuza, FIUD – INR Research, Training and Development Unit, IP | 14:40 – 15:00

Panel 1: Attitudes and practices |15h – 16h

  • Deconstructing stereotypes, Marisa Lopes, FIUD – INR Research, Training and Development Unit, PI
  • Promoting inclusive environments, Sofia Rodrigues, UIFD – Research, Training and Development Unit of the INR, IP
  • Embrancing Diversity, HR in Services, Ana Luísa Martinho, ISCAP - Polytechnic of Porto
  • Best Practices in Inclusive Environments, Carla Alves, HR Coordinator, FNAC Portugal

Moderation:Liliana Sintra, Resource Division for Social Inclusion, Department of Cohesion and Social Development, Municipality of Cascais and President of ASBIHP - Association Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus of Portugal

Range|10 min

Panel 2: Employing people with disabilities: the perspective of organisations | 16.10 – 17.10

  • Recruit and integrate in the private sector, Fátima Machado, Director of Human Resources at SUMA, SA and Susana Silva, Recruitment Leader at Decathlon
  • Recruiting in the public sector, Rita Correia, Division for Recruitment and Professional Development, Department for Organic Structures and Recruitment, DGAEP - Directorate-General for Administration and Public Employment
  • Measures to support the employment of UTPs, Zita Pinto, Caldas da Rainha Employment Service, Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, I.P.

Moderation: Fernanda Sousa, Head of Division of the INR Technical Support Office, IP

Closure: Rodrigo Ramos, President of the Board of Directors of the INR, IP | 17.15 – 17.30

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