Employers, families of young people with special needs and society will be informed about the capacities and possibilities of young people to have a job in the Republic of Moldova through the nationwide campaign “I want and can”.
Communication coordinator of the public association “Youth Media Center” Alina Gaina, co-organizer of the campaign, in a news conference at IPN said there will be promoted a number of media materials. In a forum that will be staged in autumn young people with disabilities will tell about their employment experiences. On the occasion of the campaign launch, there was presented a video where persons with disabilities speak about the right to work. In this connection, Alina Gaina noted that some of the persons easier get a job, while the young people with special needs have to go through a number of stages to find a job.
Maricica Raileanu, the representative of the National Employment Agency that supports the campaign, said the persons with disabilities who come to their Agency benefit from employment assistance, career guidance, professional development courses and unemployment benefit for the period during which a job is sought for them. The disabled persons are employed in accordance with their professional training and work capacities and based on recommendations contained in the individual rehabilitation and social inclusion program as well as on the recommendations formulated by the National Council for Determining Disability and Work Capacity.
Last year, 800 persons with disabilities were registered as unemployed, while 45% were helped to find a job. As many as 175 persons with disabilities have sought help from the National Employment Agency so far this year. 37% of them were already employed. These apply for unqualified jobs such as cook, locksmith, driver and shop assistant.
The campaign “I want and can” is conducted by the public association “Youth Media Center” and the Alliance of Organizations for Persons with Disabilities, with support from the IM Swedish Development Partner.
