Access to work for all. With ADA support, a project to protect the right to employment is being implemented in Moldova
The right to work and respect for this right will be improved in our country. At the same time, the implementation of international standards will be ensured in terms of facilitating access to vocational-technical education and subsequent employment for people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, as well as people living in villages. In this regard, the project "Strengthening the right to work in the Republic of Moldova" is being implemented. One of its objectives is to strengthen the capacities of the authorities to promote and protect the right to employment.
The project is being implemented over a two-year period, until 2025, with the support of the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), with a total budget of 900 thousand euros.
"I am absolutely convinced that through this project we can make great progress in the labour market. We can find young people who are interested in accessing the labour market. We offer the chance to join this group not only to those selected. Everyone will have the security of having their rights respected," says ADA country director Gunther Zimmer.
Currently, one of the problems waiting to be solved is the employment of people with disabilities.
"This category of vulnerable people are more reserved, they are more shy and they are not always able to get their preferred job that will secure their livelihood. Even children with Down's syndrome or infantile cerebral palsy study in technical vocational schools and obviously these children are not always able to get a job," says the director of the centre of excellence, Alexandra Raețchi.
Educational institutions are always in contact with the labour market, and thanks to this project, people with disabilities should find it much easier to find employment.
"The academic environment is in tandem with educational institutions, as they participate in the drafting of national documents and policies. Graduates of educational institutions in the vulnerable category are not always accepted in the labour market. This project helps to make it easier for them to enter the business world," says Alexandra Raețchi.
According to the National Agency for Employment, last year in the Republic of Moldova there were more than 2200 registered unemployed people with disabilities. They made up three percent of the total number of unemployed people in the country.
