UEMPLOY: ONLINE CONSULTANCY FOR EMPLOYMENT INCLUSION
Authors: Colibaba Anca cristina , Colibaba Luciacintia , Irimia Bogdan , Petrescu Lucia 
Published: February 2023

The research analyses the way in which online education can be addressed to very specific target groups:
a) training business consultants working with firms in counseling these companies how to deal with applying the equal opportunity principle in the selection or the maintaining of persons with special needs in the company;
b) training human resources departments in companies how to maintain people with special needs and how to evaluate what change management processes are needed in order to be successful for this goal;
c) teaching company management how the company can focus on the process of equal opportunities in personnel selection without diminishing the quality of the services and products offered, without having a diminished profit margin or/and an increased complaints statistics and strategically planning an investment that reflects a modern vision related to corporate social responsibility.
The project in which the implementation of this research has been taking place is a two-year Leonardo Da Vinci project, UEmploy (510784-LLP-1-2010-1-RO-LEONARDO-LMP) with 7 partners from BG, HU, FI, IE and RO.
What this project underlines is that although in Europe employment inclusion is an important objective there is no common standardized scheme. The online component of the training is meant to contribute to the standardization of the approaches and contents.
The focus of the project is modern rehabilitation, a range of services and processes designed to enable all disabled people to live their lives as fully as possible. For organizations, SMEs and professionals the project provides an opportunity to introduce/train innovative employment inclusion and rehabilitation approaches in dealing with people with disabilities throughout the work processes. The project develops methods and professional support in English and partners\' languages to help SMEs employ people with disabilities. The scheme manager’s and the consultant’s handbooks and materials for company management and HR departments have already been developed and tested in each partner country. Materials have been validated by social partners and a blended learning system is in place for all the categories of beneficiaries described.

UEmploy looks into modern rehabilitation, a range of services and processes focused on enabling all disabled people to live their lives as fully as possible. At the same time, the project addresses representatives of the employers: organizations, SMEs and professionals. For this category of beneficiaries UEmploy provides training opportunities in the direction of innovative employment inclusion and rehabilitation approaches for people with disabilities.

Thus UEmploy addresses the matter of employment inclusion both from the perspective of the employee and that of the employers facilitating access and working to improve approach.

Many European countries still have a very low rate of disabled employment despite the progress made by the EU over the past decade towards this policy. People with disabilities are still at a major scale excluded from work activities which could provide financial support and also ensure an active profesional life and development.

However, more and more companies realise that inclusive employment is an effective strategy to meet their social responsibility. With no real experience in the field employers are not properly equiped to develop on employment inclusion. Therefore, proactive cooperation with employers is necesary to counteract stereotypes and encourage them to understand skills and capacities of people with disabilities.