Thus, the European Centre assists the United Nations as a brain trust. International resource for information and applied research for the use and training of Handicapped Persons. The network brings together research centers, universities, enterprises, government departments, trade unions, and organizations representing disabled persons, all committed to the common goal of advancing competitive employment and training opportunities for persons with disabilities. The ultimate objective of the Association is the promotion of disability policy and programme reform favouring integrated training and employment options for working age disabled persons. It works to achieve this objective through collaborative applied research projects, and by the global exchange of information via the Internet.
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Facilitating the critical analysis of special education systems and policies at sub-national, national, and international levels. The Salvatore Maugeri Foundation was established in Pavia, Italy, as a private institution by Presidential degree in 1965, on the initiative of Professor Salvatore Maugeri. It was recognized as an institute of scientific inpatient care by interministerial decree in 1969. The purpose of the Institute is to work in the field of the protection of occupational health as well as the prevention of occupational risks and in the field of rehabilitation, in order to recover the functional abilities of patients with neuromotor, cardiorespiratory and chronic pathologic disabilities to help the disabled patient's socio-occupational reintegration, and to prevent handicap. Between each single Institute and the local University there is a mutual exchange of skills, knowledge and experience, with constant cooperation.