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Workability Europe is the largest employer body representing providers of work and employment services to people with disabilities in Europe. It has 40 member organisations located in more than 23 countries. The growing membership provides work programmes for over 1,250,000 persons with a disability yearly.
It started on 8 February 2001 formally when a legal framework was established for Workability Europe as an independent not-for-profit Association under Dutch law.
Workability Europe aims to defend and promote the right to work for people with disabilities to the European Parliament and the Commission, national governments, medico-social and rehabilitation services, education and training services, employers, trade unions and representatives of disability organisations.
They pursue the fundamental aim of removing any obstacles on the labour market and to implement equal employment opportunities for all. They want employers representing providers of work and employment services to people with disabilities to speak with one voice to reinforce and improve the relations between people with disabilities and employment.
Workability Europe's missions consist in :
- acting on the employment rate of people with disabilities in working age to reach the same rate as for the rest of the population,
- adapting employment and services to meet the individual needs of people with disabilities,
- planning measures for equal employment opportunities,
- cooperating with employers and organisations of employers to develop significant inclusion opportunities in the labour market for people with disabilities,
- providing relevant statistics to evaluate the efficiency of measures taken to develop equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
Workability Europe cooperates with the European Institutions and strives to contribute to EU's Disability and Social Agenda. It is a founding member of the European Disability Forum (EDF) and the European Federation of Social Employers (FEDES), and a member of the Platform of European Social NGOs, Business & Disability European Network, the Social Employers Network (SEN), European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing Public services (CEEP), the European Union of Supported Employment and the European Council for Non-Profit Organisations (CEDAG). Workability Europe also works closely with other international organisations, employers, trade unions and relevant NGOs.
Verein zur Forderung von Arbeit und Beschäftigung (FAB), Austria
Vlaamse Federatie Van Beschutte Werkplaatsen Vzw (VLAB), Belgium
Vates-säätiö, Finland
Fédération nationale des associations gestionnaires au service des personnes handicapées (FEGAPEI), France
Réseau National du Secteur Adapté et Protégé (GESAT), France
Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Werk Für Behinderte (BAG WfbM), Germany
Salo Holding AG, Germany
Regionális Szociális Forrásközpont Kht, Hungary
Savaria Nett-Pack Kft, Hungary
LUX-TEX Rehabilitációs Foglalkoztató Kft., Hungary
Védett Szervezetek Országos Szövetségének (VSZOSZ), Hungary
Samtök um vinnu og verkþjálfun (SVV), Island
Rehab Group, Ireland
Valakupiu reabilitacijos centras (VRC), Lithuania
Ulster Supported Employment (USEL), Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)
Arbeidssamvirkenes Landsforening (ASVL), Norway
Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy (CIOP), Poland
Stowarzyszenie Organizatorów Zatrudnienia Osób Niepelnosprawnych (OZON), Poland
Stowarzyszenie Przyjaciól Integracji (INTEGRACJA), Poland
Stowarzyszenie Medycyna-Praca (SMP), Poland
Krajowa Izba Gospodarczo-Rehabilitacyjna (KIG-R), Poland
Stowarzyszenie Niepelnosprawni dla Srodowiska EKON, Poland
Polska Organizacja Pracodawców Osób Niepelnosprawnych (POPON), Poland
Fenacerci, Portugal
FRMPH, Romania
Grupo Fundosa, Spain
EHLABE, Spain
Samhall AB, Sweden
Institutions sociales suisses pour personnes handicapées (INSOS), Switzerland
Remploy, United Kingdom
Shaw Trust, United Kingdom
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