The project contributed to create better working conditions for disabled people in the City of Warszaw, but the second phase of the project also focused on the integration of Ukrainian refugees
The overall objective of the project was to facilitate the employment of persons with disabilities in the City Hall of Warszaw and to ensure them decent working conditions. The project aimed both at eliminating obstacles in recruitment procedures and structures, but also to change negative stereotypes and prejudices among the managerial staff towards the capabilities of persons with disabilities.
The project built on the project ' Equal Chances - Equal Work' (ECEW) which contributed to increase the employment of persons with disabilities with 8,5% in the City Hall since 2019. The ECEW project developed solutions and good practices which were further tested and developed in the second phase, but the new phase also included Ukrainians as a target group.
The formal partner in the project was a Polish NGO with more than 30 years of experience in supporting employers in the implementation of employment programmes and management targeting persons with disabilities. There was also cooperation with the City of Oslo which is a partner city of Warsaw.
The following activities were carried out:
I. Implementation of developed solutions and good practices into the HR policy, including a Counselling Point to support employees, e-training on how to work in a diverse team and integrate foreigners, update of recruitment tools and solutions for adapting the workplaces to the needs of persons with disabilities.
II. Promotion of didactic tools developed in the ECEW project and new solutions, including two seminars for managerial staff with representatives of the City of Oslo, promotional campaign and seminars and training addressed to all employees of the City Hall, external communication towards prospective employees, also in Ukrainian.