The DISENEX+East project is dedicated to the empowerment of people with disabilities in the countries of the Eastern Partnership (Armenia, Moldova, Georgia, Belarus, Ukraine), as well as Russia and Germany through their engagement into social entrepreneurship.
During the project, the international team of 7 NGOs from the abovementioned countries will produce a series of motivating films, select learning courses on entrepreneurial skills and overview national legislation in the fields of social entrepreneurship.
“Agate” Rights Defense Center for Women with disabilities will cooperate with Internationale Akademie für Management und Technologie (INTAMT). Best practices from each country will be studied and shared.
Project main objectives
- Increasing the level of awareness on self-employment and (social) entrepreneurship among people with disabilities in Armenia․
- Creation of a comprehensive multifunctional online tool which will help Armenians with disabilities to discover, elaborate and implement entrepreneurial opportunities.
- Making clear for decision makers the challenges encountered by people with disabilities in Armenia, assisting them to learn about the economic and creative potential of persons with disabilities and to adjust existing and develop new strategies and policies to empower people with disabilities in entrepreneurship.
Tasks and activities
Within the framework of the project “Agate” NGO will
- collect success stories on social enterprises run by persons with disabilities in Armenia and choose the most appropriate and suitable for video films production,
- conduct analysis and implement a selection of publicly available digital education programmes on entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship in Armenia,
- analyze and collect information on legislation and practical tools aimed at establishing, supporting and developing social enterprises, including national and international self-employment programmes for people with disabilities in Armenia.
Collaboration with the authorities
During the appropriate stages of the project project, “Agate” NGO will collaborate with the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and State Employment Agency in Gyumri in order to implement some activities of the project․
Target group of the project are:
- persons with disabilities,
- employees,
- decision makers on employment of persons with disabilities.
The project is co-funded by the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs Germany.