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SEMINAR « Inclusive Employment » Vientiane, 7 – 11 October 2013.
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SEMINAR « Inclusive Employment » Vientiane, 7 – 11 October 2013 • Who I am ? My name is Lorenzo Villa. I am from Italy, almost 41 yrs old, married and soon to become father. I spent half of my professional career in finance and the other (and better) half managing various projects for HI, especially in the field of socio-economic inclusion. I am currently the regional coordinator of the multi-country project Decent Work and Social Protection for people with disabilities, which is implemented in China, Vietnam and Laos. • I am an expert / specialist in …..project management, financial management and economic inclusion of people with disabilities. PS:…..the picture was taken in my better days……
SEMINAR « Inclusive Employment » Vientiane, 7 – 11 October 2013 • To which question would you like this seminar to answer? • To what extent can we apply the concept of decent work to informal self-employment? • Are there any HI project that focus on improving the economic resiliency of people with disability already engaged in informal small businesses. How? • Mainstream VT services: besides removing barriers to inclusion of people with disability, are there any HI projects who focus on improving the quality of VT? How? • How can we support access to wage employment, when lack of education and lack of mobility seem to be the most frequent and insurmountable barriers for people with disability? • Examples of successful advocacy actions to authorities and policy makers within HI’s inclusive employment projects; what tangible results?
SEMINAR « Inclusive Employment » Vientiane, 7 – 11 October 2013 • What are the main challenges / stakes for the future in inclusive employment project ? • Increasing participation of people with disability into wage employment opportunities within the formal economy • Make HI’s interventions more sustainable: make PSA more cost-effective, avoid dependency on HI, engaging local actors in service delivery, linking HI’s support services to formal policies and programs • Keep the issue of inclusive employment on governments and international organizations’ agendas (progressive disengagement of ILO) • Engage in longer and more focused programs.