LEED project, Vientiane capital Good Practice: placement service

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LEED project, Vientiane capitalGood Practice
placement service

• Project Timeframe Nov 08-Dec 10
• Time Necessary for design and capacity building
  6 months
• Time Necessary for implementation ongoing
• Project Partner LDPA (DPO) role of HI
  methodology, procedures, material, capacity
  building, management until hand over role of
  partner implementation.
• Resources Needed for
• Design capacity building (1 expat 2 national
  developed in-house, resources from internet now
  improved thanks to informal and free
  collaboration with ILO)
• Implementation operations run by 4 national
  staff full time (3 after hand over) advisory
  from Disability Program Coordinator
  (organizational, employment matters, quality),
  Disability Advisor (disability issues) and
  Functional Rehab Advisor (adaptations)

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Background

• PWD have limited access to formal employment
  (lack of informations, attitudinal barriers,
  physical barriers)
• Why? 10 months ago, no resource center job
  seekers (PWD and not) now ILO and MLSW is
  developing placement services in major cities,
  but  will disability issues be taken into
  account? 
• How? Methodology, materials, DB developed
  in-house ( information from internet) short term
  consultant (no specific skills) to collect info
  on employers now informal and free collaboration
  with ILO is providing technical reference (job
  center operation manual, specification for DB)
  that will help to improve the service.
• Sustainability further training and capacity
  building will ensure LDPA (DPO) is able to manage
  job center after hand over (now only execution)
  future collaboration with job center at MLSW
  running costs after hand over 1500 USD/month for
  Vientiane. Funding is only issue to
  sustainability.

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The service implemented
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PWD at work
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Initial results

• LEED team capacity building systematic process,
  formalized procedures, team is already
  semi-autonomous
• Employers links 280 business in DB 35
  businesses are collaborating
• Employees links 95 PWD registered
• Vacancies received 20
• of PWD matched with vacancies 80
• of PWD employed 10

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Necessary Conditions

• Contextual requirements that might affect
  success
• PWD interested in formal employment
• Mobility might be an issue some PWD need a
  dormitory at the workplace
• Demand for unskilled or semi-skilled labor force
• Employers willing to provide pre-employment or
  on-the-job training
• Government policy to promote accessibility or
  employment of PWD would help however, we prefer
  a market approach rather than affirmative actions
  (such as quotas).
• LEED service VTE 3 full time staff (1 to
  supervise and liaise with employers 1 to manage
  Data Base matching 1 to liaise with PWD)
  staff costs communication costs 1500 USD/month
  office space.
• Technical expertise employment centers
  operations, database skills, skills to analyze
  the functional ability requirements of a job
  basic knowledge of accessibility knowledge of
  UNCRPD advocacy skills.

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Obstacles

• Problem establish collaboration with employers
• Job analysis is key to be able to match PWD with
  jobs, but it requires involvement of companies
  staff at all levels.
• Many companies would not dedicate time if real
  benefits for their businesses are not expected
• Solution establish collaboration in several
  steps
• Rapid assessment to identify employers with most
  open attitude towards the employment of PWD.
• Survey these employers to identify positive role
  models, case studies and form partnerships that
  would give visibility to the project within the
  employers community.
• Win the interest of other employers to
  collaborate with LEED project.

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Conclusion

• LEED services will continue areas to be
  developed
• Media advocacy campaign
• Links with lao chamber of commerce and business
  association
• Employment forum
• Post placement services
• Accessibility audit and consulting unit
• ILO is setting up job placement service at MLSW
  in Vientiane, Savanaketh and Pakse.
• In Savanaketh and Pakse, project will not create
  a LEED service but train 1 staff at LDPA
  provincial branch to refer PWD to the MLSW job
  center, advise the job center on disability
  issues, advocate with employers and provide post
  placement support.
• 3 recommendations
• Market approach convince employers that employ
  PWD make economic sense develop positive role
  models
• Offer a professional service
• Do not take for granted that PWD would welcome
  your service you need to win their trust.