The ILO Disability Programme promotes decent work for women and men with disabilities and facilitates means to overcome the obstacles preventing people with disabilities from full participation in the labour markets. Working from the Infocus Programme on Skills, Knowledge and Employability, the programme involves the following main activities:
- Improving knowledge on disability -related matters concerning training and employment.
- Advocacy, guidance and policy advice to governments, workers and employers’ organisations on training and organisations of/for people with disabilities.
- Technical advisory services and cooperation activities.
The ILO approach is based on the principles of equal opportunity, equal treatment, non-discrimination and mainstreaming. These principles are underlined in the
ILO Convention 159 concerning Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983, its accompanying
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Recommendation, 1983 (No. 168)
and other ILO conventions concerning equality of opportunity.
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