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02.07.2014

Equal chances of vulnerable groups on the labor market are facilitated by European funds in the Bucharest-Ilfov, West, Center, North-West region

On July 3 2013, UTI Grup launches  SOP HRD project no. 165/6.2/S/141145 – Multi-Regional Trade Qualification Center for Vulnerable Groups.

The project aims to develop the capacities and abilities of youths and adults belonging to vulnerable groups in the Bucharest – Ilfov, West, Center, North-West region in order to increase their chances of integration on the labor market and is co-financed by the European Social Fund via the Sectoral Operational Programme Human Resources Development 2007 – 2013, Priority Axis 6, Major Intervention field 6.2 “Improvement of the access and participation of vulnerable groups on the labor market.”

The project’s goal is to eliminate discriminatory practices based on gender, ethnicity, disability and age and to contribute actively to the creation of optimal conditions for equal access of targeted people on the labor market. The target group covers four development regions and is comprised of 882 people, of which 744 will participate in classes, and 620 will receive the qualification certificate.

Vulnerable people in the target group are people with disabilities, Roma ethnics, adults who have been institutionalized as children, families with more than two children, young people who are unemployed, college students, people suffering from occupational illnesses.

The responsibilities of the partners who will contribute to the project:

  • UTI GRUP SA – provides project management, organizes the information and advertising activity, provides professional training services for the people in the target group and carries out studies and expert reports for appraising the impact and efficiency of the supporting measures and interventions provided to those subjected to the risk of social exclusion.
  • SNAGOV TOWN HALL – Participates in the setting of the rules and methods applied throughout the development of the project, to the identification and attraction of the target group, to work meetings, project assessment, as well to the rehabilitation and modernization of the building of the training center. Draws up status reports for the activities they are liable for.
  • GENIUS HUB S.R.L. – contributes to project management, provides information and professional counseling services, as well as professional training services in five trades for the target group;
  • CIVIL CONSULT S.R.L. – contributes to project management, carries out the rehabilitation and modernization of the building of the professional training center, provides professional training services for the people in the target group and promotes a campaign for a healthy lifestyle.

The main objectives of the project are:

  • The development of new competences and abilities for 774 people by participation to qualification courses in various trades (cook, waiter, bartender, nail technician, barber, chambermaid, home nurse for elderly citizens, manual carpenter, structure workers for constructions, gardener)
  • The local enforcement of the principles of equality of chances and gender by performing studies and drawing up expert reports for fighting gender stereotypes and discrimination based on social status, age and disability.
  • Raising awareness regarding the approach of gender equality / equality of chances by promoting alternative methods of job occupation, adapted to vulnerable persons: working remotely, via the Internet, part-time etc.
  • Raising awareness and the promotion of the need for a healthy lifestyle in order to prevent the risk of disease

“People become vulnerable when they are not helped to integrate in the society, and the aim of this project is to provide equal chances to vulnerable persons. By participating to professional training classes, these people will have the opportunity to actively contribute to their own integration, and also to a common state of wellbeing, by respecting and promoting everybody’s rights,” declared Bogdan Maxim, Project Manager.

In addition to the educational component, the project aims to unfold an information and awareness campaign regarding the existence of stereotypes on the job market.

The project will unfold on a duration of 18 months, until December 2015, and has a total cost of Ron 10,646,754.00, of which Ron 10,114,416.30 is a non-refundable financial assistance.
Contact: Bogdan Maxim, Project Manager
Tel. 021.201.23.19, e-mail: bogdan.maxim@uti.eu.com