The Project

EQUALvet is an Erasmus+ project funded by the European Union, which will promote inclusive education and training and foster the education of learners with intellectual disabilities by supporting teachers, and educators and leaders of educational institutions in dealing with diversity and reinforcing socio-economic diversity in the learning environment.Unemployment among people with intellectual disabilities is more than twice as high as for the general population, despite their ability, desire, and willingness to work in the community, because of the many barriers they face. EQUALvet targets the lack of opportunities for high quality post-secondary education such as vocational training, with the appropriate recognition of competence and certification of skills.Both the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the European Pillar of Social Rights promote rights relevant to the equal opportunities and access to the labour market and to the education, training and life-long learning. For that reason, EQUALvet based on CEDEFOP’s “European guidelines for validating non-formal and informal learning” will develop a training and certification scheme in three vocations and provide a policy recommendation report in order to start collaborating with national accreditation agencies.The project will run for three years, ending in 2022.EQUALvet will have 90 young adults with intellectual disabilities from Greece, Spain and Italy, who will participate in all the phases of the project.