The Republic Center for Support of Persons with Intellectual
Disability – PORAKA, within the national campaign for
support of the employment for persons with intellectual disability under the
motto “WHAT ABOUT MY RIGHTS?” on 16th of December
2004 in Skopje held a round table on the subject “Support
of the employment for persons with intellectual disability in R.Macedonia”.
Participants on the round table were representatives from: The Ministry for
Labour and Social Policy, Inter-Party Parliamentary Lobby Group for the Rights
of Persons with Disability, the Agency for Employment, the State Inspectorate
for Labour, the National Coordinative Body for Provision of Equal Rights of
Persons with Handicap, the Center for Social Work – Skopje, the Institute for
Mental Health – Skopje, the Secondary School “Naum Ohridski” – Skopje and the
Secondary School “Iskra” – Stip, the Union of Organizations of Disabled Persons
in Macedonia, representatives of the local authorities and representatives
of the local organizations of PORAKA. After the introduction presentations and the discussion, the participants of
the round table unanimously adopted the following:
CONCLUSIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Consistent use of the Regulative for
the Assessment of the Specific Needs of Persons with Physical and Psychological
Disability.
Compliance with and practicing Article 10 from the Regulation when establishing
the level and the type of the specific needs in order to provide recommendation
for education, rehabilitation and vocational training in institutions that
are registered for that purpose. Educational neglect or border
case and others that are not included in Article
10 of the Regulation, should not be established in the official document of
a professional body.
2. The Law for Employment of Disabled Persons (Article 2, Paragraph 1) allows
opportunities for employment of persons with mild intellectual disability,
excluding the other persons with intellectual disability from realizing the
constitutional right to employment. Changes and amendment of the Law for Employment of Disabled Persons is necessary,
because of provisions of possibilities for employment of persons with intellectual
disability according the working ability, regardless the level of intellectual
disability. PREPOSITION: Article 2, Paragraph 1 should state: “Disabled person, within
this Law, is a person with impaired sight, impaired hearing, impairments in
the voice, speech and language, physically disabled person, person
with intellectual disability, person with multiple disabilities and a person with psychosis that,
because of the level of disability, has specific needs in the work.”
3. In order to decrease the possibility from exploitation, when paying the
salary of the persons with intellectual disability, authorized representative
of the saving account or checking account should only be a member of the closest
family of the employed person with intellectual disability or the guardian.
4. Introduction of a quota system for
employment of persons with intellectual
disability on the open labour market.
5. Strengthening the mechanism for monitoring
and control of the relationship
of the employer towards the employed persons with intellectual disability.
6. Decreasing discrimination and prejudice towards persons with intellectual
disability included in the working process.
7. Involvement of the organizations of persons with intellectual disability
when developing strategies for important issues related with the right of employment
for persons with intellectual disability.
8. Coordination and close cooperation
between the competent bodies and factors is necessary for overcoming the inconsistencies in the realization of the right
of employment for persons with intellectual disability.
9. The Ministry of Labour and Social Policy should authorize the Republic
Center for Support of Persons with Intellectual Disability – PORAKA and its
local organizations to conduct insight and monitoring of the conditions regarding
the realization of the rights and obligations of working relation for the persons
with intellectual disability.
