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Enhancing the vocational rehabilitation and employment services for people with disabilities in Oman - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

1819

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/1819

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Disability - disabled worker

category:

Conditions of work & equality

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comments:

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challenges:

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success:

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context:

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description:

The vocational rehabilitation of PwD in Oman is weak and at an early stage of development There is only one center specializing in specific disabilities (hearing and physical disabilities). The options for vocational rehabilitation are very limited and traditional, and are not up to date (Only carpentry for hearing PwD, tailoring for physical disability...). Some categories of disabilities lack vocational training services, particularly learning difficulties and visual disabilities. Ordinary vocational centers are still not accessible to PwD. There are no norms and standards for pre-vocational rehabilitation in harmony with vocational rehabilitation. There are shortcomings in terms of expertise and trainers specialized by category of disability. Hence, intensive development efforts should be undertaken to improve the existing infrastructure and services for vocational rehabilitation, as this is the key causality factor in the employment of PwD. Even with strong placement infrastructure and the imposition of a quota, quantitative indicators on the employment of PwD will not improve significantly until the vocational qualifications of PwD are enhanced.

administrative_issues:

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url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/191944

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location:

country:

Oman

region:

Arab States

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eval_title:

Enhancing the vocational rehabilitation and employment services for people with disabilities in Oman - Final Evaluation