Report on the employment of disabled people in European countries

Abstract

[EN]The purpose of the report is to review national implementation of the European Employment Strategy from a disability equality perspective, and to provide the Commission with useful evidence in support of disability policy mainstreaming. More specifically, the report will review implementation of EU Employment Strategy and the PROGRESS initiative with reference to policy implementation evidence from European countries, including the strategies addressed in the EU Disability Action Plan (such as flexicurity and supported employment). The first version of the report was published in 2008. This is the second version of the report updated with information available up to November 2009.