Securing professional transitions of persons with disabilities: Zoom on apprenticeships in Europe
On the occasion of the 25thEuropean Disability Employment Week (#EDEW2021), LADAPT and the EASPD are organising a webinar to discuss the apprenticeship issue as a lever for inclusion for persons with disabilities.
With the participation of an apprentice with a disability, support professionals, employers, a Member of the European Parliament, a representative of the European Commission and a High Official from the German Ministry of Finance.
Moderator: Franck Gallée, Regional Director, LADAPT
10:00 – 10:20
Welcome
- Éric Blanchet, President of LADAPT
- James Crowe, President of EASPD
10:20 – 11:00 Round table 1
Apprenticeships & Disability : State of play in the EU
- Veronique Grandemange, Head of the Supported Apprenticeship Unit, LADAPT (France) – Presentation of the supported apprenticeship scheme
- Anthony Collet & Nadège Hemmerlin (France) – Testimony of an apprentice with disability alongside his VIC[1]
- Tanguy de Belair, Diversity and Inclusion Director, VINCI (France) – perspective as a private employer
- Kaiti Katsouda, Chairperson Theotokos Foundation (Greece) – Zoom on apprenticeship in Greece, practices and challenges
Q&A
11:00 – 11:45 Round table 2
Apprenticeships & Disability in the EU: what perspectives?
Moderator: Thomas Bignal, Head of Policy, EASPD
- Ana Carrero, Deputy Head of unit at the European Commission, B3 for Vocational Education and Training
- Katrin Langensiepen, Member of European Parliament, Germany
- Jon Harding, Vice President of Lifelong Learning Platform, Brussels
- Alexandra Karwat, High official at the Ministry of Finance, Germany
Q&A
11:45 – 11:55
Conclusion
- Franck Gallée, Regional Director, LADAPT (France)
[1] Vocational integration counsellor