What is this Project?
Overall Objective:
Providing predominately individuals with disabilities the knowledge and skills to obtain meaningful employment as an Accessibility Specialist or Personal Assistant (focusing on disability support) in the Egypt geography through a phased training and work experience program.
Duration:
6-month training and 6-month work experience (totalling 12-months per cohort) and the Alliance will run for three years.
Location:
Egypt (Cairo)
Accessibility Specialist Training
(Technical Program)
Enables the employment of candidates in 4 key roles :
- Accessible & Inclusive UX Design
- Accessible Technical Consultant
- Accessibility Auditor/Tester
- Accessibility Project Manager
Training will be delivered over a 6-month period through online and in person training sessions, which is then complimented with a 6-month job placement, hopefully leading to long term employment in the placement organisation.
Accessibility Fundamentals Workshops
Promotion of training programs, profession, disability awareness and accessibility best practices to enable companies to build accessible and inclusive e-governance.
Disability Inclusive Personal/ Executive Assistants Training
Accessibility fundamentals for meetings, events, documents, communications and supporting an individual with disability training. This will enable individuals with disabilities to be assisted at the workplace by their personal/executive assistants.
Inclusive Technology Labs
Physical spaces for hands-on training and demonstrations are available for various training programs, partners, and individuals with disabilities. These spaces benefit those needing to learn about adjustments and accommodations, especially during the phase of workplace adjustment assessments in the training program.
Project Timelines
2024
May 2024
Signatures of consortium cooperation agreements.
June 2024
Partner onboarding.
October 2024
Prepare training for Accessibility Specialists and Inclusive Personal Assistants.
2025
February 2025
First pilot cohort for Accessibility Specialists and Inclusive Personal Assistants.
March 2025
Usability & Accessibility Fundamentals & Testing Workshops (of web and IT). Opening of Inclusive Technology Training Labs.
2026
February 2026
Second intake of both Accessibility Specialists and Inclusive Personal Assistants.
2027
December 2027
Closure celebration of program for IDPWD.
How can I join the Alliance?
We are looking for a number of partners in key areas of the Alliance, we have broken down the key types of partners we are attempting to obtain for the Alliance.
Program Adopters
These will be partners who take on employees willing to enroll for training to assist them in obtaining employment in the accessibility sector.
Partners in this pillar would mainly:
- Fund the training of individuals through the scheme.
- Provide meaningful employment for successful candidates from the scheme.
Program Contributors
These partners will assist in the program’s development (single or multiple components), which could be the training collateral.
Partners in this pillar would mainly:
- Provide funding to support the creation of the training or labs.
- Provide hardware or software to be used in the labs, or equipment for the individuals taking the training.
- Local facilities for the running of the cohorts.
Ecosystem Contributors
These partners will assist in utilizing their networks to implement the program using their local experience.
Partners in this pillar would mainly:
- Support the alliance locally to attract talent to the alliance.
- Connect local stakeholders to the alliance to ensure the alliance delivers effective value locally.
Official Bodies
Educational Institutes will assist with the delivery of training, and potentially its creation, and Ministerial Bodies will assist in alignment to local initiatives.
Partner in this pillar would mainly be governmental or arm length bodies:
- Support in alignment of Alliance objectives to local support/funding.
- Advocate for the Alliance’s long-term impact and support in policy/legislative.
International Enablers
Educational institutes will assist with the delivery of training and potentially its creation, and Ministerial Bodies will assist in alignment with local initiatives.
Partners in this pillar would mainly be governmental or arm length bodies:
- Support in alignment of Alliance objectives to local support/funding.
- Advocate for the alliance’s long-term impact and support in policy/legislative.
Who are the current Partners?
Partners Supporting in the Delivery of the Alliance:
Interested in joining the Alliance?
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