On the 18th of October HR managers, HR directors and CEOs were presented a teaching material that had been developed to enhance the employability of people with disabilities and to highlight the practical skills needed to employ such people. The methodology within the framework of the ProAbility project was worked out by the best experts in the field of the Corvinus Business School and the Salva Vita Foundation. The results were presented during the closing conference of the project, accompanied by best practice cases implemented at the various companies.

Today in Hungary any company which has a staff of more than 25 people can save 1 million HUF (3300 Euro) in taxes if they employ a person with disability. However most companies do not take advantage of this tax-break. Why not? This is the question to which ProAbility wanted and managed to find the answers as a result of involving stakeholders and experts in the field and of analyzing the findings of previous research and initiatives.

The overall aim of the ProAbility project was to connect employers with employees with disabilities. The teaching material created for HR specialists and CEOs is intended not only to inform them of this form of employment, but also to help implement diversity in the workplace principles in practice. The accompanying toolkit contains methodological and pedagogical guidance for teachers and instructors which will assist them in their work and make knowledge-transfer more efficient.

The partners of the ProAbility project are:

• Corvinus University of Budapest (Observatory Centre for Educational Development, Centre for Teacher Training and Digital Learning, Institute of Management / Department of Organizational Behaviour)
• Salva Vita Foundation
• DG for Social and Child Protection
• NHO Service (Norway)

„For me the ProAbility project was a possibility to deepen my knowledge and experience on the issue of the organizational integration of people with disabilities.”
”Inclusive organizational culture has been an important research topic, from now on we also have a teaching material at our disposal”
Henriett Primecz, associate professor, CUB Institute of Management

„For me, the ProAbility project was about professional and personal development, it touched me.”
„As a teacher it enabled me to develop curricula with the aim of providing a practical knowledge base that helps inform participants, raise their awareness and offer them learning through experience.” „The development process also made me face my own mental barriers and gave me the opportunity to transform and overcome them.”
Andrea Toarniczky, senior lecturer, CUB Institute of Management