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Consultant: Strategy for the Social and Economic Tntegration of the Disabled | |
Location : | Ashgabat, TURKMENISTAN |
Application Deadline : | 31-Jul-07 (Midnight New York, USA) |
Additional Category : | Democratic Governance and Peacebuilding |
Type of Contract : | Individual Contract |
Languages Required : | English Russian |
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) | 01-Sep-2007 |
Duration of Initial Contract : | 20 days |
Expected Duration of Assignment : | 20 days |
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks. |
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Changes in the social and economic conditions in Turkmenistan had a large impact over the handicapped people. The employment rate of disabled, which is one of the criteria for ensuring equal opportunities for people with disabilities, is rather low in Turkmenistan irrespective of the fact that legislation includes principles that guarantee the realization of the right of people with disabilities for employment. Moreover, services for disabled are fragmented and unregulated primarily as a result of an absence of a planned approach to the “continuum of services.” At present, several governmental bodies assure the social assistance and special protection of disabled persons. Each of the involved ministries has its own strategy and programs. What misses is a national strategy, a unified interdisciplinary view to harmonize these ministerial strategies, to combine them and to express the will of the Turkmenistan government to align the policy with the international standards in this field. Turkmen Deaf and Blind Society (DBS) is the main organization in Turkmenistan which provides employment and vocational training services to visually and hearing impaired. It is also an active actor in implementation of development projects supported by the international organizations in Turkmenistan. With support of the United Nations Development Programme in Turkmenistan (UNDP) the Deaf and Blind Society implements the project on «Social-Economic Integration of Visually and Hearing Impaired” aimed at the development of sustainable approaches to integration of visually and hearing impaired people into economic and social activities. The project will engage services of an international expert, who would assist the DBST in developing a draft of the national strategy for social and economic integration of the disabled.
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The main objective of the consultant is to formulate the draft national strategy that will be coordinating the efforts of all governmental and non-governmental bodies in Turkmenistan involved in supporting the disabled persons and that will be used to advocate alignment of existing policy with the international standards in this field.
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