OMO On My Own … at work

The project aims to promote employment of people with intellectual disabilities through the spread of targeted placements in the hotel and catering industries. Project partners have developed three tools to facilitate the achievement of this goal:

• This first is an app for the trainees, available on smartphones or tablets, which stores tasks, tools and modes of actions for the task at hand;
• The second is a series of videos that illustrate examples of correct relationships between the trainees with intellectual disabilities and their co-workers, aimed at the latter;
•  The third is for the restaurant and hotel management wishing to join the network: a code of conduct, an application manual of the code and a logo that certifies the membership of the network.

The international consortium
Funded by the Erasmus+ program (Project Ref. n. 2014-1-IT01-KA202-002642), the OMO consortium includes 10 partners:il Consorzio OMO comprende 10 partner: AIPD - Associazione Italiana Persone Down (capofila) (IT), Down España - Federación Española de Síndrome de Down (E), APPT21 - Associação Portuguesa de Portadores de Trissomia 21 (P), EDSA - European Down Syndrome Association, Anffas Onlus - Associazione Nazionale Famiglie di Persone con disabilità intellettiva e/o relazionale (IT), Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta (IT), Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna (IT), Università Roma Tre (IT), Fondazione Adecco per le Pari Opportunità (IT), Axis Hoteis Group (P).

The project lasts 36 months starting from September the 1st, 2014.

The research group:
Costanza Nosi
Gennaro Iasevoli
Laura Michelini
Camilla Barbarossa
Cecilia Grieco
Filippo Giordano

www.on-my-own.eu