EU funding for social inclusion of people with disabilities in cohesion region Zahodna Slovenija

Ljubljana, 30 January 2020 – Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy, the Managing Authority for the ERDF, the ESF and the Cohesion Fund, has issued a grant decision for the call for proposals Design and testing of services promoting social inclusion of people with disabilities which is to be published by the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. The call for proposals, which makes a total of EUR 1.15 million available, will receive over EUR 921,000 from the ESF.

The call for proposals aims to support the design, testing and rollout of services that promote social inclusion of people with disabilities and contribute to creating a supportive environment facilitating social integration and empowerment of people with disabilities to help them stay, with tailored support, in their community for as long as possible.  

The call for proposals will co-finance a pilot project aiming to design a set of social inclusion services for people with disabilities and test these services before their rollout. 

The goal of the call for proposals is to design a set of services promoting social inclusion of people with disabilities, to develop the relevant content and conditions for the rollout of these services, to test and implement the services while facilitating the creation of a network bringing together both the designers and providers of the services promoting social inclusion of people with disabilities.

For more information, please refer to the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities