Jordan Times
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Workshop held on integrating the disabled into the labour market
AMMAN (Petra) — A workshop on integrating the disabled into the labour market was held yesterday
at the Jordan Sports Federation for the Handicapped. The workshop, funded by the US State Department's
Middle East Partnership Initiative, was organised by the Landmine Survivors Network (LSN),
in cooperation with the Vocational Training Corporation. LSN Amman Office Director Adnan Aboudi said Ain
Al Basha vocational training centre had been chosen to provide training for the disabled in order to
integrate them into the vocational training sector and eventually into the labour market. Representatives
from the ministries of labour, social development and other concerned authorities participated in the workshop.