Commissions
Work & Employment
RI Global’s Commission on Work and Employment promotes the rights of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) to participate in labour, trade unions and other integrated settings, thereby empowering them to be productive members of society.
RI Global’ s Commission on Work and Employment promotes the rights of people with disabilities to participate in labor, trade unions and other integrated settings, thereby empowering them to be productive members of society. The Commission carries out its mission by, among other objectives, actively:
- Implementing Article 27 of United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in collaboration with public and private entities, NGOs and trade unions.
- Developing an online Resource Network of Experts to advise on issues of disability employment.
- Conducting scientific meetings in collaboration with Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network (GLADNET), the International Labor Organization (ILO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and other international organizations.
- Removing all employment barriers by providing education and training, as well as fostering employment for PwDs in developing countries.
- Providing technical assistance in developing academic and professional opportunities for rehabilitation and placement personnel in local colleges and universities.
- Offering technical assistance to member nations in collaborative research projects designed to identify evidence-based practices capable of enhancing employment outcomes and quality of life for PwDs.
- Sponsoring the International Abilympics, a competition in which disabled people compete in a wide spectrum of work skill activities, which lend support to policies advocating for employment.
Leadership
Kimmo Kumlander
Chair
RI Work & Employment Commission
Khaled El-Mohtar
Vice Chair
RI Work & Employment Commission
The Award will draw more attention to disability affairs and inspire greater contributions to a more equal, inclusive and accessible society.
Dr. jur. Friedrich Mehrhoff acted as director of strategic rehabilitation issues in the German Federation of Insurers against Work Accidents (DGUV) in Berlin (Germany) until October 2018 (retirement). Many stakeholders still ask for his recommendations nationally and internationally in strategies how to increase the employment rate of persons with disabilities and to retain their employability. He chaired the group who prepared the ISSA-Guidelines (Geneva) on return to work and he acted as father of the Disability Management in Germany and promotes this program as an economic and social investment worldwide. He is member of the Executive Board of Rehabilitation International (RI) and chairs the Commission on Work and Employment in this World Organization (New York). He is looking for strategic partners worldwide to find efficient strategies for an inclusive labour market. Recently (10/2019) he finished a study on behalf of the German Labour Ministry for identifying good examples of barrier-free private enterprises all over the world.
Khaled El Mohtar, Lebanese Business Administration Graduate, Born in 1952. He started his career as teacher of Mathematics.
In 1980 he founded and served as Chairman of National Rehabilitation and Development Center till 2016.
He served as Rehabilitation International Deputy Vice president for the Arab Region from (2000-2005) and as RI Vice President from (2006-2013).
Khaled El Mohtar is founding member and Chair of Rehabilitation International-Arab Region organization since 2008, and continue serving as Voluntary Social Activist for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Human rights.
He organized 5 RI International Conferences in collaboration with RI Global and his Colleagues in the Arab Region, and co-organized many conferences, seminars and workshops in the fields of Disability, Rehabilitation, Social concepts, and Responsibility of Civil Society. Additionally, participated in many other Local, Regional and International activities concerned with disability, rehabilitation and development.
He served as Chair of RI Social Commission between 2016 and 2024.
He served as Board Member of RI Foundation since 2014 and re elected during the last RI GA meeting in Abu Dhabi.
Currently serves as Vice Chair for RI Work and Employment Commission.
Projects and Documents
News & Events
Laureates of the Rehabilitation International Award for Outstanding Achievements 2023
In 2019, RI aiming to draw more attention to disability affairs and inspire greater contributions to a more equal, inclusive, and accessible society worldwide, initiated the Rehabilitation International Award for Outstanding Achievements, recognizing individuals...
Global IT Challenge
https://youtu.be/Mdb3xaUpfyM Press Release - Organizing Committee The Global IT Challenge for youth with disabilities (GITC), which seeks to strengthen the IT capabilities of youth with disabilities and bridge the digital divide, is recruiting countries to participate...
Universal Design in Kindergarten and School, Guidelines and Universal Tools
The project Universal Design in Kindergarten and School, Guidelines and Universal Tools, is a project in cooperation between Rehabilitation International (RI) Norway and the Education Commission in RI International. The project is funded by grants from Global...
RI Submission to the Committee on the rights of persons with disabilities – Draft General Comment on article 27 on the right of persons with disabilities to work and employment
Rehabilitation International – Commission on Work and Employment submitted comments to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Committee) for the Draft General Comment on art. 27 of the CRPD, as follows: Page 6 (18): Within the first sentence...
Physical Activity and Sport at Home during COVID-19
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