Joint Report: Programmes/measures aimed at increasing the employment of disabled persons
Problems connected with the issue of the programs supporting employment of disabled people was the subject of discussion at the VII the EUROSAI Congress in 2008 in Krakow. It inspired the handling of this theme within the parallel audit coordinated by the NIK. It was participated by 12 SAI1. The Common Position on Cooperation was signed at the meeting in Warszawa held on 15. January 2010 and the framework program to be taken into account by all SAI in their audit research was agreed upon.
This audit aimed to assess the performance of selected programs/measures to promote employment of disabled people. The particular SAI had to take into account the specific conditions of their country resulting from the legal definition of disability, a different role of central and local authorities in the support system, different authorization of SAI in the scope of audit and the significance assigned to the programs. However, the challenges faced by the participating SAI were common for most of them. Among others, these were: complexity of the methodology of the implementation of the programs, the difficulty in assessing the attainment of the set objectives and lack of data availability.