Welcome to the Workway website. This website is part of the Workway project which is a joint IBEC and ICTU initiative to promote the employment of people with disabilities in the private sector.
Funded initially by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and then by FÁS, Workway was the first project in Europe to take a partnership approach to tackling the high unemployment rates among people with disabilities. Between 2002 and 2005, private sector employers, trade union representatives, disability service providers, government agencies and people with disabilities themselves, came together to form four regional Workway networks in Cork, Kerry, Donegal and Galway. These networks addressed the complex and challenging barriers that people with disabilities face in accessing and staying in employment.
Guided by a national steering committee, the regional networks developed a wide range of practical materials for people with disabilities, employers and trade union representatives which are available to view or download from this site. Although the work of the project is complete, the Workway website is being maintained by IBEC and ICTU, with support from FÁS, and has been redeveloped during 2007.
More about Workway
Read more about the project and its key outcomes.
