Acronyms and abbreviations

AHEAD

Association for Higher Education Access and Disability

ALMP

Active labour market policy

CEP

Conseil Évolution Professionnelle

CES

Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities

CRPD

Commission for the Rights of Persons with disabilities

CSO

Central Statistics Office of Ireland

DA

Disability Allowance

DCA

Domiciliary Care Allowance

DEASP

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

DES

Department of Education and Skills (now Department of Education)

DSP

Department of Social Protection

EARN

Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability

EDI

Employer Disability Information Service

ESENER

European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks

ESF

European Social Fund

ETB

Education and Training Boards

EU-LFS

European Union Labour Force Survey

EU-SILC

European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions

EU

European Union

EWCS

European Working Conditions Survey

EWSS

Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme

FET

Further Education and Training

FETCI

Further Education and Training Colleges Ireland

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

HPWI

High-Performance Working Initiative

HPWP

High Performance Work Practices

HR

Human Resource

IB

Illness Benefit

Ibec

Irish Business and Employer Confederation

ICT

Information and Communications Technology

ILO

International Labour Organization

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IP

Invalidity Pension

IPS

Individual Placement and Support

IT

Information Technology

KAM

Key Account Manager

LAFOS

Labour Force Service Centres in Finland

LES

Local Employment Service

MBDF

Malta Business Disability Forum

NAV

Labour and Welfare Service in Norway

NCSE

National Council for Special Education

NDA

National Disability Authority

NEET

Not in Education, Employment, or Training

NGO

Non-governmental

organisation

NLN

National Learning Network

ODEP

Office of Disability Employment Policy

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OOD

Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities

OSH

Occupational Health and Safety

PCB

Partial Capacity Benefit

PEER

Providing Equal Employment Routes

PES

Public Employment Service

PEX

Probability of Exit score

PIAAC

Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies

SHWW

Safety Health and Welfare at

work Act

SME

Small and Medium Enterprise

SOLAS

Irish adult training funding authority

SPR

Social Policy Research Associates

TTTI

Testing, Tracking, Tracing and Isolating

UN

United Nations

UNCRPD

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

ULR

Union Learning Representatives

YESS

Youth Employment Support Scheme

WAM

The Willing Able Mentoring Programme