Yes, our programs also supported the employment of disabled people through social enterprises and disabled social entrepreneurs. The success of this business depends on the knowledge of abilities, disadvantage in competition and compensation of these. Such businesses operate in a number of areas, but on tree mainstream areas I see this topic as outstandig: food services (1), bike/wheelchair/sport services (2) and skill exhibitions (3).

In several cases, restaurants have been established as social enterprises where people with disabilities work. In some cases the restaurant is a additional unit of institutional social catering, but somewhere is an indipendent organization with some state aids/wage subsidies. In the last years they established the ParaGastro Network in Hungary, so it is a relevant field of actions for people with disabilities. These restaurants have been sustained for several years.

The „wheel services” is the profession of people who live in wheelchair, so they are the experts of vehicles. The programs supported some workshops on this field, and I see that the small workshops in big cities can be success, and sustainable.

In addition to business and employment, these initiatives are also about visibility. For business success, they can create franchises or simply share/disseminate their professional experience with each other. Today, the Invisible Exhibition can be found in almost every major European city. They have a extensive European network and collaboration, but some challenges also.