Public hearings: "Social enterprise for people with mental disorders"

Almaty, Kazakhstan - June 17, 2016, the NGO "Psychoanalytic Association" in the framework of USAID's "Initiative to Support Effective Governance" project "From Segregation to Social Inclusion!" Holds public hearings, during which the results of the project will be highlighted and recommendations adopted. Recommendations will be sent to authorized state bodies to assist in the development of social enterprises and social integration of people with mental health disorders in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The purpose of the public hearings will be: Improving the quality of life of people with mental health disorders through changing the legal framework and translating the experience of "Training-Cafe" as a social enterprise. Adopt a set of recommendations to improve the mechanisms for implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, fill gaps in the Standards for the provision of special social services and the Labor Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

At public hearings will be attended by representatives of the Almaty Public Health Office, the Almaty Akimat Employment Center, and non-governmental organizations.

The Public Association "Psychoanalytic Association" has been implementing a model of the social enterprise "Training Cafe" in Almaty since 2015, where people with mental disabilities are employed. "Training Cafe" is an innovation for Kazakhstan and CIS countries (analogues are in Turkey and the Czech Republic). Working in a cafe for its employees with special needs is an opportunity to get a professional training, a job and be in daily contact with the public in a natural environment.

Location: Almaty, 202 Aimanov St., (above Zhandosov Street), "Training-Cafe"

Duration: 10.00 - 11.30

Registration from 9.30 to 10.00

We ask you to confirm participation in the event before June 16, 2016 by phone +7 (727) 376-94-40, + 7701-122-7016, + 7701-439-1830 or by e-mail svetlana.kudiyarova@mail.ru