AmCham Donating Funds to the Association for Promoting Inclusion

The Association for Promoting Inclusion (API) is a non-governmental organization established in October 1997 in Zagreb, Croatia. API’s activities are based on the philosophy of inclusion according to which people with intellectual disabilities have the right to be equal and active members of the society. API encourages and supports the de-institutionalization process of people with intellectual disabilities in Croatia and the region and strives to develop community-based supports and services. Many people with intellectual disabilities are willing and capable to work.

API finds jobs for people in the open labor market and provides Job Coaches to support people at their workplace (API pays their salaries).

With the support of Job Coaches who are present in a workplace, people with intellectual disabilities successfully perform various tasks:
cleaning and maintenance
labeling products
stocking shelves
sorting and packing articles in a store
different assisting tasks.

Contracts developed by API legal experts are simple and allow for flexibility in accordance with the businesses’ changing needs for the workforce.

Association for Promoting Inclusion
Bleiweissova 15, Zagreb
e-mail: inkluzija@inkluzija.hr
phone/fax: +385 1 37 51 696
phone: +385 1 37 58 932
www.inkluzija.hr