On July 20, 2020 July 2020, a delegation from the Lebanese Union for Persons with Disabilities met met with Minister of Labor Lamia Yamin at her office in the ministry (Mashrafieh). The delegation consisted of consisted of its president, Silvana Al-Laqis, and Emad Eddine Raif of the Observatory for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Lebanon. Disabled People’s Rights Observatory in Lebanon.

During During the meeting, Ms. Al-Laqqis explained Al-Laqis explained to the minister the course of the Federation’s work on the economic and social integration program since 2005 to today, and briefed her on the projects that this program included, from employment offices to rehabilitation, training and intervention with the local community and the families of people with disabilities, in addition to Accompanying the disabled person until they get a job, analyzing the job description and adapting it. In addition to accompanying cooperating companies and training their employees and human resources departments, and conducting evaluation and engineering studies for companies to be on the path to diversity.

Minister Yameen emphasized the “need to to cooperate with all stakeholders, including civil society, in order to secure decent work for people with disabilities,” pledging to do everything “in her power to achieve this goal within the ministry’s ministry’s plan as soon as possible.

Al-Laqis also addressed the importance of the studies carried out by the Federation, which are based on practical experiences over the past decade, as the ministry can can start from them and implement the models presented.