SIB supports Valuable, a European network of restaurants and hotels that consider intellectually disabled workers a source of competitive advantage.

We are honoured to take part in the presentation of Valuable, a European network of hotels and restaurants  that have agreed to include persons with mental disabilities in their workforce at various levels, from work placements to full-time contracts.

In Rome the presentation is taking place on 6 June 2017 in the Sala Multimediale of the Università degli Studi Maria SS. Assunta (LUMSA) at 9,30, Piazza delle Vaschette 101. The event will be happening at the same time also in Lisbon and Zaragoza.

The Valuable network is the result of the European project On my Own… at Work (OMO), funded by the European Commission and led by the Associazione Italiana Persone Down.

Among the project’s achievements is an app for workers with disabilities that helps to carry out certain tasks at work independently, as well as 14 videos for tutors and colleagues on the job, to help establish a good working relationship with the new workers.

A Quality Kit, designed to help employers, includes a code of socially responsible conduct, a support manual for the application of the code and for use of the Valueable mark.

Società Italiana Brevetti has supported the project by taking care of filing the Valueable trademark with the EUIPO as well as by drafting rules on the use of the mark included in the manual.