Nizhny Novgorod project on the problems of employment of people with disabilities was awarded at an international competition

FROM 10 by 12 February 2021 of the year Austria hosted the international conference Zero Project, where the results of the competition of projects in the field of employment of people with disabilities were summed up. At the competition 2021 years were presented 475 projects from all over the world, from which the experts made a short list of nominees. В нем оказался и проект нижегородцев.

Nizhny Novgorod regional public organization cultural, of social and labor rehabilitation of disabled support workers and wheelchair users "Invatur" presented to the jury the project "Training and production workshop ARTEL", implemented in 2019 year with the support of the Presidential Grants Fund. Мастерская дает возможность людям с инвалидностью попробовать свои силы в освоении современных технологий — 3D-печати, work on machine tools with programmed control, manufacture of souvenir products by the method of thermal sublimation transfer. In the learning process, you can not only master the computer program of 3D design, draw a project, but also make on the machine a real product made of plastic or wood.

The project "Invatour" was included in the shortlist of nominees and was presented at the conference in the 3D-technologies section together with projects from Spain, India, Brazil.

The workshop continues its development. Now the project "Work for everyone" is being implemented as part of the subprogram "Support for socially oriented non-profit organizations in the Nizhny Novgorod region": purchased new equipment, expanded range of technologies for training.