Category: Events

  • Inside the Irish Parliament: the OWL Programme

    Highlights from the eighth ASEE Breakfast Meeting What happens when a national parliament becomes a place of work and learning for young people with intellectual disabilities and autism? At our eighth Breakfast Meeting, we heard how the Oireachtas Work Learning (OWL) Programme is doing just that at the Houses of the Oireachtas, the Irish Parliament.…

  • Erasmus+ Explained: funding opportunities for Supported Employment

    Highlights from the seventh ASEE Breakfast Meeting Could Erasmus+ fund your next project? At our seventh Breakfast Meeting, members heard how the EU’s flagship programme for education and training works, and how to write an application with a real chance of success. Erasmus+ at a glance Erasmus+ supports learning mobility and international cooperation across training…

  • A common language for Quality: introducing the SEQF

    Highlights from the sixth ASEE Breakfast Meeting How can Supported Employment organisations show the quality of their work, and keep improving it? At our sixth Breakfast Meeting, members and guests explored the Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF), a quality label that helps organisations across Europe do exactly that. What is SEQF? SEQF grew out of…

  • Training on Quality in Supported Employment

    Implementing SEQF From 26 to 29 May, in Oslo, ASEE concluded an insightful three-day training on implementing the Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF). The room brought together representatives from national umbrella organisations across eight European countries, pooling an impressive 380 years and 3 months of collective experience in the field. The focus was sharp: exchanging…

  • The EU Disability Employment Package: what it means for Supported Employment

    Highlights from the fifth ASEE Breakfast Meeting How is the European Union working to close the disability employment gap? At our fifth Breakfast Meeting, Monika Chaba, Policy Officer at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL), presented the EU Disability Employment Package and what it means for our field. The…

  • Information session on the European Guidelines on Supported Employment

    Highlights from the fourth ASEE Breakfast Meeting Our fourth Breakfast Meeting was a members-only working session on one of ASEE’s most important current projects: the European guidelines on supported employment, being developed for the European Commission as part of the EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities. Where we are The guidelines are…

  • Staying ahead: why AI matters for Supported Employment

    Highlights from the third ASEE Breakfast Meeting Artificial intelligence is changing how we work, and Supported Employment is no exception. At our third Breakfast Meeting, members explored what AI can do for practitioners, where the risks lie, and how to use it wisely. AI as a partner, not a replacement Our guest speaker was Hector…

  • Exchange of best practices: the BEO Project, improving Employer Engagement

    Highlights from the second ASEE Breakfast Meeting What does it take for more employers to hire people with disabilities, and how can supported employment professionals help? At our second Breakfast Meeting, members heard how the Business Engagement Odyssey (BEO) project, a two-year Erasmus+ initiative, is tackling this question across Europe. The big picture BEO aims…

  • What do members expect from ASEE’s Breakfast Meetings?

    Shaping a new series for exchanging best practices in supported employment across Europe Supported Employment looks different in every country. Funding systems, policies and everyday practice vary widely, yet practitioners across Europe face many of the same questions. That is why ASEE launched its Breakfast Meetings: short, regular online sessions where members learn from each…

  • BEO Project World Café event in Lisbon in May 2025