Prince Mired, Murad discuss training of persons with disabilities

AMMAN — HRH Prince Mired, the president of the Higher Council for the Affairs of Persons with Disabilities (HCD), on Thursday discussed several issues related to the employment and training of persons with disabilities (PWD), during a meeting with Labour Minister Samir Murad, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The prince stressed the need to hold public and private institutions and civil society organisations accountable towards PWD so as to create a participatory and complementary relationship that best serves PWD. He highlighted the need to fully support and integrate them into the labour market, thus enabling them to achieve economic independence.

Murad stressed the importance of coordination in establishing a national plan of action for the training and employment of PWD, pointing to the need to develop the necessary policies and programmes in accordance with the Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.