- Thanks to the agreement between Envera and the Department of Transportation
- Envera students will carry out internships in different departments of Metro de Madrid
- Today the subway has presented a mural in Embajadores that will serve as a reminder of the rights of people with disabilities.
Madrid | December 2, 2021
The Community of Madrid offers for the first time the possibility of doing training internships in Metro to young people with intellectual disabilities thanks to the agreement reached agreement reached between the Department of Transport and Infrastructures and Envera. This is a pioneering action in the history of the suburban railway by means of which these people will be able to perform different functions in different areas of the company as from January next year.
This was announced today by the Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Carlos Díaz-Pache, who explained that the first students will carry out their three-month internships in departments such as Logistics, Training and Environment.
In the middle of the year, and already with the inauguration of the new Metro headquarters, Envera students will start working in auxiliary areas of the company linked to the provision of internal services. This initiative is the result of the collaboration agreement between Metro de Madrid and the Envera Group - Iberia Employees Association of Parents of People with Disabilities, which will enable students with intellectual disabilities, included in the group's job placement itineraries, to complete their practical training, thus favoring their labor insertion and their progressive incorporation into the different areas of society in a normalized and inclusive manner.
The students of the Vocational Training Program in Auxiliary Operations of Administrative and General Services and those students who have completed training actions in the Envera Group's Labor Insertion Service will benefit from this agreement.
The announcement was made at Embajadores station on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which will take place tomorrow, December 3, where a mural was unveiled, recalling the rights of persons with disabilities as set out in the International Convention.
The Deputy Minister of @Transportes_CM, @cdpache; the Councilor of @metro_madrid, @silrolfer; and the DG of Envera, Enrique Grande, inaugurate a mural at Embajadores Station of @metro_madrid representing the rights of people with disabilities. #DisabilityDay pic.twitter.com/RHJzR7JYEl
- Envera 💚 (@Grupo_Envera_) December 2, 2021
The event was also attended by the CEO of Metro, Silvia Roldán; the general manager of Envera, Enrique Grande; students and beneficiaries of Envera, as well as young people from the Esfera Foundation who read a manifesto in favor of inclusion.
Envera's general manager wanted to "thank the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and the Minister of Transport, David Pérez, for their permanent support in favor of the most vulnerable and equal opportunities, as well as their determination to make these practices possible".
