velferd ["FARVE -trial funding, work and welfare"]
programme. Over the course of the year 75% of
those participating in TOM have got jobs as a
result of the programme and most of them have
moved into standard positions with the Telenor
group. For Telenor as an employer Open Mind is
therefore also an opportunity to recruit resources
which other employers have not discovered yet.
Of course we still want disabled job seekers to have
as many opportunities as others to use their skills
in working life. For this reason it is pleasing that
the programme is arousing interest and inspiring
others, both here in Norway and far beyond its
borders.
In April 2012 a delegation from the Bundestag
the German national parliament which
was visiting Norway to hear about how the
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities was being followed up in Norway and
to gain an insight into Norwegian initiatives to
create increased opportunities for the disabled
here in Norway called at our headquarters at
Fornebu. At our offices the German politicians got
to hear about the basic concept of the Open Mind
programme and the results it has achieved.
group. This has led to several sister companies in
both Europe and Asia setting up corresponding
schemes, either as projects or as established
programmes. Telenor Sweden started up its Open
Mind programme in 2007. The companies in
Malaysia, Bangladesh, India and Serbia have also
run projects to increase awareness about disabled
people's right to participate in working life.
Telenor Pakistan launched the khuddar pakistan
programme in 2009, and in June 2012 the manager
of the Norwegian Open Mind was in Islamabad
to exchange experiences with colleagues from
Telenor Pakistan.
employment, while overall almost 75% of the population were in employment.