So, most researchers consider that it is useful for the state to devise an innovative
policy to enable disabled people to participate in the inclusive innovation activity,
either as innovators or as users of innovations. It should be noted that the private sector
is also able to help improve disabled people’s living conditions, mainly in three ways:
by creating work places and improving productivity, by meeting some of their needs
as part of corporate social responsibility initiatives and by developing affordable goods
and services that meet low-income consumers’ needs.
It is rational to intensify disabled people’s involvement in active work on the new
municipal project initiatives development and the discussion of municipal and
sustainable social development plans. Experience exchange with youth leaders from
different corners in Ukraine and leading experts from near and far abroad and, thus,
facilitate the formation of disabled people’s Ukrainian network in the field of municipal
planning with strong international contacts and links. It is necessary to improve the
legal framework, state regulatory policy for establishment of conditions in creation
affordable quality education, to promote disabled youth’s creative and intellectual
development; ensure employment and business development.
Labour activity is the main way of integration thanks to which a disabled person
becomes a part of social and public relations, gets rid of a psychological barrier and
asserts oneself as a person. Due to the existing restrictions such people experience
various restraints in finding a suitable work place and need the legal support from the
state. In practice the disabled people’s employment assistance is a long and
complicated process with a lot of obstacles. But the barrier-free environment creation,
the law implementation on the jobs quota, wage increase, and raising the educational
level for disabled people will help to solve the employment assistance problem.
In the Western society, the development and implementation of inclusive
innovations is not only a state’s task, but also of entrepreneurs and non-governmental
organizations. The development and implementation of inclusive innovation policy can
help to achieve more equitable, sustainable and inclusive development. To include
social goals into the strategy of innovation policy, it is necessary to study the disabled
people’s characteristics, the way they live and what they need to improve their
existence; it is necessary to develop goals and strategies on how to encourage and
implement the inclusive innovation activity.
CONCLUSION
Taking into account the afore-named, the national innovation system
improvement should not only ensure the formation of a knowledge-based economy,
but also promote Ukraine’s participation in the world innovative space as an equal
partner. The inclusive development concept implies that each economic entity is
important, unique, valuable to society and has the capacity to meet its needs. The
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