ETS 163 – European Social Charter (Revised), 03.V.1996 __________________________________________________________________________________ 2 to promote their access to employment through all measures tending to encourage employers to hire and keep in employment persons with disabilities in the ordinary working environment and to adjust the working conditions to the needs of the disabled or, where this is not possible by reason of the disability, by arranging for or creating sheltered employment according to the level of disability. In certain cases, such measures may require recourse to specialised placement and support services; 3 to promote their full social integration and participation in the life of the community in particular through measures, including technical aids, aiming to overcome barriers to communication and mobility and enabling access to transport, housing, cultural activities and leisure. Article 16 – The right of the family to social, legal and economic protection With a view to ensuring the necessary conditions for the full development of the family, which is a fundamental unit of society, the Parties undertake to promote the economic, legal and social protection of family life by such means as social and family benefits, fiscal arrangements, provision of family housing, benefits for the newly married and other appropriate means. Article 17 – The right of children and young persons to social, legal and economic protection With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right of children and young persons to grow up in an environment which encourages the full development of their personality and of their physical and mental capacities, the Parties undertake, either directly or in co-operation with public and private organisations, to take all appropriate and necessary measures designed: 1 2 a to ensure that children and young persons, taking account of the rights and duties of their parents, have the care, the assistance, the education and the training they need, in particular by providing for the establishment or maintenance of institutions and services sufficient and adequate for this purpose; b to protect children and young persons against negligence, violence or exploitation; c to provide protection and special aid from the state for children and young persons temporarily or definitively deprived of their family's support; to provide to children and young persons a free primary and secondary education as well as to encourage regular attendance at schools. Article 18 – The right to engage in a gainful occupation in the territory of other Parties With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right to engage in a gainful occupation in the territory of any other Party, the Parties undertake: 1 to apply existing regulations in a spirit of liberality; 2 to simplify existing formalities and to reduce or abolish chancery dues and other charges payable by foreign workers or their employers; 3 to liberalise, individually or collectively, regulations governing the employment of foreign workers; and recognise: 9