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The European Committee, the European Union and further international organisations, governments and civil organisations describe the legal conditions of the disabled, and designate the tasks aiming at the establsihment of their equal treatment. One of the most important issues within the scope of the fruitful European Year of the Disabled (2003) was whether sustainable results can be reached after 2003. The goal of the European Union’s strategy for the long-term employment of the disabled is to ensure equal opportunities in order to allow these people to enjoy their rights to human dignity, equal treatment, independent life and to participation in society. Actions initiated by the European Union re-inforce the economic and social value system of the EU, since they make it possible for the disabled to realize their capacities and to participate in economy and in society. The main aim of the present study is to revise the interest and support system serving the employment rehabilitation of the disabled and to form propositions in order to have the measures indeed improve the status of the target groups, to have them realised in practice and to have them agree to EU directives. The above goals are carried out through presenting the Dombóvár micro-regional employment project through evaluating the results and promises of the program enhancing the social integration of the disadvantaged youth (YES-project).