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EQUAL RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN ACADEMIC SETTINGS

EQUAL RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN ACADEMIC SETTINGS. International workshop. Organizer. Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic Support Centre for Visually Impaired Students in co-operation with FEDORA - Forum European de l'Orientation Académique

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EQUAL RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN ACADEMIC SETTINGS

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  1. EQUAL RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN ACADEMIC SETTINGS International workshop

  2. Organizer Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic Support Centre for Visually Impaired Students in co-operation with FEDORA - Forum European de l'Orientation Académique UNICA - Network of universities from the capitals of Europe with patronate of Minister of education of the Slovak Republic Mr Martin FRONC

  3. Place / Time When: September 29th - October 1st, 2005 Where: Hotel PANORÁMA Štrbské Pleso The High Tatras, Slovak Republic Supported by Ministry of Education of SR Open Society Foundation British Council Prvá stavebná sporitelňa, a.s.

  4. Participation • Participants • - disability officers • - representatives of HE institutions • representatives of organisations of/ for people • with disabilities • - students with disabilities • Participating countries • Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, • Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, • Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Slovak Republic, • Slovenia, Sweden and Great Britain

  5. Why • - radical changes in CEE countries - in the society • and in the system of education • - movement to the democratic and human society • changes in legislation, that redound to approximation • and compatibility within the frame of the European • educational environment • - lack of contacts and co-operation • - lack of information • predominance of local/ project's activities over the • system solutions • - real attention deficiency to the equal opportunity issues

  6. Goals • To specify the main tasks and responsibilities of disability co-ordinators. • To discuss and judge the minimal standards for accessible education provisions for students with disabilities. • To support involment of students with disabilities into the international student exchange programmes. HEAG - an information source for international exchange. • To call attention of HE institutions to its responsibility for accessible education provision. • To promote dialogue and networking regionally between experts from CEE and new and old EU countries.

  7. Long Term Goals • Co-operation in continuous development and evaluation of basic standards applied to assure the accessibility to education in academic settings within the European countries. • To influence the public awareness – mainly in academic community as for the rights of students with disabilities and initiation of the real changes (including legislation changes) in participating countries. • To contribute to a more tolerant and inclusive society by involvement of students with disabilities themselves in this process and by strengthening of competencies and knowledge of disability co-ordinators.

  8. Program 1 1st day Equal opportunities, personal fullfillness and partnership - the institutional and the inidividual responsibilty in a democratic world Opening speach by Joachim Klaus, University Karlsruhe, Germany/ FEDORA • Laws and rights - international and national legal background Alan HURST, UCL Preston, UK/ FEDORA Monika Svalfors, Stocholm University, Sweden/ UNICA

  9. Program 2a 2nd day 2. Mission of Higher Educational Institution in supporting students with disabilities a) Inclusion into Higher Education - a legal, structural and organisational model to integrate students with disabilities (Institutional aspect) Joachim Klaus, University Karlsruhe, Germany/ FEDORA Pawel Wdowik, Warsaw University, Poland/ UNICA Elena Berus, Novosibirsk State University, Russia Lelia Kis-Glavas, University of Zagreb, Croatia b) The role of IT in education of students with disabilities Petr Penaz, Masaryk University Brno, CZ Dusan Simsik, Technical University Kosice, SK

  10. Program 2b c) Equal opportunities – equal requirements (Individual aspect) Francois Lebas, Bordeaux, France/ FEDORA Elena Mendelova, Comenius University Bratislava, SK d) The Role of Disability Officers: A Developing Profession in a Changing Context Alan Hurst, UCL, Preston, UK/ FEDORA Monika Svalfors, Stockholm University, Sweden/ UNICA

  11. Program 3 3rd day • Equal opportunities in international students exchange programmes, HEAG: a tool to enhance international mobility for students with disabilities Gaspar Haenecaert, Flemish Centre of Expertise for Handicap and Higher Education, Belgium Workshop conclusions and recommendations, task for the future, future project suggestions...

  12. Thank you for your patience and attention ! Elena Mendelova Comenius University Bratislava Support Centre for Visually Impaired Students Mlynska dolina, 842 48 Bratislava Slovak Republic tel./ fax: +421-2-65424862 e-mail: mendelova@fmph.uniba.sk http://cezap-www.fmph.uniba.sk

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