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Activities since last IPM

Activities since last IPM. Website launched New course is offered to different Faculties Engineering Faculty Technical Education Faculty Education Faculty Faculty of Theology Faculty of Art

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Activities since last IPM

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  1. Activities since last IPM • Website launched • New course is offered to different Faculties Engineering Faculty Technical Education Faculty Education Faculty Faculty of Theology Faculty of Art Institute of Social Science and Institute of Natural Science give advantage for people with disability who wants to make MBA and MSc.

  2. The Yahoo site as an example of "good practice" • “The project has several innovative elements." e.g: • Social policy and Disability course (lecturer) is accepted by different Faculties • A Questionnaire is distributed to SME’s to get their opinion and suggestions about Increasing Employability of Disabled People • Using principles of anti-oppressive practice

  3. Presentation to NA Start-up seminar • Presentations to Community Groups • Collected & collated: • financial reports • timesheets

  4. Meeting with head of Turkish National Members A report is written and presented to Mr. Koksal Toptan to act and encourage the members of parliament for Disability issues.

  5. Potential challenges(from last IPM) • Keeping the website up-to-date • Involvement of community organisations • Keeping to reporting schedule

  6. Potential challenges • Work package development & delivery in Turkey andBulgaria • Involvement of community organisations onto Steering Group

  7. VALUE OF DISSEMINATION EVENT People with disability and disadvantaged groups are discussed on a panel on 24 September at Okalip Centre in Istanbul. There were around 50 people representing four different project partners, governmental bodies and NGO’s for the Dissemination event. Representatives from United Kingdom, Turkey, Belgium, Greece, Bulgaria, Malta and Romania joined the DE.

  8. The discussions are summarized as: For partnerships • Importance of Turkish colleagues taking opportunities to develop partnerships • Effective partnerships depend not just on money, but on relevant partners that engage key stakeholders at all levels • Vitally important to show the impact of project’s outputs

  9. Mainstreaming and training • Mainstreaming • Disabled children should be moved into ‘inclusive’ education as quickly as possible • Importance of educating parents to be more inclusive too • Assistive technology can be a great enabler • Disabled people should be included in mainstream VET, training and employment

  10. Training for: • disabled people • Teachers and trainers to develop their inclusive practice • Employers to develop their inclusive practice and offer genuine, not tokenistic opportunities

  11. Wider issues • Disability is one disadvantage amongst many (e.g. needs of migrants in Malta) • Importance of ensuring that educational provision meets the needs of all learners • Complementarities across existing projects • Importance of clear branding and capitalising on known brand names, e.g. SCIPS • Business case for employing disabled people – use the whole talent pool in each country

  12. Partnership • "The partnership has an obviously sound working relationship, and all partners are proactive in ensuring that the project objectives will be met." • "..the key strength of the project lies in its transnationality and the commitment and expertise of the partnership."

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