Activities since last IPM

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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
• Social Science Institute
• Social Science Institute and Natural Science
  Institute give advantage for people with
  disability who wants to make MBa and MSc.

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• "The partnership has an obviously sound working
  relationship, and all partners are proactive in
  ensuring that the project objectives will be
  met."
• 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 SMEs to get
  their opinion and suggestions about Increasing
  Employability of Disabled People
• Using principles of anti-oppressive practice
• "..the key strength of the project lies in its
  transnationality and the commitment and expertise
  of the partnership."

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

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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.

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Potential challenges(from last IPM)

• Keeping the website up-to-date
• Involvement of community organisations
• Keeping to reporting schedule

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Potential challenges

• Work package development delivery in Turkey and
  Bulgaria
• Involvement of community organisations onto
  Steering Group

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VALUE OF DISSEMINATION EVENT

• A Meeting is organised by different LdV Project
  representatives at Okalip Meeting Centre in
  Istanbul at 24th September 2008.
• Around 50 people joined the meeting from
  different countries (e.g., Bulgaria, England,
  Greece, Malta, Belgium, Romania)
• Representatives from SMEs and NGOs were also
  attended the DE.
• 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 NGOs for the
  Dissemination event. Representatives from United
  Kingdom, Turkey, Belgium, Greece, Bulgaria, Malta
  and Romania joined the DE.

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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 projects
  outputs

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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

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

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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

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