EQUAL RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN ACADEMIC SETTINGS

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EQUAL RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN ACADEMIC
SETTINGS

• International workshop

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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
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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
sporitelna, a.s.
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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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 [phone]
• e-mail mendelova_at_fmph.uniba.sk
• http//cezap-www.fmph.uniba.sk