The Inclusive Mobility project focuses its work on the mobility pathways of the youth with disabilities. Inclusive Mobility rely on the priorities laid down by the European Union Europe 2020 policy and the Council of Europe Handicap Strategy 2017-2023. The aim of these policies is to double the number of youth mobilities in Europe, with a specific focus on disadvantaged publics, including youth with disabilities. We believe we could bring an answer to these basic needs by the mobility programs. We would promote personal, social and professional development for the youth with disabilities in the actual global world. The inputs and benefits of a mobility in a life path are the key priorities of the Inclusive Mobility project. The various context elements shows us that, more than a quantitative growing, the project should favour a qualitative support at several levels on the topic: information on existing mobility devices, pre-departure preparation, welcome and support during the mobility, how to value it at the end. Reinforced by the MappED! project on which AHEAD and ESN France were working during two years, we wanted to continue our collaboration in order to better answer needs identified on the ground. Inclusive Mobility project aims are to create a clear and accessible resource for the youth with disabilities and bring a qualitative support to the stakeholders working in the field of youth. The project will be complementary with the various existing projects on the topic by complying to the following objectives: 1. Make accessible a qualitative information at every step of the mobility pathway to the youth with disabilities 2. Empower the stakeholders working on the topic following their specificities (educational institute, associations, economic actors, etc.) These main goals lead us to target two specific audiences: - The youth with disabilities and their families by the implementation of a complete information center and support devices to suit every profile - The stakeholders working in the field of mobility and youth. They will benefit several available resources, tools and training in order to reinforce the support of youth with disabilities in their mobility pathway To answer these goals, the consortium composed of six experienced stakeholders in the topic and on European project: AHEAD, ESN France, SV-Bildungswerk, Udruga Zamisli, JugendInfos and Droit au savoir; will develop four intellectual outputs: O1 – A participatory webplatform – Inclusive Mobility – 10 000 expected users O2 – A toolbox for the youth workers and associations working on the topic – 300 expected download O3 – A study on the short-term mobility of youth with disabilities – 40 reached Ministry and Erasmus+ National Agencies O4 – A research on practices observed on the welcome of international students with disabilities – 15 identified countries The project is built in a long term perspective aiming to: - Improve devices and practices on the support of youth with disabilities - Contribute to the growing number of youth with disabilities doing an international mobility - Adapt short-term mobilities in order to make them more accessible for the youth with disabilities and more efficient in a personal and professional pathway - Promote the emergence of a community gathering the involved stakeholders on the topic: youth with disabilities, families, educational institute, associations, companies - Intensify relationships on various sectors: between schools and higher education institutions, between public stakeholders, private actors and associations, etc. In order to carry out the project tasks, the consortium established a precise work methodology on each intellectual output (qualitative and quantitative indicators, impact assessment, etc.) and a complete dissemination plan in several steps. This will allow the consortium to improve the product tools thanks to the partner’s experiences and based on the non-formal / popular education techniques. The consortium will also make the project sustainable by paying attention on how to involve and empower a community of volunteers. Thus, it will ensure peer-to-peer exchanges on the webplatform and a participatory work of the tools.
The International Mobility with Disabilities (formerly Inclusive Mobility) project has focused its work on the mobility pathways of young people with disabilities. IMD is based on the priorities set out in the European Union's "Europe 2020" strategy and the Council of Europe's Disability Strategy 2017-2023. They aim to double the mobility of young people, with specific attention to socially excluded groups, including young people with disabilities. We wanted to find a response to the fulfilment of these basic needs through mobility schemes. They promote the personal, social and professional development of young people with disabilities in an increasingly international world. The contributions and benefits of mobility in a life journey are at the heart of the priorities of the IMD project. We wanted to promote quality support at several levels: information about the programmes, preparation for departure, welcome and support during mobility, and support on return. Backed by the MappED project on which AHEAD and ESN France were involved for two years, we wanted to continue our collaboration by responding to the needs we identified in the field. The project has thus created clear and accessible resources for young people with disabilities and qualitatively supported the youth actors. It is meant to be complementary to the different projects undertaken on this theme, with the following objectives: - To provide and centralise quality information at each stage of the mobility pathway of young people with disabilities - To equip the structures involved in mobility in their diversity (schools, associations, economic actors, ...) to better include young people with disabilities in their actions With these two objectives, we addressed two target audiences - Young people with disabilities and their families through the implementation of an exhaustive information centre and support systems adapted to each profile - The structures involved in mobility in their diversity, which will benefit from tools and educational content to accompany young people with disabilities throughout their journey. AHEAD, ESN France, SV-Bildungswerk, Zamisli, JugendInfos and Droit au Savoir, which combine European project experience and expertise in the field of mobility, disability and school education, have developed several tools: O1: Web platform - mobility-with-disabilities.org -16,680 visits O2 : Tool Box for youth workers and associations O3: Research on the obstacles and barriers to international mobility for young people with disabilities O4 : Research on practices supporting international mobility of young people with disabilities The tools resulting from the intellectual productions were disseminated to 101 organisations in 21 countries. 360 people were reached during presentations of the project given in events external to the project. In addition, at least 23,000 people were reached by the partners' communications (emails, social networks, etc.). Through the 4 dissemination events and the training event, 215 participants were made aware of the productions, disseminated in 17 countries. By helping young people to communicate better with their support structures, and vice versa, and by making structures and institutions aware of how to improve their practices and the way they consider the needs of young people as a whole, young people are better supported and take advantage of the opportunities available to them. They can integrate more easily into society, during the preparation of their mobility, its implementation and on their return, strengthened by this experience, which also allows easier access to the professional world. As the structures become more inclusive and civic-minded in their practices, they better support young people in their self-development. With the knowledge acquired, the tools built and the networks formed, we will continue to work on: - Raising the awareness of youth organisations and improve their support systems and practices for young people with disabilities in a sustainable way, by encouraging them to collaborate with organisations with expertise in disability issues - Participating in the increase of the number of young people with disabilities who go on international mobility - Promoting the emergence of a community of young people, families, schools, associations and companies involved in the international mobility of young people with disabilities - Intensifying sectoral (between secondary schools and universities) and thematic (between the public, voluntary and economic sectors) relations