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Disabled people are the mirror of a society

2022-3-PT02-KA153-YOU-0000949042022Mobility of youth workersongoing
Countries: PT|TR|MK|IE|IT · Grant: €19,812
DisabilitiesInclusion of marginalised young peopleQuality and innovation of youth work

Objectives

This project was carried out with the aim of responding to the needs of people with disabilities, youth workers and participating organizations with the idea of creating a project proposal taking into account young people with disabilities and the issue of their low participation in activities non-formal, for youth development, identity, intercultural learning, diversity and inclusion, mental health and well-being. We intend to raise awareness among youth workers and provide them with methodologies for developing high-quality work with people with disabilities, as well as issues related to their inclusion - intellectual and physical accessibility, special needs, with a view to stimulating exercise of citizenship by this population group. The project objectives were: -Through different activities, make youth workers understand what obstacles young people with disabilities face and what the weaknesses in its inclusion; -Learn new skills to work with young people with disabilities, including the types of activities in which they should participate; -Learn to work with young people with disabilities through non-formal activities for youth workers; -Increase the capacity of youth workers, programs and institutions to operate inclusively with young people with disabilities, including through collaborations with disability-related groups; -Compare and contrast various cultures, customs, religions, lifestyles and attitudes towards young people with disabilities; -Promote inclusion, respect, harmony, tolerance, acceptance and global understanding of people with disabilities; -Involvement of young people with disabilities in the design, implementation and evaluation of all youth programs from the outset, including through digital engagement; -Create guidelines for inclusive participation in youth programs that are based on proactive, real-world measures practices and involving adolescents with disabilities as inclusion facilitators; -promote and finance studies on work with young people with disabilities, including participatory action research with young people as a strategy for training and problem solving; -Increase participants’ understanding of the Erasmus+ program in order to ensure their ability to act as multipliers and apply the program to your other activities, improving the standard of projects carried out under the Erasmus+ program. - Develop and adapt the Manual to include new and modified non-formal activities that can be used for youth work with young people with disabilities.

Project partners (5)