The main objective of SOLIDARIS is to promote the access and inclusion of different vulnerable groups in Latin AmericanHEIs. This will be achieved by modernising and improving the services supporting social and educational inclusion made available by HEIs, as well as by providing the different involved actors with tools that favour the acquisition, by students,of the skills necessary for their inclusion in a University context.The consortium is composed of 11 institutions from Italy, Portugal, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Spain. TheDepartment of Social Pedagogy of the University of Seville will coordinate the project.The project is organised in a logical sequence of activities that will allow the following outcomes:- Definition of key competences for educational, social and labour inclusion of students. A needs analysis among thepartnership highlighted 6 competences that will be addressed: entrepreneurship, leadership, empowerment, ICT foreducational purposes and oral and written communication.- Development and testing of a self-assessment tool of students’ competences.- Design of a training pathway to support those students (including an online common training platform).- Training for teaching and non-teaching staff that promotes the improvement of students’ inclusion processes.- Creation of an international network about social inclusion in a University context that will facilitate a space for debate,reflexion and development of common proposals. Three Conferences are foreseen within the project lifecycle.Moreover, project action will achieve the modernisation of support services for the university community inparticipating Latin-American Universities by providing them with new relevant equipment.
All the information is available in the Google Drive link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1I2AM05Y2KILLPpS-Eokdx7sL8dMy8Dcn?usp=sharingSOLIDARIS project has successfully achieved to promote the access and inclusion of different vulnerable groups in Latin American HEIs. Its main objectives have been: -Modernising and improving the services provided by Latin American HEIs to support social and educational inclusion. -Providing the different university stakeholders (Academic and non-academic staff, Governmental bodies, etc.) with the requested tools for students’ upskilling to favour their inclusion in a university context.The consortium was composed of 11 institutions from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Italy, Portugal, Germany, and Spain. All partners were committed to guarantee an everlasting cooperation that has been particularly ensured by the official creation of the SOLIDARIS Network, and the arrangement of multiple bilateral cooperation agreements at governance, research and academic level. The project has been led by University of Seville, technically coordinated by its Department of Social Pedagogy. The main project outcomes of the project were:-Definition of a common framework of 6 key competences for educational, social and labour inclusion of students. -State of play of each involved university with regards the accomplishment of measures to guarantee the acquisition of the abovementioned key competences for inclusion. -Development and testing of a self-assessment tool of students’ competences.-Design of a training pathway to support those students -Development of an online platform to ensure the sustainability and transferability of the training developed. -Creation of the Trainers’ guideline to deliver the training (Available also online). -Training for teaching and non-teaching staff involved on students’ inclusion processes.- Establishment of permanent offices in LA HEIs to give support to all University community to enhance inclusion. -Creation of an international network about social inclusion in a university context that will facilitate a space for debate, reflexion and development of common proposals. -International Publication about Inclusive Universities with contributions from all partners’ HEIs. -Modernisation of some University equipment addressed to the Community Support Offices. Even though the COVID 19 pandemic was an obstacle to finalise some activities, organizing face to face events and allowing partners to travel, it was also an opportunity to reach other results, such as: -Reaching a bigger and more international audience through the organization of virtual training and dissemination activities. -Reinforcing the online platform (WEBQUEST) and the interaction among trainees. -Raising awareness of the importance of digitalisation as other key aspect to guarantee a full inclusion at university. -Creation of an International online Congress about Inclusive Universities (CIUIS).