Exchange of good practices in the accessibility of electronic platforms between young people with disabilities Erasmus Project

Project Title

Exchange of good practices in the accessibility of electronic platforms between young people with disabilities

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for youth

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Civic engagement / responsible citizenship; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Project Summary

This project has 5 main objectives. 1. Exchange of good practices on the use of electronic youth participation platforms that are accessible to all young people, regardless of whether they face barriers such as disabilities, in order to increase / improve the civic competences of European youth. 2. Exchange of good practices in relation to the mechanisms so that the participation of young people is of a multidimensional type and allows their role in the different instances of the civic-democratic cycle regardless of their disability. 3. Exchange of good practices on the design and implementation of tools so that certain groups can participate electronically and be incorporated into this civic-citizen empowerment strategy. 4. Exchange of good practices on the strategies of use and visibility of electronic platforms in terms of accessibility. 5. Exchange of good practices on how to involve political authorities in these types of projects.

Thanks to the exchange of good practices, the project partner entities will be able to increase / improve their know-how, mindset and knowledge about the accessibility of electronic platforms for youth participation in the following areas:

1. How to increase / improve the civic skills of youth through the accessibility of electronic platforms in youth participation.
2. What are the key elements that an electronic platform has to have to be accessible to people with disabilities.
3. How to use mechanisms so that the participation of young people is multidimensional and allows their role in the different instances of the civic-democratic cycle through electronic platforms in youth participation, regardless of their disability.
4. How to design and implement tools so that certain groups with greater obstacles to participate electronically (youth from more humble socio-economic strata, youth of immigrant origin and youth with disabilities) can be incorporated into this civic empowerment strategy through platforms electronic access in youth participation.
5. How to develop dissemination strategies on the accessibility of electronic youth participation platforms.
6. How to involve political authorities in both the implementation and use of accessible electronic platforms in the field of youth participation.

To achieve this, the partners will evaluate 20 electronic platforms in the following fields of youth participation: political participation, public services, social networks and culture. Four will be analyzed per country, one of each, except in the case of Spain, since there are two partner entities, the figure will double. This will be done by creating an evaluation template that will identify the essential characteristics and draw conclusions. The characteristics that will be taken into account will be the design of the platform, the level of accessibility and the types of disability that are taken into account.

The expected impact on participants, participating organizations, target groups and other relevant stakeholders will be:
– in youth workers, facilitators and educators, the expected impact is that they will be offered a new concrete work tool and with specific recommendations to favor the accessibility of young people to civic-political youth platforms.
– in the young people who participate in the development of the project, the qualitative impact will be measured, thanks to questionnaires and comments from the participants and facilitators, and will be based on an increase in the consultation of youth participation platforms when their accessibility is adequate.
– in the 5 partner organizations, the impact will be significant, as they will be trained in a field as necessary today as is the full accessibility of youth to all resources, regardless of the barriers to which they can be found. At the end of the project, each partner will have experience and competence in the following aspects: strategic partnership projects, activity management and coordination, web accessibility, research and evaluation methodologies, manual writing and information structuring, content adaptation in the field of young people with fewer opportunities, worker training …
– in the other youth organizations, the impact will be visible through visibility and dissemination activities.
– relevant stakeholders will have access to all the materials developed in this project and are invited to attend the multiplier event to have direct contact with the specialists and develop new partnerships locally.

Project Website

http://accessibleyouthelectronicplatforms.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 31411,97 Eur

Project Coordinator

FUNDACION ASPAYM CASTILLA Y LEON & Country: ES

Project Partners

• NARODNO CHITALISHTE BADESHTE SEGA 2006
• H.R.Y.O HUMAN RIGHTS YOUTH ORGANIZATION
• ROSTO SOLIDARIO – ASSOCIACAO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO SOCIAL E HUMANO
• BIDERBOST BOSCAN & ROCHIN SL