P2P – Increasing social inclusion and active citizenship among physically disabled youngsters with the power of peer support Erasmus Project

Project Title

P2P – Increasing social inclusion and active citizenship among physically disabled youngsters with the power of peer support

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Disabilities – special needs; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

By launching P2P project, MEOSZ and its partners aims at creating peer-to-peer self-help groups in each country and at regional level through an innovative training methodology elaborated for young people with severe physical disability as well as project activities in which physically disabled youngsters can develop and learn from their physically disabled peers in an secure and inclusive environment. In addition, they could actively participate in decision-making processes affecting them by using the power of the community.

First, we will examine the social situation of physically disabled youngsters in each country and assess their unsatisfied needs and social problems that they have to face on a daily basis by conducting a survey of 150 persons and 2 focus group interviews of 20 persons. During the assessment, we will reach a total number of 510 people with severe physical disability and professionals working with them.

Based on the results of the research, we will develop an innovative peer-mentor training material of 3 components for young people with severe physical disability in the course of 5 international workshops. The training material will help in developing skills and competencies of the mentors involved and enable them to operate independent advocacy groups.
The training methodology will be tested during an international pilot training, involving 6 mentors per country, 18 mentors in total. We will improve the training method based on feedbacks concerning the training and the peer group activities.

After completing the first training component, mentors will return to their local communities. Based on what they have learnt during the training, they will create self-help groups consisting of minimum 5 members.
At international level, a community of 90 young people with physical disabilities will be actively involved in the decision-making processes based on the principle of ‘Nothing about Us without Us’. In addition to personalized development possibilities, the groups will promote the higher-level advocacy of young people with physical disabilities, their social inclusion and active social participation through local initiatives and activities.

The groups establish a national and an international network, strengthen their work through an online platform, carry out joint activities and act jointly against any discrimination affecting them. By these activities, they will contribute to the youth advocacy work of the organisations involved in the project at national and international level as well.

We will present the results of the project and the research, including the methodology developed, at 3 international events for 270 NGOs that are expert on this field. Additionally, we will send the publication to an additional 450 NGOs concerned internationally, which will also be presented through a social media campaign and the on the digital platforms of the partners.

Project Website

http://www.meosz.hu/p2p/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 159860 Eur

Project Coordinator

Mozgáskorlátozottak Egyesületeinek Országos Szövetsége & Country: HU

Project Partners

• FUNDATIA “ORBÁN”
• Szövetség a Közös Célokért – Zdruzenie za spolocné ciele