Let’s Overcome Disabilities Together Against Disasters Erasmus Project

Project Title

Let’s Overcome Disabilities Together Against Disasters

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 adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Disabilities – special needs; Access for disadvantaged; Post-conflict/post-disaster rehabilitation

Project Summary

The Project Content: The project is subject the design and delivery of an accessible disaster education module and outputs for people with physical, hearing and visually disabilities.With the awareness of the difficulties that disabled people have in accessing educational resources,accessible educational materials prepared for physical, visual and hearing impaired individuals within the scope of the project suggests a solution to the lack of this subject. The educational materials enable disabled people to access information easily owing to accessibility features. Project is important that disabled people to include equal opportunities in access to public resources, educational resources and information on disasters and to include disability individuals in disaster management system.
Partnership and participating organisations: The project was carried out under the coordination of Eskisehir AFAD in cooperation with Anadolu University, Turkish Red Crescent Eskisehir Branch, University of Social Sciences in Poland, Handy Club Ostrava Disabled Society in Czech Republic and Bulgarian Development Agency in Bulgaria. Anadolu University and the University of Social Sciences have contributed to be developed distance education module, training methodology and information technology, Eskisehir AFAD in scope of disaster and Handy Club Ostrava in scope of disability contributed to be developed and designed of education materials, Bulgarian Development Agency and Turkish Red Crescent Eskisehir City Brunch contributed to be designed and developed guidelines.
Description of undertaken main activities;
1-Project Short Film: The short film was made to reach the target group of the project and to create social awareness. The film is published in social media, congresses and workshops.
2-Project Lauch: The Project Launch was made in Eskisehir participated with local and national disability associations, political and administrative authorities, academicians and people and the project was introduced to target groups and related organisations in January 27, 2017
3-Disaster and Emergency Awareness Survey for Disabilities:This is a survey study which aims to determine disaster awareness levels of people with disabilities to produce intellectual outputs and to present project content to people with disabilities. This study composes of 41 questions and prepared in Turkish, English, Polish and Czech. This study were carried out in Eskisehir, as online country-wide in Turkiye, Ostrava and Lodz. The results of study are being published as online to be used in scientific articles. At the same time, the study result made by Eskisehir AFAD, were dealed to Disaster and Emergency Management Authority and related disaster and country-wide emergency organisations.(Research on 1,801 people from across Turkey, Czech Republic Ostrava from 145, Poland 50 participants from Lodz)
4-Transnational Project Meeting:Turkey Eskisehir (January 2017), Ostrava (March 2017), Sofia (July 2017) Lodz (October 2017) a total of 4 times, including 3-day transnational projects meeting was organized.At the meetings, the studies were made on project management, responsibilities, monitoring good practices across institutions, capacity building activities and the development of intellectual output.
5-Intellectual Outputs:”O1-Distance Education Module” was prepared in cooperation with Anadolu University and University of Social Sciences and it has been made available for disabled people in 5 languages (English, Turkish, Bulgarian, Czech and Polish). “O2-Training/Practice Simulation Module” was prepared in cooperation with Eskisehir AFAD and Handy Club Ostrava and the module that comprises training materials in 5 language (e-book, audio book, animation, simulation, video) has been made available for people with disabilities.”O3-Guidebooks-Guidelines” were prepared in cooperation with BDA and TRC Eskisehir City Branch in per language
6-Multiplier Events:The project results and outputs were presented to total of 381 the physical, visual and hearing impaireds in the target group of the project and they were trained in 5 different activities.
7-Dissemination events and impacts:Project results and outputs were presented to AFAD representatives in all provinces with the support of Ministry of Interior AFAD Presidency (Dissemination Seminar, July 2018, in Eskisehir). It is provided project to be disseminated all of Turkey by giving education to experts. Project results were disseminated through written, visual and social media. The promotion video of the project results were sent online to 200 national and international organizations.The project declarations were made and the project activities and results were announced at scientific congresses, workshops. The project was awarded the “Barrier-Free Information Service Award’18 ” by the University of Manisa Celal Bayar. (Link:http://www.milliyet.com.tr/eskisehir-afad-uluslararasi-engelsiz-eskisehir-yerelhaber-3019296/)

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 169845 Eur

Project Coordinator

ESKISEHIR IL AFET VE ACIL DURUM MUDURLUGU (ESKISEHIR AFAD) & Country: TR

Project Partners

• HANDY CLUB OSTRAVA ZAPSANY SPOLEK
• ANADOLU UNIVERSITY
• SPOLECZNA AKADEMIA NAUK
• TurkishRedCrescentEskisehirCityBranch
• BALGARSKA AGENTSIYA ZA RAZVITIE