EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES IN LOCAL YOUTH WORK CONTEXT Erasmus Project

Project Title

EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES IN LOCAL YOUTH WORK CONTEXT

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity; Disabilities – special needs; Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Project Summary

DESCRIPTION:
The main aim of our project is to develop a toolkit and framework based on non-formal learning methods structuring and improving the empowerment of young people living with disabilities, who are often heavily disadvantaged (also NEET). This methodology would be designed based on empirical research conducted in the project and would contribute to and improve the work of organisations and professionals working on the youth field with this specific target group in a local youth work context. The methodology also tested in the pilot phase of the project and the results of the research will be published in a methodology handbook and distributed to reach all relevant stakeholders of the field.

CONTEXT and BACKGOROUND:
Association Co-Efficient, APCC and UNIAMOCI has a wide range of experience/expertise of involvement young people living with disabilities into local and international actions/learning experiences. Inclusion of young people living with disabilities is a main horizontal objective of our daily work, promoting the Independent Living Movement and empowering young people to be more self-sustainable and active citizens along the way. Our experience is that there is little emphasis on youth work with young people living with disabilities on a local level, which – in our opinion guarantees the most opportunities for valuable and permanent results. We also see the limitations which prohibit maximum usage of empowerment techniques due to a variety of reasons, therefore the need to study closely the issue and develop an adequate tool for empowerment of young people living with disabilities in a local context.

OBJECTIVES:
-to gather and structure existing knowledge, tools and methods relevant to the topic:

– to develop and test an empowerment methodology handbook containing all the relevant expertise in the field of empowerment of young people living with disabilities

-to increase the professional capacities and competences of participating partners and other organizations through the intellectual outputs and dissemination of the project

ACTIVITIES OF THE PROJECT (24 MONTH DURATION)

1. Kick-off meeting in Hungary

2. 5 Transnational meetings in Italy, Hungary and Portugal for the joint and co-operative work of the partnership

3. IO1: research – structuring and developing the methodology based on research with the target group and focus group discussions, seminars with experts

4. Joint staff mobility – methodology development seminar: 5 days in Hungary

5. IO2: methodology development including the pilot of the research (output: handbook)

6. Dissemination: 3 national conferences organised by each partner to disseminate the results of the research and the pilot

PARTICIPANTS:
In the project the partnership will involve altogether 114 young people living with disabilities per country in the research and the pilot phase. The number of professionals working with young people living with disabilities who we will directly involve is 312.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 127542 Eur

Project Coordinator

EGYUTTHATO KOZOSSEGEPITO EGYESULET & Country: HU

Project Partners

• ASSOCIAZIONE UNIAMOCI ONLUS
• ASSOCIACAO DE PARALISIA CEREBRAL DECOIMBRA IPSS