CONSORTIUM
Kick off transnational partners meeting – 11-12 April 2023, Madrid, Spain
Second transnational partners meeting – 28-29 August 2023, Samsun, Turkiye
Third transnational partners’ meeting – 21-22 July 2024, Istanbul, Turkiye
Final transnational partners meeting – 24 September 2024, Sofia, Bulgaria
CONSORTIUM
94 High School “Dimitar Strashimirov”, Sofia, Bulgaria – Project coordinator
94 SU “D. Strashimirov ” is a secondary school located in the city of Sofia, Slatina district, Hristo Botev district. In addition to the general education classes in the school, there is also admission in three specialties. The specialty for high school is “Manufacture of textile clothing”, “Logistics of goods and services” and „Entrepreneurship profile“. The team consists of 76 teachers, teaching general education and vocational training, a principal and 4 assistant principals. The main activities of the school derive from ZPUO – training of students 1-12 grade according to the state educational standards for acquiring general and vocational education as well as with youth aged 16-29 in independent form of education. The school has experience in the management of projects financed under OP “NOIR” and Erasmus+ programme.
100 percent of the students are with Roma origin, with low educational achievements, frequently either dropping out from school or have a lack of job preparation skills in order to have access to the labour market. With this project we would like to foster the financial literacy and job preparation skills of our marginalized students to enhance their employment opportunities upon completion of the school.
Learn more at: https://school94-sofia.com
ASOCIACIÓN MADRILEÑA DE PROFESIONALES DE LA ATENCIÓN TEMPRANA, Madrid, Spain
AMPAT, Madrid Association of inclusion and diversity experts was born in 2004 due to the need to create an association of qualified and specialized people in Early Care, inclusive education and provision of career support to low-skilled students – mainly students with disabilities, learning difficulties and refugees. The provision of support by the team is starting from Early Care, which is not considered as a priority action by the society, but nevertheless its relevance in the lives of people who are prematurely detected some dysfunction when they are less than 6 years old, can represent having a full life and normal or carry for life some malformation or disability for not having been determined and corrected at the time, when the child is in full development and it is easier to apply corrective techniques.
This support continues also in terms of transition from kindergarten to school following the inclusive education and support guidelines. The team consists of multidisciplinary professionals from different specialties participate but who, working together, complement each other and are essential. Thus, a specialist in medicine, a pediatrician, a psychologist, a pedagogue, an Infant / Primary teacher and an engineer turn out to be essential members of this multidisciplinary team. Significant part of the activities of the association are related to the work with the parents, which will be also beneficial for this project realisation.
AMPAT arose at a time when Early Care was very little implemented and, in this way, to convince society of the great importance it has, both for the person and for society itself, since a person who carries throughout his life some bad formation is very expensive to the society in cost of subsidies, medicines, medical attention, etc.
In summary, AMPAT set itself as a mission the awareness of people and public administrations so that it would become a common technique integrated in the health system of any country. AMPAT has the official qualification of “social interest”, granted by the Community of Madrid.
Learn more at: www.ampat.org.es
Regional directorate of national education – HAVZA İLÇE MİLLİ EĞİTİM MÜDÜRLÜĞÜ, Samsun, Turkiye
The institution is a local educational directorate on primary and secondary education in the Istanbul, The organisation provides education and training services to students between the ages of 4 and 27. Havza is a district in Samsun area that receives lots of refugees and immigrants from different countries and other Turkish cities; besides many underprivileged students live here including those with disabilities and special needs. It is also a developing industrial area. They have 6000 trainers most of whom are young and dynamic. This institution carries out projects aiming at improve the entrepreneurial thinking and initiatives of youth, especially those with low opportunities for labour market including as youth with disabilities and special educational needs. In addition they are supporting the further development of their digital skills, STEAM skills and creativity as well as to increasing their green economy thinking and ecofriendly way of living.
Learn more at: https://havza.meb.gov.tr/
World Innovative Sustainable Solutions, Istanbul, Turkiye
Their staff members have been working over 10 years in the youth sector. The purpose of the association is to contribute to cultural transformation in individuals and society for a sustainable life; to offer creative solutions to the complex problems of our time with a systemic and holistic perspective; to raise awareness, inspire and support a sustainable life for social, ecological and economic sustainability. It offers inclusive, innovative and sustainable solutions in the field of education, career guidance, green economy, STEAM technologies, etc. It carries out academic studies and publications in educational studies on educational, social and cultural issues. Part of the staff of the organisation is consisting of mentors and job coaches, who will provide expertise in the field of this project. The organisation is working also intensively with parents of marginalised youth through provision of further guidance and support on educational and labour market inclusion.
The staff of the organisation in the past 10 years is providing guidance and support to youth at the last grades of their formal and non-formal education in the form of career guidance, mentoring, job shadowing and supported employment based on the EU model for supported employment of vulnerable youth.
Learn more at: https://www.winssolutions.org
Bulgarian Inclusion Support Team, Sofia, Bulgaria
The Bulgarian Inclusion Support Team organizes activities related to the implementation of inclusive education and labour market support for marginalised youth in terms of successful implementation in Bulgaria of inclusive vocational education and training, supported employment, peer support, inclusion and sustainability in the labor market and implementation of social inclusion in culture, sports and society as a whole. The team of the organisation consists of leading experts in the field of inclusive education, supported employment, recognition of prior learning, recognition and validation of e-mentoring. Their team members are frequently invited as guest speakers at major national and EU conferences in the field of inclusive education, career guidance and counselling, validation of learning outcomes as well as in the Committees to the Ministry of Education and National Agency for Vocational Education & Training. The organisation will provide the guidance on realisation of peer mentoring scheme as well as will help marginalised students to use digital tools in this process including further support on their digital competences.
BIST team works intensively with the trainers at 94SU in order to provide inclusive education support and as mentoring provider, who work for disadvantaged people and provide tips and guidance on further financial literacy training through improvement of their communication and social skills, exchange of experience and good practices including training on digital tools. Overall this collaboration between non-governmental sector, who is in direct contact with marginalised youth and their families and the youth workers/ staff from other hand prompt to be successful having in mind already established relations during previous common projects.