The ICALL project aims to develop high-quality, flexible learning path for adults and evidence-based, scalable models for creating and sustaining inclusive local communities where persons with disabilities (PwD) can live full social life and access all services offered to the public.

Objectives :

• To raise the awareness & build the capacity of key stakeholders (including local authorities) to build inclusive communities for persons with disabilities. To do so the project will develop a training curriculum that equips them with practical skills and competencies on the subject. The training materials will be designed for the adult learners belonging to local authorities, service providers, local stakeholders, and other learners in the field of inclusion and community development.

• To pilot the training and offer a Massive Open Online Course focused on the strategies, principles, and steps needed to organize communities in a way that they are inclusive, welcoming, and engage with persons with disabilities. 

• To build an informal community of practice and multistakeholder collaboration in the field of inclusive communities and deliver policy recommendations to build the commitment of local and national authorities to inclusive community-building efforts.

Main target groups :

Staff of local authorities, service providers, local stakeholders, and other learners in the field of inclusion and community development.

Project activites and results :

• Research on Inclusive Communities: state of play in EU countries, key challenges and promising practices
• Report on the state of play of inclusive communities in Europe
• Collection of promising practices of inclusive communities
• Development of a training curriculum and MOOC on how to create and sustain inclusive communities
• Training Manual on how to create and sustain inclusive communities
• Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
• Development of policy recommendations on inclusive communities for local and national authorities (including national round tables for promotion of recommendations among key stakeholders)
• Key recommendations for national and local authorities on how to promote inclusion of persons with disabilities in local communities
• National roundtables for promotion of recommendations among key stakeholders

Partnership :

• EASPD (Project leader, Belgium)
• European Network of Cities and Regions for the Social Economy (Belgium)
• Out of the Box International (Belgium)
• Petagma (Greece)
• IRMÁK Nonprofit Kft. (Hungary)
• Fundacja Eudajmonia (Poland)
• Tukena Foundation (Former KVPS / Finland)

Duration : December 2023 – November 2026

Website Project Leader EASPD : https://easpd.eu/project-detail/icall/

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