Project ATU “Access to Universities for Persons with Disabilities” is funded under Erasmus + Programme of the EC, Key Action 2 Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education
The main objective of the project is to elaborate comprehensive and adaptable model system of support services for students with disabilities to higher education institutions in the European countries.
The model includes the following elements:
- Creating a model support services list– comprehensive structured list, responding to a variety of needs, of particular type and level of disability, application model required, etc;
- Model awareness building among HEIs personnel of various type (academic, administration, etc.) – including methodology of awareness building and adaptable training model curricula.
- Development of methodology of implementation of support services into the HEIs based on intensive testing of proposed model services in each partner country.
The project consortium is composed of 5 partners from 4 different countries.
Lead partner: Varna Free University „Chernorizets Hrabar“, Bulgaria
Partners:
1. Regional Agency for Entrepreneurship and Innovations – Varna (RAPIV), Bulgaria
2. Foundation „Institute for Regional Development” (FIRR), Krakow, Poland
3. Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
4. The National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Italy
Duration: 29 months (from 01.09.2019 – to 31.01.2022)
Total Budget: 266 197 Euro