Goal of the event:
Goal of the event was to inform people about possibilities to study abroad, ExchangeAbility project and what role ESN has in it. Also to meet some possible partners and organizations to cooperate with.
Short description of the event:
We got invited in biggest conference (in Latvia) for people with disabilities. The conference was divided in three parts. First there was open speeches and presentations. Second one was with discussions and work groups and third was infomarket.
-Basic and inclusive education,
-The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) - Inclusive Education
-Highest education - monitoring for highest education buildings,
-Student-centered education. Good examples and challenges in highest education in Latvia,
-Special education: problems and solutions,
-Access to highest education: politics and practice,
-Experience of parents and education accessibility,
-Simple practical solutions for accessibility to libraries and educations,
-Support for people with disabilities in universities.
How did your event go?:
In total it went really well. We made some new partners, cooperation with other organizations. For example, organization for blind people, deaf people, with sign language. We also managed, with company who makes signs in braille, make signs for our universities. One of the biggest goals we reached was agreement with one organization to exchange information. They have applications, similar to MappED! functions, we will get their information and we gonna provide it to MappED! and do the translate.
Participants (students, people from government, organizations) were nicely surprised, that students are here to help them too, also international students.
Of course there is always some improvement for everything, but I would like to say that it went very well. Looking from our side, it was good that Infomarket was happening all day through, but an some point you could miss some discussion or presentation.
