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Guardians of Accessibility Project -Portugal -

Introduction

Guardiões da Acessibilidade Project aims to make children, young people and the educational community aware of issues related to accessibility and disablement, involving people with and without disabilities in the construction of inclusive citizenship in an urban space without barriers, by all and for all.

Problem

The issues at the heart of the project are accessibility and disability. Awareness campaigns, teacher training, exhibitions, study visits, diverse presentations and competitions in which both people with and without disabilities take part are undertaken.

The aim is to develop a platform for civic and citizenship education within a context of inclusive interaction, making the younger population and schools more aware of the importance of accessibility within the context of disability through respect for disabled people.

Description

The document attached corresponds to the evaluation report for the implementation of the project during the 2004/2005 academic year.

It presents the evolution of the project since its implementation until the 2004/2005 academic year with special mention going to the following:

Partners involved;
Initiatives undertaken;
Beneficiaries;
When and where initiatives were undertaken;
Retrospective chronology;
Specific objectives and results obtained;
Evaluation/planning instruments;
Impacts;
Budgetary management.

Approach

A partnership is established between the school, the Câmara Municipal de Cascais (Municipal Council) and an institution which works with disabled people to plan the initiatives to be undertaken during the academic year bearing in mind the target audience and the project’s objectives.

The initiatives mostly take place in the schools but also in the partner institutions or other places. The initiatives planned always contemplate the joint participation of people with and without disabilities.

Results

The main results are related to the involvement of 24 schools and 7 institutions for the disabled, run by the district council, in 196 initiatives:

Issue awareness for pupils;
Issue awareness for teachers;
Undertaking of themed work;
Participation in competitions;
Development of the image and flag for the project;
Initiatives geared towards inclusion inside and outside the school
Promoting the CD “An Adventure in Cascais- Learning, playing and helping to build without barriers” 2,647 pupils, 170n teachers and 150 disabled people participated directly in the project.

Beneficiaries

Children and young people aged between 8 - 18;
Teachers;
Disabled people (young people and adults);
Schools;
Institutions working with the disabled

Resources used

Human resources: (crucial)

ANEA
APD –Cascais Branch
CNAD
ACM- Psycho-pedagogic Centre
CERCICA
LBV
AILGP
24 schools of the district of Cascais, 2 of which are private and cooperative, covering the 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycles of basic and secondary education
Câmara Municipal de Cascais (Municipal Council) staff member to manage the project.

Financial Resources:

Financial support from the Câmara Municipal de Cascais (Municipal Council) for initiatives undertaken within the scope of the project.

EU involvement

There has been no EU funding.

There has only been the dissemination of EU legislation regarding disability as well as the directives transposed to national legislation along with domestically initiated legislation related to disability.

The project is responsible for commemorating The International Day of the Disabled Person.

Contact info

Divisão de Desenvolvimento Social e Saúde
Ricardo Jorge Caldeira Fernandes, tel. +351 214815276

Project start date

/10/2003

Cities

The project takes place in the district of Cascais and the 6 parishes included therein, namely:

Parede,
Carcavelos,
Cascais,
Estoril,
S. Domingos de Rana
and Alcabideche.

The town of Cascais is located in the Lisbon District on mainland Portugal.

Links

Visit the Divisão de Desenvolvimento Social e Saúde website

Document type

case

Themes

Urban Policy > Social inclusion & integration > Community development

Keywords

Citizenship, Citizens' participation