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INTEGRAeu for employment and entrepreneurship in Europe

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2020-1-ES01-KA204-082454
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for adult education Funder Contribution: 9,000 EUR

INTEGRAeu for employment and entrepreneurship in Europe

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"The main objective of ""INTEGRA EN RED EUROPA for employment and entrepreneurship (INTEGRAeu)"" is to improve the employability and promote entrepreneurship, inclusion and equality of adults with mild intellectual disabilities, through their participation in an e- Learning platform and several non-formal training activities, related to various forms of employment (employment, self-employment, entrepreneurship), and at the same time they learn about the socio-labor pathways of inclusion, from an innovative perspective.The idea of this project arises from a programme of the Spanish NGO Fundación Cibervoluntarios called Integra en Red, successfully developed nationally for years, focused on training people with functional diversity in ICT tools and skills for employment and entrepreneurship. Added to this are the data provided by EUROSTAT, which indicate that the average percentage of people with functional diversity in employment in Europe is around 48.1%, with marked differences between countries, as opposed to 73.9% for the general population. This indicates that the room for improvement for the inclusion of these people in the labour market is still quite wide.In this context, we wanted to focus the INTEGRAeu project on adults with mild intellectual disabilities, who represent the majority of people with intellectual disabilities (approximately 85%), and who are in a particularly unfavourable situation regarding employment. The most important problems for this group are the legal and organizational obstacles that appear in the educational and lifelong learning systems, the difficulty of finding an inclusive education, individualized and personalized training, adequate for them and for professionals working in this field, and it is clear that ICTs have the potential to improve this situation. For this reason, INTEGRAeu focuses on training and empowering people with mild intellectual disabilities in those digital tools and skills that allow them to improve their employability, and to do so at a European level, involving different countries with the aim of creating a common space where all people of this group are reflected.This objective will be achieved through a contextual analysis in the 5 participating partner countries, the creation of a new pedagogical methodology adapted to this reality and the development of a digital learning platform with open educational resources created for mixed training (online and offline), which will be tested locally through training activities. The project will end with the preparation of a usability report that will include recommendations for policymakers.In this way, the main objectives of the project are the following:-Raising awareness in Europe about the difficulties of access to employment for people with mild intellectual disabilities.-Raising awareness about how the use of ICT applications and non-formal education in different forms of employability can help to overcome and improve this situation.-Making available to all interested people in Europe and internationally, an open, inclusive and adapted digital learning tool, with an open and tested methodology and resources.-Promoting the participation and inclusion of people with mild intellectual disabilities in Europe, so that they have a more self-determined life and better access to their local communities.-Promoting gender equality in access to employment for people with mild intellectual disabilities.-Influencing policy makers on employment, inclusion and equality of people with mild intellectual disabilities.Therefore, the target groups are:-Adults with mild intellectual disabilities in Europe.-Organizations and entities whose beneficiaries are people with mild intellectual disabilities. They may include among their training offer this innovative e-platform focused on improving access to employment, education and quality of life for their beneficiaries.-Workers / trainers / volunteers: People who work day by day with people with mild intellectual disabilities, the main target of the project, carrying out innovative and inclusive good practices.-Researchers interested in the context and objectives of the project.-Public administrations and policy makers related to employment, inclusion and equality.The consortium is made up of 5 organizations from Spain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Ireland and Romania, with experience in working with people with mild intellectual disabilities and in developing projects focused on them and focused on training and the creation of educational resources. open.Finally, the project fits in with the Sustainable Development Goals, and especially with 10- ""Reduction of inequalities""."

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