[WP 10] Social Inclusion ELLA

This workshop facilitated the application and transmission of acquired skills in an unconventional way - from teachers with special needs to students without special needs. By changing the conventional patterns, we aimed to trigger awareness for the abilities of people with special needs and the necessity for access to suitable forms of education. There was space for:

• Workshop | min 3 countries

• Round tables | min 3  countries or organisations

• Know-how exchanges | online exchange, skype, social media, blogs, material exchanges

• Train the Trainee

The workshop, roundtable and trainings took place in Istanbul in September 2014.

The workshop took 4 days and ended in a final performance on stage. The event included people with special needs.

The workshop included

• Getting to know each other
• Reflection, feedback and discussion rounds
• press meeting
• evaluation
• Social events such as country evenings, city tour, etc.

Final evening on Stage

The Final Festival evening in Istanbul was concluded with a performance on stage. Every member of Caravan 2000 and other foreign partner organizations had the opportunity to send a performing group of maximum 10 participants. Besides this, every country sent work for the exhibition, such as photos, paintings and sculptures. As the ELLA evaluation meeting was being held at the same time in Istanbul, everybody was, of course, invited and a large group of people were able to participate. 

In preparing the activity the following steps were taken:

• Regular meetings of coordination team (AYDER Dreams Academy and IBETH) in Istanbul, distribution of responsibilities and tasks, setting up of a work schedule
• Train the trainers – Workshop at Dream Academy in which disabled participants were trained to teach others
• Organization of travel and accommodation for participants
• Dissemination of press announcements in order to ensure a wide visibility and impact of the project