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Kalmar, Panevezys, Kaliningrad and Kolding
are planning a joint project on participation and accessibility
in connection with the European Union year of the disabled.
The aim is to throw attention onto persons
with disabilities and their conditions, highlight the wishes
of the possibilities of participation of the disabled in
relation to the public authorities and to the disabled own
organisations, to discuss present development and to set
new targets in the field, and finally to create contact
between disabled organisations across national borders.
The municipalities wish to promote the user's
participation in a targeted and structured way. The status
and influence of the disabled varies in the municipalities.
Similarly, the processes of integrating the disabled are
carried out on different levels. They can participate in
the project based on their local conditions and possibilities,
regardless of culture, organisation and resources. The project
aims at developing better conditions of the disabled in
cooperation with users, disabled organisations and authorities.
The whole project process consists of working
seminars with participation from professionals and users
from the four participating municipalities, as well as the
consultation support by Social Development Centre in Copenhagen,
and finally of the internal work within the municipalities.
The method is inspired by the KUBI-model
(Quality Development through User Influence), which is an
evaluation and development tool that can be used for investigating
the living conditions, care and supply of service in order
to find out what can be done better. The method is developed
in co-operation with the disabled who compile the values
that the evaluation and development work is based on. The
aim is to promote a binding development with the focus on
user's participation.
The process contains a preparatory meeting,
followed by a two day seminar with professionals from the
four municipalities. The KUBI model is introduced at the
seminar, so is the training to carry out a process together
with a group of disabled in the individual municipalities.
The conference on the theme "Participation
and Accessibility" will be carried out at the end of
2003. It will be accompanied by a number of workshops to
present development projects for inspiration. All UBC members
will be invited to the conference.
| Further information:
Mr Kaj N. Stubben
Department on Social & Health Affairs
City of Kolding
e-mail: kast@kolding.dk
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