This event will take place on December 16th from 09:00 to 16:00 CET (Brussels time) at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Meeting room JDE 62 (Rue Belliard 99/101, 1000 Brussels). For those attending remotely live streaming is available.
The event will be hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee and organized by the European Disability Forum in collaboration with EUni4 all Network Project partners.
During this European Network of Universities Working for Inclusion (EUni4all-Network) we will introduce you the network, the project around and its developed materials, but we will focus mainly on the platform that gathers more then 64 European universities that have engaged to work on Inclusion.
Experts will be present to showcase the need of such a network in the person of researchers, European Institutions and students and university staff with disabilities, who are the real beneficiaries and focus of this work.
Livestream
Agenda
09:00-9.30: Welcoming of Participants/ Registration
9:30-10:15: Opening Session
Moderator: Loredana Dicsi, EDF.
- Pietro Barbieri, Vice president of the European Economic and Social Committee.
- Fanny Lacroix Desmazes, Policy Officer Directorate-General for Education and Culture Unit B1 – Higher education
- Maureen Piggot, European Disability Forum Treasurer (EDF).
- Alberto Durán, Vice President of Fundación ONCE / Isabel Martínez, Director of the department of Programs with Universities and Promotion of Youth Talent at Fundación ONCE.
10:15-11:15 A Network of Universities Working for Inclusion and its Web Platform
Moderator: Silvia Duarte, Fundación ONCE
- Presentation of the network. Alice Ribeiro, Porto University.
- Presentation of the EUni4ALL platform. Celina Handzel and Kamil Pula, Lublin University of Technology.
- Marchita Mangiafico, University of Malta.
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 How to be Part of the Network?
Moderator: Elena Bortolotti. University of Trieste.
- Guide of Standards. Cecilia Simón, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
- Guide of Universities. Emiliano Diez, Universidad de Salamanca.
- Training Workshops. Loredana Dicsi, EDF.
- Perspective from Student. Balazs Markos, University of Groningen.
12:30 – 2:00 Lunch Break/Networking
2:00 – 3:00: Importance of a Wider Inclusion of University Students with Disabilities in Mobility Programmes
Moderator: Lidia Vlagma, Educational policy officer at Dutch National Disability Council
- Marta Gutierrez Bennet, Erasmus+ design and implementation. European Union.
- Rosa Asenjo. Spanish Service for the Internationalization of Education (SEPIE)
- Juan Rayón, President of Erasmus Student Network
- Emily McPherson, European student Network
3:00– 4:00 Design , Evaluation and Law to Strengthen the Social Dimention of Higher Education in Europe
Moderator: Tommi Haapanieme, University of Eastearn Filnland
- Anna Gover, Representative of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA).
- Mercedes Siles, National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain
- María Soledad Cisternas Reyes. Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary General on Disability and Accessibility
- Pete Kercher. Design for All Europe
Coffee/networking and goodbye
Accessibility
During the event we provide life captioning in English and into Spanish via automatic translation. Once you cliced on the link, you are redirected to Text to Tab where you will find the available languages.
For any additional information you can contact Loredana Dicsi or Raquel Riaza