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Bridging the gap : inclusion paths for disabled children

duration: 2 years 1 day (From 31 December 2014 to 31 December 2016)
budget: 179,000 EUR

Description
Improving the education sector through the construction of a model based on inclusion and education of disadvantaged children with special needs helps to improve access and quality of social services and to ensure that the right of education is a right for all and not only for few people. Promoting the children rights are part of the human rights promotion and constitute one of the precondition to build an open and equitable society. The involvement of Eritrean trade union, also thanks to its representation in education field, ensures the participation of civil society on defining and implementing poverty reduction and sustainable development strategies. Furthermore, social dialogue and exchanges of educational best practices amongst local and international NSAs will permit to introduce strategies and practices to find shared solutions, which will be duplicable and sustainable over the time. This will contribute to promote a culture of dialogue and information exchange among NSAs

Overall objective(s)
To improve access and quality of educational services promoting a model of social inclusion and a culture of dialogue supporting the local civil society and information exchange activities among NSAs.

Specific objective(s)
To build inclusion paths of children with disabilities and special need by improving the capacity of the teaching community, promoting an useful collaboration between health and educational services and supporting a culture of inclusion in the Eritrean society by specific awareness campaigns

Type of activities
Trainings