all across Europe
European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities
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EASPD is the European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities and represents over 20,000 support services for persons with disabilities across Europe.
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We promote equal opportunities for people with disabilities through effective and high-quality service systems.
Key areas of work
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Education
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Employment
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Inclusive Living
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Technology
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Early Childhood Intervention
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Arts and Culture
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Workforce Development
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Funding of Social Services
When done right, quality care and support enables people to live independently, in the community, to make choices, and to have control over their lives.
James Crowe, EASPD President
AccessibleEU: Building community, connecting stakeholders
AccessibleEU, relying on the in-depth knowledge of its network of National Experts, aims to strengthen contacts and connections between key players and main entities, both public, private, and non-profit, to foster common interests. With this, on 7th November, AccessibleEU will host a hybrid European networking event at Fundacion ONCE, Madrid, entitled 'AccessibleEU: Building community, connecting stakeholders'.
Objectives
- To create a network that ensures the connection between all parties involved in accessibility across all sectors, and promotes the creation of alliances for the strategic development of actions in public-private collaborative networks that promote accessibility in environments, products, and services.
- To facilitate a structured dialogue with leaders of industry sectors, representatives of essential public administrations and civil society involved in accessibility, and universities and professional associations to identify specific capacity-building and support needs.
- To include all accessibility professionals at institutional and business levels and promote their participation to foster take-up of knowledge, skills and competences within the community, sharing successful experiences and methodologies for addressing the challenges they have faced.
- To encourage dialogue on measures to enable the creation of incentives for the accelerated implementation of accessibility and innovation solutions in all EU countries in a scaled and weighted manner, fostering equitable engagement and promoting partnerships between stakeholders at a trans-European level.
- To identify and promote commitment to best practices, supporting their replicability as a mechanism for creating synergies among all stakeholders, supporting their adoption and development over time as an enrichment strategy for all parties, and their dissemination to achieve a replicable effect in all countries.
Target audience
Policymakers, organisations, representatives of members of civil society, professional associations, providers.
Agenda
Venue: Fundacion ONCE, Madrid
Format: Hybrid
9:30 – 10:00 | Institutional welcome
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10:00 – 10:30 | Achievements in the First Year of AccessibleEU
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10:30 – 11:30 | Panel 1: Industry
Chair: Victor Calvo-Sotelo, General Director, DigitalES |
11:30 – 12:00 | Coffee break |
12:00 – 13:00 | Panel 2: Accessibility networks
Chair: Ivor Ambrose,Managing Director,ENAT (European Network for Accessible Tourism) |
13:00 – 14:00 | Panel 3: Education and Professional Associations
Chair: Ángela Baldellou,Director Observatorio 2030, CSCAE (Consejo Superior de Colegios de Arquitectos de España) |
14:00 – 15:30 | Coffee break |
15:30 – 16:30 | Panel 4: Civil Society
Chair: Alejandro Moledo, Deputy Director & Head of Policy, EDF (European Disability Forum) |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Panel 5: Public Administrations
Chair: Gerald M. Craddock, Chief Officer, CEUD (Centre for Excellence in Universal Design) |
| 17:30 | Closing remarks
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Calendar
AccessibleEU: Building community, connecting stakeholders
AccessibleEU, relying on the in-depth knowledge of its network of National Experts, aims to strengthen contacts and connections between key players and main entities, both public, private, and non-profit, to foster common interests. With this, on 7th November, AccessibleEU will host a hybrid European networking event at Fundacion ONCE, Madrid, entitled 'AccessibleEU: Building community, connecting stakeholders'.
Objectives
- To create a network that ensures the connection between all parties involved in accessibility across all sectors, and promotes the creation of alliances for the strategic development of actions in public-private collaborative networks that promote accessibility in environments, products, and services.
- To facilitate a structured dialogue with leaders of industry sectors, representatives of essential public administrations and civil society involved in accessibility, and universities and professional associations to identify specific capacity-building and support needs.
- To include all accessibility professionals at institutional and business levels and promote their participation to foster take-up of knowledge, skills and competences within the community, sharing successful experiences and methodologies for addressing the challenges they have faced.
- To encourage dialogue on measures to enable the creation of incentives for the accelerated implementation of accessibility and innovation solutions in all EU countries in a scaled and weighted manner, fostering equitable engagement and promoting partnerships between stakeholders at a trans-European level.
- To identify and promote commitment to best practices, supporting their replicability as a mechanism for creating synergies among all stakeholders, supporting their adoption and development over time as an enrichment strategy for all parties, and their dissemination to achieve a replicable effect in all countries.
Target audience
Policymakers, organisations, representatives of members of civil society, professional associations, providers.
Agenda
Venue: Fundacion ONCE, Madrid
Format: Hybrid
9:30 – 10:00 | Institutional welcome
|
10:00 – 10:30 | Achievements in the First Year of AccessibleEU
|
10:30 – 11:30 | Panel 1: Industry
Chair: Victor Calvo-Sotelo, General Director, DigitalES |
11:30 – 12:00 | Coffee break |
12:00 – 13:00 | Panel 2: Accessibility networks
Chair: Ivor Ambrose,Managing Director,ENAT (European Network for Accessible Tourism) |
13:00 – 14:00 | Panel 3: Education and Professional Associations
Chair: Ángela Baldellou,Director Observatorio 2030, CSCAE (Consejo Superior de Colegios de Arquitectos de España) |
14:00 – 15:30 | Coffee break |
15:30 – 16:30 | Panel 4: Civil Society
Chair: Alejandro Moledo, Deputy Director & Head of Policy, EDF (European Disability Forum) |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Panel 5: Public Administrations
Chair: Gerald M. Craddock, Chief Officer, CEUD (Centre for Excellence in Universal Design) |
| 17:30 | Closing remarks
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