On 29th September, 2011 MCA and PU hosted the Final Q4S Conference which was held in Sofia, Bulgaria. 85 participants, all of them key stakeholders and including many disabled people, contributed to the success of the event.
A project for disabled people from different countries of EU financed by the LLP Grundtvig Programme
A project for disabled people from different countries of EU financed by the LLP Grundtvig Programme will be organised in the period of 5-13 November in Poggio Mirteto near Rome in Italy.
The project will be about cuisine, sport and intercultural traditions.
Travel, food and lodging is completely free for 5 particpants and one group leader from each participating country.
If you are interested please reply as soon as possible to
Gianluca Iacuvelle
President of YMCA Parthenope ONLUS, Naples, Italy www.ymcaparthenope.com
tel. +39 340 7821363 info@ymcaparthenope.com
Ebeveyn Grundtvig Workshop
Ebeveyn Grundtvig workshop (Let us share for disabled) aims to gather people that thinks and regards the disabled people are important part of their life and share their experience and produce knowledge to sustainable European Union citizenship.
MCA presented the OASIS project and its work in the brain and skill training services at the workshop "Cognitive Support Technology For Older People", organised jointly by the EU funded projects VitalMind and HERMES in London (Greenwhich), UK on 15 December 2010.
The older population is growing rapidly throughout the world. Whilst many older people have no substantial health problems, the majority tend to have mild but progressive deterioration in their cognitive abilities. However, a growing body of scientific research indicates that cognitive training and stimulating activities can maintain cognitive function in older people for a longer period of time, helping them remain cognitively healthy.
In this one-day workshop, the state of the art in cognitive support technology for older people was explored. It was discussed and demonstrated how technology can help the elderly to preserve their quality of life, work that several research groups have done and are doing in the area of cognitive training and assisting technologies, and outlined some of the challenges that lie ahead.
1st Pan-European VERITAS User Forum and Workshop to take place on 29-30 November 2010 in Prague
Designer and developers, as well as people with disabilities and older people that will be the main users and beneficiaries of the VERITAS system, are invited to register for our forthcoming Pan-European User Forum on 29 November 2010 in Prague, Czech Republic. Members of the User Forum will in future also have the opportunity to apply for participation in testing of VERITAS services, and will be able to participate in project conferences at a reduced fee.
The OASIS project organised a press conference in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on 11 May 2010. Below is a TV broadcast from the event.
VERITAS kick-off meeting
MCA participated in the first VERITAS meeting, hosted by the Coordinator – FhG/IAO Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Institute – in Stuttgart (Germany) on 11-12 January 2010.
VERITAS aims at developing, validating and assessing an open framework for built-in accessibility at all stages of ICT and non-ICT product development. The goal is to introduce simulation-based and virtual reality testing at all stages of product design and development into the automotive, smart living spaces, workplaces, infotainment and personal healthcare applications areas. This is intended to ensure that future products and services will be systematically designed for all people, including older people and people with disabilities and functional limitations.
OASIS project video goes live
OASIS is an FP7 project which stands for Open architecture for Accessible Services Integration and Standardisation. In this animated video, created by MCA, we are following John and Sue who are using the OASIS services on a daily basis.
The video incorporates following aspects:
- Independent living applications
* Nutritional advisor
* Activity coach
* Brain and skills trainer
* Social communities platform
* Health monitoring
* Environmental control
- Autonomous Mobility and Smart Workplaces Applications
* Transport information services
* Route guidance
* Personal mobility
* Smart workplaces
For more information about the project, please visit our website at: www.oasis-project.eu
Mainstreaming of Mentoring Programmes and VM2 Products
On October 2nd in the town of Panagyurishte “Marie Curie Association” conducted training entitled “Application of Mentoring Programmes in Supporting Young People at Risk”. The purpose was to present the mentoring programmes as an innovative tool which encourages social inclusion and professional development of the disadvantaged. In this training psychologists and social workers from the local Social Support Center (SSC) as well as the Manager of the “House for Accommodating Children and Young People Deprived of Parents’ Care” took part. SSC has started work on the territory of Panagyurishte since May 2009 More / Повече...
An International Conference Dedicated to Creativity and Innovations in
At the end of September 2009 Marie Curie Association together with its Belgian partners from “PhoenixKM” conducted its annual international conference carried out with the financial support of the “Lifelong Learning Programme” (LLP).
The purpose of this event was to present the results and outcomes of ten international projects which create opportunities for vocational training and labour market realisation of people with disabilities. More / Повече...
