WORK FOR ALL!

8TH INTERNATIONAL SOFT ASSEMBLY ON WORK AND SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILIITIES
Debrecen, Hungary, 16 - 18 February 2012

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Report from the Seminar of the European Coalition for Community Living

‘Funding exclusion while promoting inclusion? – The use of the European Union funding to maintain the institutionalisation of people with disabilities’

On 24 March 2010 in Brussels, the European Coalition for Community Living (ECCL) organised a one-day seminar on the use of European Union funding (known as the Structural Funds) in Central and Eastern Europe.

Empowering mothers in Ukraine

As a SOFT Tulip expert, the psychologist Teresa Freling has contributed to the training of mothers of disabled children in the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine. Aiming at their empowerment, the training took place within the framework of a summer camp, organized by the Uzhgorod based NGO Doroga Zhyttya (Path to Life) who is supporting a rehabilitation center for children with disabilities. SOFT Tulip and Path to Life are cooperating for over several years. Both are members of the International SOFT Federation (ISF).

Visit to Erzsébet Szekeres, Hungary

Professor Katus and David van de Velde, president of the Board respectively of the Visiting Committee of the International SOFT Federation, have paid in May a visit to Erzsébet Szekeres, president of the Foundation for Equal Opportunities (FEQ). The latter is based in Csömör, Hungary. It is a founding member-organization of the International SOFT Federation (ISF) and Mrs Szekeres is member of its board. The seat of FEQ is also the seat of ISF. During the visit possibilities have been discussed, among other things, with regard to the development and implementation of international training and education programs for health professionals and volunteers in Csömör. As experience shows, such activities would answer educational needs in the region. In addition, the accommodation in Csömör is rapidly improving, whereas its geographical location is attractive in terms of logistics. At least as important are the knowledge and experience accumulated by Erzsébet Szekeres and her colleagues concerning programs aiming at the improvement of the quality of life of people with disabilities.

ISF Agenda
1.) October 14, 2009, University of Pécs, Hungary: SOFT Tulip – Hungarian Experts’ Meeting on Disability Studies
2.) May 2010, Debrecen: General Assembly – International SOFT Federation
3.) October 2010, Csömör, Hungary: Seminar – International SOFT Federation
4.) May 2011, Debrecen, Hungary: General Assembly – International SOFT Federation

7TH INTERNATIONAL SOFT ASSEMBLY
AUTISM AND SOCIAL INCLUSION


Timişoara, Romania, 12 – 13 October 2009


The International SOFT Federation (ISF) in co-operation with “Pentru Voi” Foundation (PVF) and the Municipality of Timişoara organizes an international conference on autism and social inclusion. This conference is the 7th international assembly of ISF, the latter being an um-brella NGO of Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Macedonian, Moldavian, Romanian and Ukrainian NGOs working on behalf of persons with disabilities in Central Eastern and Eastern Europe. Previously international SOFT assemblies have been held in Hungary, the Republic of Moldova, Romania and Ukraine attended by participants from several European countries and from the United States.

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