Tuesday, May 15, 2007



MINUTE of the 2nd partners meeting
Pravetz, Bulgaria
22 – 26 March, 2007


Participating partners
- Dost Egitim Special Education Center (Turkey) – 3 people
- Association Esperando (Romania) – 2 people
- NGO “John Atanasov” (Bulgaria) – 3 people
- Lithuanian Welfare Society for Persons with Mental Disability “Viltis” (Lithuania) – 2 people
- ATRIUM Research & Innovation Ltd. (Netherlands) – 1 person

Topics discussed:
Compendium structure and contents;
Future collaboration, open call of proposals, etc.;
Other issues;
Study visits to Bulgarian organizations.


1. Compendium structure and contents

Speaker: Daniel Filipas, project coordinator.

Organizations have to send information, which they want to be in. Also, send photos to be uploaded in groupware.

As compendium is to be multilingual, information in national language will be included in the product. Translation of the materials will be necessary till the end of May.

It is necessary to put in examples how IT is used in your organization or organizations you work with.

Deadline for sending all material to be send to Daniel – 15 May, 2007 or this material have to be uploaded in the groupware.
Material includes:
Presentation of partners, 0,5-1 page
Compendium contents, 0,5 page description of IT&C tools, means, equipments etc for the education of disabled people
Examples of your own work or experience in this field, or of your partners
Dissemination we had.

Draft of compendium should be ready before the next meeting. Next meting in Potenza 7-11 June, 2007

Deadline for uploading materials for translation – 30 May, 2007

Compendium will be in a CD format, and will be released in each country separately. Each partner will translate the compendium into its own language, additional to the English version. Daniel will centralize all the versions and add them into the CD.

Dissemination of the project, and information obtained on of the key activities. Think about ways to disseminate information.

2. Future collaboration, other project

Maya proposed to participate in other European projects for our target group – people with disability, which would include introducing and informing about European Union.
Also, discussion about eligibility of the actions to be taken has taken place, what kind of projects could be developed. There is a necessity to come with new ideas for the projects of European funds.
Joost proposed to apply for Grundvig Multilateral project on adapting portfolio. Joost would need information on staff daily rate for a manager, a researcher/developer, an administration worker/workers, teachers, a technical assistant. Joost presented a review of possibilities to apply in Life Long Learning program.
Antonino invited to participate in a new project on scientific about Online encyclopedia. And also, he proposed to fill in application for the Grundvig 2 project on European citizenship. It was asked to give the input from partners during the meeting.

3. Other questions

What is done: Lithuanian partners presented their plans for the upcoming conference on application of the IT and communication in education. Joost presented achievements in the ONLINE project, particularly improved Mentor Training Manual.
Turkish partners had a press meeting on the project.
Website of the NGO “John Atanasov” is made. Website address
http://jango.pravec.org. Maya made a comment that it is necessary to teach people of disabilities to talk for themselves, to exchange their ideas with each other
Final report. Prepare as much as possible for final report for the meeting in Potenza
Prepare for the SKY CHANNEL broadcasting during the meeting in Potenza.

4. Study visits to Bulgarian organizations

Organizations visited:
- Day Center disabled people (adults and children) in Pravetz
- Sheltered living center for elderly people in Pravetz
- NGO “John Atanasov”
- Educational Center
Also, on the first day of the partners’ meeting a reception at Pravetz municipality took place, where project partners and Pravetz Mayor had discussions on possible collaboration in development of activities and projects in Pravetz region.


Minute prepared by
Kristina Vrubliauskaite
Lithuania Welfare Society for Persons with Mental Disability “Viltis”

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