IDemocracy

IDemocracy (“Training Programme for Promoting the Exercise of Democratic Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in the Digital Society”), is an Erasmus+ K2 two-year project, that aims at increasing the competencies of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (PIDs) and their Supporters related to the exercise of democratic rights of PID’s in the Digital Society.

The project’s objectives include:

• Raise awareness, in order to ensure that PwID are properly informed about their rights and motivated to exercise them.
• Increase participation, representation, in order to improve access to voting procedures for PID at different levels (organizational, communal, political)
• Train Supporters (professionals, relatives, etc.) on how to enhance the representation, participation and voting of PID with full respect of their Rights.
• Develop digital skills related to the exercise of democratic rights within the Digital Society
• To strengthen the cooperation between PIDs, Supporters and other relevant stakeholders (community members, public administration entities and political parties)

An innovative training methodology will be developed focusing in the organization, community and political levels. Training materials will be adapted to each target group and an e-Training Tool will be created, in order to support the implementation of the training methodology. Pilot Validation Actions will be implemented involving more than 100 persons in Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Greece and Lithuania.

IDemocracy” is implemented between November 2020 and October 2022 by a European Consortium, led by Plena Inclusión Comunidad Valenciana (Spain), with the participation of other entities specialized in the Intellectual Disability field:

• Federação Nacional de Cooperativas de Solidariedade Social - FENACERCI (Portugal)
• S.D.E.O. “EDRA” (Greece)
• Hrvatska Udruga Radnih Terapeuta - HURT (Croatia)
• Lietuvos sutrikusio intelekto žmonių globos bendrija – “Viltis” (Lithuania)

as well as entities specialized in the field of the development of e-training tools and digital literacy of persons with disabilities:

• Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain)

E-Seniors: Initiation des Seniors aux NTIC Association (France)

Website: https://idemocracy-project.eu/

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