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Microkosmos

Accessibility - Italy

Association, Small (<50)

Presentation

Description

The organisation μicrokosmos is of a non-profit character and its aim is:
to promote and spread the greek culture, both classical and modern, on a national and international level.
to promote artistic creation and Interculturalism.
to promote collaboration with government and local authorities in order to boost social integration and fight discriminations.
to promote cultural accessibility through adapting and transcribing the cultural, scientific and legal texts.
to promote the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN with special emphasis on eliminating extreme poverty (1st goal), ensuring quality education (4th goal), achieving gender equality (5th goal) and promoting decent work for all (8th goal).
to promote cultural, social and educational initiative in order to spread knowledge and promote Social Sciences and Humanities.
to promote publishing activity through releasing and / or distributing books, multimedia tools, studies or researches.
to promote and certify the learning of the Greek language according to the standards set by the Greek Language Center.
to promote and organize training activities (seminars, conferences, training and educational courses, labs, training workshops etc.).
to collaborate by all means with institutional bodies for funding scientific and cultural research in Europe.

Digital activity

Easy reading, moodle plattoform, wordpress, elearning

Good practice targeted

Accessibility

Good practice

Capacity: training in Steam education for teachers working with students with disabilites; Studybuddy: your studybuddy will help you with your university subscription offering you free tutoring online and mentoring session. Micropsycho: 24/7 online psychological support for Greek newcomers in Italy.

Use a font accessible to all, Easyreading.Providing Tablets, tecnical devices and specific apps for accessibility for students with learning disorders.

Costs

Capacity : 6000 € - it is a national project founded by the greek state for the cultural association of greek diaspora. Micropsycho: 10,000 €

Starting date of the good practice

2020

Time to implement the good practice

not defined

Tools/partners/suppliers of the good practice

moodle plattform, zoom, moodboard, tinkercad, slicing, internet safety for kids, discuss plattform

Eleni Boulamatsi

What are the benefits of the project ?

I can contact people wherever I am and at any time

What were the constraints faced by the company ?

the internet connection makes a big difference beteween a good or bad session . if the user is familiar with the ICT tecnology.

Which advice would give to another company ?

To provide the training to the people involved before starting the implementation of the good practice

What are the next steps?

we would like to create an online digital community of good practice where practitionars from all over the world can share different approaches and opinions.