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National initiative Cape Verde Inclusive education

National initiative Cape Verde Inclusive education. The membership of the Steering Committee : Handicap International (Jandira Monteiro - Project Manager) Cape Verdean Federation of Persons with Disabilities Associations (Manuel Júlio Rosa - Chairman of the Board)

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National initiative Cape Verde Inclusive education

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  1. National initiative Cape Verde Inclusive education

  2. The membership of the Steering Committee : • Handicap International (Jandira Monteiro - Project Manager) • Cape Verdean Federation of Persons with Disabilities Associations (Manuel Júlio Rosa - Chairman of the Board) • Support Association, Development and Integration of Child with Disabilities (Maria Alice Figueiredo - President) • Association of the Visually Impaired of Cape Verde (Dulce Silva - Member) • The Ministry of Education and Sports/General Directorate of Primary and Secondary Education (Vitorino Ramos - Coordinator of • the Resources Rooms) • University of Cape Verde (UNICV) (Carlos Jorge Spínola - Coordinator of the Education Sciences Course

  3. So what is Making it Work? • MIW is a methodology for documenting good practices and using this for positive changes in the lives of persons with disabilities • MIW offers a set of tools and guidelines that help steer a group through a collaborative process to define: • the types of changes they can realistically achieve • the types of good practices needed to influence these changes • the advocacy strategies that are required to make this work

  4. Added value • Empowerment: Giving voices and decision-making power to DPOs and persons with disabilities and giving voices to grass-roots initiatives • Capacity building: Multi-stakeholder decision making; learning process People with disabilities

  5. Added value Multi-stakeholder • Partnership and network building: Collaborative process allows for stronger networks • Learning alliances = sharing expertise across different domains • Unified voice for stronger impact towards positive change; validation of GP by many = legitimacy

  6. Actions for change Added value • Constructive approach: Promoting practices that are solution-based • Practical application: Using practices to train different actors implementing services and activities • Relevant: Promotes what works locally using local resources and engaging local actors

  7. Impact • Ministry of Education (the resource centres and other inclusive education departments on the islands) asked for teachers trainings and pedagogical resources in order to include children with disabilities in the schools • After the study dissemination, several teachers requested support to MOE in order to include children with disabilities in their classrooms. • They also advocated for more resource centres

  8. MUITO OBRIGADO!!!!!

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