This activity aims at

• Improving communication skills and confidence of disabled students
• Developing skills and understanding of disability coordinators: training course and handbook
• Creating an open dialogue between disabled students in Turkey and at EU-level
• Raising awareness about the access to university education for disabled students

29 June - 3 July 2009:   Ankara Training of Disability Support Coordinators: Two Dutch specialists will work with disability advisors and coordinators from 13 Turkish universities.  They will develop effective ways to set up disability support at universities in a country with new disability legislation.  The programme will look at organisation and effective of existing resources, especially the empowerment of the main actors, the disabled students themselves. 

1 -3 July 2009: Disabled university students from 5 countries will meet, discuss needs and strategies, and help train future disability trainers.  They will also discuss how to form a European Platform of Disabled Students.