People with disabilities between the ages of 16 and 30 have a level of education that is still lower than that of young people without disabilities of the same age.About 40% of the young people with disabilities report having felt discriminated against in the last 12 months in the fields of education, training or work.The results of the Erasmus + project (2018-2-ES02-KA347-011924) show that young people often suffer discrimination in educational, training or work environments.This discrimination is always linked to the early departure of these young people from school.This project proposes to exchange best practices between our partner countries in order to produce a summary document of the findings that are diffusable and useful for employment and education professionals who advise, support and assist these young people. The goal is to produce conclusions that raise awareness of the benefits of diversity, inclusion, tolerance and inclusion of youth with disabilities. This program will include strategies and dissemination tools to combat and eliminate prejudices and stereotypes against disability among young people without disabilities.This will be possible mainly through a program using an innovative approach of cooperation between complementary organizations from different fields, but which share common interests, values ​​and objectives.The main content of this innovative program will be based on:• Prejudices and stereotypes that determine discrimination,• The language elements that accompany these prejudices• Conditions conducive to good integration

<< Objectives >>In the project, our main goal is to create an innovative professional language learning platform that can be used by the education community, the business world, immigrants and refugees, and can be reached by everyone. On this platform, there will be training modules including English and Turkish for the terms used in the 20 most needed professions on the platform, as well as dictionaries and exercises where they can learn at least 7 languages such as French, German, Korean, Spanish, Italian.<< Implementation >>-Preparatory activities;Project promotion,poster logo designation,press release,social media accounts creation,project contract signing-Implementation Activities; Creating a dictionary containing 7 different languages,creating training modules in 7 different languages at the first 3 levels(with innovative approaches in education),realizing digital vocational training platform software,international conference-Evaluation studies;Monthly project progress report, interim report and final report<< Results >>E-learning with training modules will provide an advantage to the sectors for language learning in terms of access and flexibility.Free open language learning material will be created.Language teaching and learning will also be encouraged within the framework of cooperation projects.Innovative and good practices aimed at improving language skills,such as teaching and assessment methods,development of pedagogical material,research,computer-assisted language learning,will benefit the public.

"According to Cree (2003), a young carer is a person aged 5-25 whose life is affected by the illness or disability of someone in his or her family. They may provide physical or emotional support for that person. Young carers may care for relatives who have a physical or learning disability, mental health problem, chronic illness or alcohol misuse problem. According to Becker, (2000), a particularly vulnerable group, that we will focus on, are young adults age 18-25. For those young adults the care load they have to shoulder is particularly heavy, their educational and vocational opportunities are limited by their geographical location and influenced by their domestic situation, and there are also intergenerational challenges present. The project will target young carers, young people working for young carers and entrepreneurs and offer learning opportunities so that they can develop their social entrepreneurial skills.Young carers are a group at risk of social exclusion and their career and educational opportunities are often limited by the role they play in the family. This situation necessitates professional support from multiple sources. Not only does it concern health services and education support services, but it may also call for family services.A social entrepreneur is somebody who takes up a pressing social problem and meets it with an innovative solution. These individuals are willing to take on the risk and effort to create positive changes in society through their initiatives. Widespread use of ethical practices such as impact investing, conscious consumerism, and corporate social responsibility programs facilitate the success of social entrepreneurs. EPIONI, Anemos Ananeosis, and Consorzio SGS operate in the sector consisting of non-governmental organizations and other non-profitsThe project ""Social Entrepreneurship Skills for Young CAREgivers of people with chronic Illness"" ( acronym SESYCARE) targets young caregivers and aspires to overcome the above-mentioned problems by tools and methodologies that will enable young carers to develop their social and entrepreneurial skills. In the context of the project we will 1) compile a guide of good practices in the support of young caregivers who wish to develop their social entrepreneurial skills 2) deliver six seminars and one webinar for the program “Erasmus for young entrepreneurs” 3) conduct a training in the Netherlands by our experienced partner DFW2W 4) hold three transnational meetings in Athens, Istanbul, and Lanciano. In these meetings, the hosting partner, EPIONI, the newcomer Anemos Ananeosis, our academic partner Istanbul Gelisim University (Turkey) and the social enterprise Consorzio SGS (Italy), will provide country-specific recommendations and conduct a focus group to determine the entrepreneurial skills that young caregivers need to develop for a successful career in the non-profit sector. In the first year of the project, our partner DFW2W from the Netherlands, while hosting the short-term Joint staff training event in Leiden, will share their expertise and conduct study visits to relevant stakeholders.The project will build on the existing experiences of countries, such as the Netherlands, which offer adequate training to young people who wish to develop their entrepreneurial skills. Additionally, each partner will have to register at least two social entrepreneurs as “Hosts” in the ""Erasmus for young entrepreneurs"" platform.As interest in the topic of carers is growing rapidly in Europe we included a relevant organization as associated partner. Eurocarers, the European umbrella association working with carers will share good practices on how to reach young caregivers. Other associated partners that we thought useful to include are: the Academy of Entrepreneurship which will co-host, with EPIONI, seminars on ""Erasmus for young entrepreneurs"", the Institute of Entrepreneurship Development from Larissa which will assist in organizing the Webinar, the University of West Attica which will help with the identification of young carers and the Saronic Nephrological Center which will share good practices for young carers.A 3minute video of a former member of the European Parliament sharing the important role of young carers as social entrepreneurs will be uploaded on the website of the project. Partners will utilize social media extensively (eg Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) to reach a wide young audience."

Persons with disabilities comprise an estimated 15 per cent of the world’s population, or one billion people, of whom 80 per cent live in developing countries and are overrepresented among those living in absolute poverty. Persons with disabilities often encounter discrimination and exclusion on a daily basis.The situation is even worse if they live in rural areas, are woman, young, belong to ethnic minorities and/or other discriminated groups.The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes persons with disabilities and has thus opened doors for their participation and recognition as active contributing members of society: who must not face any discrimination or be left out or behind. Persons with disabilities should be recognized as equal partners, and be consulted by Governments, the UN system, civil society and other stakeholders. The main purpose of Network for social inclusion of people with disabilities in The EU rural areas through mentoring and leadership training program -EU- RUDISNET is to create an European network aimed to the social inclusion of people with disabilities through the development and pilot implementation of an innovative program aimed to promote cooperation and formation of civic partnerships in rural areas. This network will train adult PWD as a way to contribute the development and integration of these PWD in their rural scopes because they face fewer opportunities and lack of information due they face double discrimination.This will be possible mainly through the development of training in mentoring methods and leadership skills and other soft skills for PWD using innovative approach, methods and tools, thanks to an European cooperation established by organisations coming from different fields but sharing characteristics and objectives.Specific objectives: -Increase the self-confidence and integration of PWD from rural areas in an individual and collective way. -Identify the existing needs that PWD from rural areas face in their daily day and regarding lack of information about social resources and other available means / opportunities for these citizens, recognizing training needs of this people in relation of leadership and civic participation in each of the region covered by the program.-Detect the best practices developed for social inclusion of PWD in rural areas in each of the European regions covered by the project. -Emphasize the importance of training and improve leadership and other soft skills for PWD keeping in mind that this must be a process of empowerment that will allow the person to get the abilities to promote the cooperation and leader the formation of civic partnerships, as a mean to defend their rights and eliminate barriers that avoid their social inclusion. -Develop an innovative transnational training course aimed to professionals of adult education of PWD which allow them to create new contents aimed to mentor and train on leadership and other soft skills in order these PWD in rural areas could be included and active members of the whole society.-Implement training courses aimed to develop leadership and other soft skills competences and thus mentor methods for PWD from rural areas. -Disseminate results, training and tools at national and transnational level.ACTIVITIES:-Management-Qualitative study to identify the existing needs from PWD from rural areas and lack of information about opportunities for them in the European regions covered by the project. -Development of a Virtual Community of European professionals adult educators, mentors and trainers of PWD, putting them in contact each other and with other professionals, in order to share experiences, knowledge, training, etc. -Develop an innovative transnational training course aimed to professionals of adult education of PWD staff which allow them to create new contents aimed to mentor and train on leadership and other soft skills in order these PWD in rural areas could be included and active members of the whole society. -Implementation of training for trainers courses aimed to develop leadership and other soft skills competences and thus mentor methods for PWD from rural areas. -EU-RUDISNET portal, an open ICT tool designed with the purpose of modelling a learning community for supporting adult educators professional upgrade in the field of mentoring and supporting the civic participation and social leadership of PWD living in rural areas.-Local action / workshops for mentoring accompanying process to empower PWD to be leaders in their rural areas and to contribute to improve life of PWD and exploitation of resources and opportunities for these people at local level.-Celebration of multiplier events in each European country partner to disseminate results, training and tools created at national level.-Dissemination strategy-Evaluation and quality assurance plan

Patients with CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) or ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease) face many barriers to remaining in or joining the workforce, especially after starting dialysis treatment. These barriers include poor employment opportunities because of disadvantaged socioeconomic status, fatigue and other symptoms of renal failure, depression and feelings of social isolation, comorbid diseases, transportation issues, potential loss of disability and/or medical assistance benefits with employment, scheduling conflicts with dialysis, and the assumption by some employers that patients on dialysis are too sick or undependable to work.This societal perception that patients with ESRD are unable to work completes a vicious cycle of low expectations for employment. For employment-preserving strategies to succeed, there must be a fundamental change in the way that health care is delivered to vulnerable populations, with improved disease management and funding for the social services required to overcome the employment disincentives. Improving access to medical care, including early evaluation by a nephrologist; availability of home dialysis modalities; proper patient preparation, including integrated pre-dialysis education models; and encouraging vocational rehabilitation are possible interventions to assist patients in rejoining or remaining in the workforce.The ProCKD project will focus on the needs and problems of patients from Spain, Turkey, Greece, and the Netherlands. More specifically the focus will be on how the working patients can continue their employment after initiation of dialysis, on how to be encouraged to continue training and education, and on how unemployed patients can be assisted in finding meaningful work. Understanding the factors influencing employability can help patients have a more fulfilling professional life. We will share good relevant practises with our European partners and promote educational and professional reintegration of adults with chronic kidney disease by organising free webinars. The ProCKD project will serve as an educational program for adults with kidney disease and their caregivers. The good practices will be uploaded on the project website: www.prockd.eu and on our social media. We will use EPALE in each country (Spain, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, and Turkey) for the dissemination of our project (e.g. blog posts, latest news & resources)The work of each respective partner will be combined with joint work at the three transnational Project Meetings (TMP), viewed as milestones. Partners will jointly work in designing, developing and evaluating the outputs of the project. They will present their work, review the progress on targets and update the work plan, monitor the project development, budget and financial procedures, evaluation strategy and dissemination plan. Each TPM will kick off by a two hour focus group involving 3-5 kidney patients and their families. Co-production will be achieved by an inclusive working session with kidney patients and their view on employment based on their experience.ALCER will be the project coordinator but each partner and associated partner will play an active role active in contributing to the successful implementation of the ProCKD project. Our academic partners UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID and Istanbul Gelisim Universitesi will be responsible, among other things, for the evaluation and the cohosting of meetings and webinars. Two trainings will support the capacity building of the stakeholders thus helping the development of the necessary patient competences. C1 and C2 learning activities will be an opportunity to develop a community of further support for the professional integration of patients and for their caregivers' education. The training activities in Greece and the Netherlands will aim at enhancing on the one hand the potential of the unemployed patients for employability and professional reintegration and on the other hand the capability of the working patients to keep their jobsWith regard to the expected impact of the project on kidney patients and their families the following can be said:- An improvement in the kidney patients quality of life due to their better professional and personal adaptation - An improvement of the relationship between patients and their family caregivers as a consequence of the above