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U4INCLUSION KICK-OFF MEETINGOn November 7th , the Elche campus of the Miguel Hernández University hosted the
kick-off meeting of the U4INCLUSION project , led by the UMH and funded by the
European Union Erasmus + programme , which also counts on the involvement of the
University of Calabria (Italy), the Thomas More University of Kempen (Belgium), the
Institute of Inclusive Education of the University of Kiel (Germany) and the innovation
company Kveloce I+D+i . The project coordinator is the Professor Antonio-Luis
Martínez-Pujalte , director of the TEMPE-APSA Chair for Disability and Employability of
the UMH .
All the partners participated in the Kick off meeting , together with representatives of
the associate partners : APSA , which is the most important service provider for persons
with intellectual disabilities and their families of the province of Alicante , and the
Inditex Group company TEMPE .
T H E O F F I C I A L N E W S L E T T E R O F U 4 I N C L U S I O N P R O J E C T
The meeting started with the welcome speech from the
Vice-rector for Inclusion and Sustainability of Miguel
Hernández University , Raúl Reina , and the Vice-rector for
International Relations , Vicente Micol .
The aim of the U4INCLUSION project is to design , on the
basis of the experiences already acquired by the
Universities involved , a university educational pathway for
people with intellectual disabilities that will earn the
approval and recognition of the European Union , and that
will improve the low rate of integration of people with this
type of disability in the labour market .
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““Our experience shows that university educational
programmes for the employment of people with
intellectual disabilities that are carried out in some
Spanish and European universities , including those
that are taking part in this project , are very valuable
for their training and contribute to their integration
in the labour market . We want many more
Universities to open their doors to people with
intellectual disabilities and offer programmes of this
nature , and we will provide them with the tools that
will enable them to do so”, said Professor Martínez-
Pujalte , project coordinator .
Throughout the development of the project , which
will run over the next three years , the participating
entities will draw up a curriculum for the university
education of people with intellectual disabilities as
well as relevant training materials . «By pooling our
experiences and reflections , we want to design the
best possible training for people with intellectual
disabilities .» The project will conclude with an
international conference to be held in Elche in May
2022 , in which the findings will be reported .
U4INCLUSIONPRESENTED TO THEPRESIDENT OF CERMIThe coordinator of U4INCLUSION,
Antonio-Luis Martínez-Pujalte, has
presented the Project to the
President of the Spanish
Committee of Representatives of
Persons with Disabilities, Luis Cayo
Pérez Bueno, who has remarked its
contribution to social inclusion of
persons with intellectual disabilities
through the design of a consistent
training programme which can
improve their employability, with
scientific basis and scientifically
validated.