Project Coordinator: ONCE Foundation https://www.efc.be/member-post/fundacion-once/

• Universidad de Sevilla https://www.us.es/
• Universidad Autónoma de Madrid http://www.uam.es/UAM/Home.htm?language=es
• Ita-Suomen Yliopisto https://www.uef.fi/etusivu
• Universita Degli Studi Di Trieste https://www.units.it/
• Universidade Do Porto https://sigarra.up.pt/up/pt/web_base.gera_pagina?p_pagina=home
• European Disability Forum http://www.edf-feph.org/
• Universidad de Murcia http://www.edf-feph.org/
• Politechnika Lubelska http://en.pollub.pl/

 One of the main obstacles in Europe to implement an inclusive education is the irregularity in the transition between educational stages, in particular to higher education.

There is a disparity between the different Member States (MS) of the European Union regarding the implementation of universal strategies that facilitate the access of persons with disabilities to higher education. The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD Committee) describes the European scenario as worrying emphasizing that "in various MS, many children and adults with disabilities do not have access to an inclusive and quality education".

Considering the events described, Fundación ONCE, along with a Consortium composed of 8 institutions from 6 different European countries, proposed to address EUni4All-Network, a 26-month project to encourage the inclusion of persons with disabilities in higher education through diagnosis and analysis of inclusive universities to be a reference for other universities.

 Encourage the inclusion of persons with disabilities in higher education through diagnosis and analysis of inclusive universities to be a reference for other universities.

Create a network of inclusive universities, which will be reflected both in a European Guide, accessible and available to all, and a web-accessible platform.

Promote the inclusion in the university community supporting both faculty and administrative staff in order to stimulate diversity.

Promote the international mobility among the students with disabilities and raise awareness within the university community regarding accessibility and social inclusion of young persons with disabilities.

 In relation to the effect and dimension of the project, there will be 4 levels of impact: European, international, national and local.

At the European level, EUni4All–Network project is completely aligned with the area of “Education and Training” of EU Disability Strategy 2010-2020, since it will identify the standards of inclusion for universities consulting the CRPD and European legal framework, study 56 European universities and create a guide and a web accessible platform of European inclusive universities.

At the international level, the project aims to obtain a worldwide impact in two ways: universities around the world will promote inclusion and the participation of persons with disabilities in highereducation will increase thanks to the Web-accessible platform promotion and the participation of journalists, influencers and international organizations in the multiplier events.

 Those target groups that will directly benefit from the outcomes of EUni4All-Network project are:

HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN EUROPE (European universities), who will count on with the standards of inclusion for universities to evaluate their practices.

FACULTY MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, who will be provided with tools to allow them to stimulate inclusion at the university and to provide students with the necessary support, such as: curricular adaptations, educational materials, training programmes, etc.

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES who wish to pursue higher education studies in an EU country will benefit from a tool (Web-accessible platform) to identify the European universities that are accessible and the services they provide. This will allow them to select the university to study at in a “free form” and with no barrier.

 Celina Handzel PhD This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Małgorzata Wilczyńska MA This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.