Project
“My social responsibility”
LLIV-322 “My response”
Subsidy Contract No. LV-LT/2.1./LLIV-322/2012/11
Latvia-Lithuania cross-border cooperation programme 2007-2013
16.04.2012.
Kurzeme planning region (KPR)
LP
“My response”
Project details
TOTAL budget EUR 1,137,609.23
Programm finansing 85% = EUR 966,967.85
Partner finansing
15% = EUR 170,641.38
Investments in infrastructure = 60,88%
Finansing for Latvia partners
= EUR 606,636.25,
Finansing for Lithuania partners = EUR 530,973.98
Time of project
2nd of April 2012 – 1st of April 2014
13 Partners
8 form Latvia and 5 from Lithuania
“My response”
Project partners
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Kurzeme Planning Region
Ventspils City Municipality Body „The Social
Service of Ventspils City Council”
Liepaja City Council
Kuldiga County municipal agency “Social service
office”
Dundaga County Council
Nica County Council
Skrunda County Council
Saldus Amalgamated Municipality
PI "Siauliai region develompent agency"
NGO EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS
Joniskis "Saules" basic school
BI Klaipeda City Social Support Centre
Klaipeda City Municipality Administration
“My response”
Goal of project:
To promote equal approach practicing and social
integration of people with disabilities
In order to prevent discrimination against disabled people, to promote an equal treatment
of disabled people and to improve their social integration, specific activities are planned
to create attractive environment for living (among that for integration) and to develop
sustainable society. The project includes explorative, educating, environment adapting,
new social services developing, experience exchanging, information distributing and
also existing social service quality and accessibility improving activities.
•WP1 - Project management
and coordination
•WP2 - Joint social services
•WP3 - Universal design
•WP4 - Information
and publicity
“My response”
WP1 - Project management and coordination
ACT1 Management team and Work group
•Management team consists of 3 persons:
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Project manager,
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Project assistant,
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Financial manager.
Management team (KPR) holds monthly meetings.
Management team organises Work group and Steering group meetings
•Work group consists of
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Management team and
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Partner’s coordinators.
Work group meetings every 2nd month.
Meetings will be face-to-face and video-conferences.
Kuldiga, video, Kuldiga, video, Liepaja, video, Klaipeda, video, Klaipeda, video, Ventspils, Siauliai
ACT2 Steering Group
•Steering Group would consist of
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Project Management team and
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Representatives of all partners.
Meetings planned 4 times (Kuldiga 16.04.2012, video Oct 2012, video June 2013, Siauliai March 2014)
“My response”
WP2 - Joint social services
ACT1 Research on accessibility of social service provision and social integration
of people with disabilities (accessibility providing at – institutions providing
social services and public places),
ACT2 Seminar „Needs and integration opportunities for people with disabilities”
32h Training on work with disabled persons and persons equivalent to specific
client group (persons with physical, vision, hearing impairments, mental
development disorders and mental illnesses, blind and/or deaf people, persons
with dementia, persons suffering from incurable diseases (cancer, AIDS),
persons suffering from addictions, etc.),
ACT3 Development of new social service – companion-assistant of person with
functional impairments for social integration practicing,
ACT4 Development of new alternative social service – short-time stay service (up
to 30 days per year) for persons with mental impairments
“My response”
WP2 –
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Joint social services
ACT1 Research on accessibility
of social service provision
and social integration of
people
with
disabilities
(accessibility providing at –
institutions providing social
services and public places)
•
PP9
Latvia and Lithuania will carry-out research in
each country – at institutions providing social
services (for example, governmental and
municipal social care institutions for adults and
children,
social service offices, day care
centres, support and/or crisis centres, etc) and
public places (bus station, shop, post office,
house manager’s office, municipal premises,
library, recreation centre, gym, theatre, cinema,
swimming pool, public beach/swimming place,
educational /medical care institutions, etc).
Identify and analyze existing situation, evaluate
pros and cons (+/-), and collect information
about best practice examples in the country.
•
Research will be made in 3 levels: in 1
nationally significant city, 1 regionally
significant county, and 1 small county .
•
Result – 1 combined research on accessibility
(in English, Latvian, Lithuanian)
“My response”
WP2 –
Joint social services
ACT2 Seminar „Needs and
integration opportunities
for
people
with
disabilities” 32h Training
on work with (persons with
physical, vision, hearing
impairments,
mental
development disorders and
mental
illnesses,
blind
and/or deaf people, persons
with dementia, persons
suffering from incurable
diseases (cancer, AIDS),
persons
suffering
from
addictions, etc.)
LP, PP9, PP12
• The seminar in two parts 2days+2days
(including 2 overnight stays).
• Expert of partner country lectures on 1-2
topics (of 8).
• joint programme developed in 2 days by 2
experts from LV and 2 from LT
• materials developed in 2 days by 2 experts from
LV and 2 from LT
• Seminar organisation (23 seminars: 5 in Latvia
and 13+5 in Lithuania)
at several places in Kurzeme region (Kuldiga,
Talsi, Ventspils, Liepaja) and Šiauliai and
Klaipeda regions
• Target groups –employers of social care
institutions for adults and children, social
service offices, NGOs, other social service
providers (like day centres, crisis centres, group
flats), educational, health care and municipal
institutions 550 participants
WP2 –
Joint social
services
ACT3
Development
of new social
service
–
companionassistant
of
person
with
functional
impairments for
social
integration
practicing
“My response”
3.1. Evaluation of former experience, including from abroad,
providing companion-assistant services and make summary 1Focus
group (3h) and 2 study visits, 1 review
PP10
3.2. 2-days workshop (leaded by experts from Latvia, Lithuania,
potentially Sweden and the UK) on experience providing
companion-assistant services in their countries (presenting
functional mechanisms, financing and salary system, staff
requirements, documentations, limitations working with clients,
achievements, difficulties, pros and cons providing this service, etc.)
The event takes place in LV or LT, target audience - 20 persons
from both countries. Day 1 - listening country’s experience
providing the service and Day 2 - learning is organised in 2 task
groups (LV/LT): analyzing heard information (what is or is not
suitable for developing service in Latvia/Lithuania), and forming
draft of service providing concept. LP
3.3. Develop practical service providing concept, concretizing
companion-assistant functions and tasks, fixing potential working
time, locations and ways, defining requirements for employees or
volunteers: level of knowledge, experience, competence, skills. Also
identifying potential cooperation partners (persons, organizations,
etc), and developing documentation forms, planning payment
principles for employees/volunteers and/or services costs, making
piloting agreement with responsible organizations in each country
(for example – Liepaja municipality in LV). (160h during 3-4
months) 1 concept PP10
WP2 –
Joint social
services
ACT3
Development
of new social
service
–
companionassistant
of
person
with
functional
impairments for
social
integration
practicing
“My response”
3.4. Recruitment of companion-assistants
(recruited 30 persons)
PP2, PP3, PP4, PP6, PP8, PP12
3.5. Training of assistants (1 programme, 3 days, 30 assistants)
companion-assistants training (training in 2countries x 3days
1 joint training programme PP10
3.6. New service piloting (in cooperation with NGOs and
municipalities), piloting to gain more precise data on service
providing demand
Piloting in 6 municipalities 8919h
PP2, PP3, PP4, PP6, PP8, PP12/PP13
INVESTMENTS
3.7. Development of sustainable cooperation plan between
companion-assistant service providers of Latvian and Lithuanian
(for example, plan that 1-2 companion-assistants from each country
know or learn language of other country, and can provide service
for persons with disabilities from partner country, organize regular
client-exchange programmes, inform other social services providers
and tourism specialists about available services).
1 cooperation plan PP10
WP2 –
Joint social
services
ACT4
Development
of
new
alternative
social service
– short-time
stay service
(up to 30 days
per year) for
persons with
mental
impairments
“My response”
Like special group house-guest house. Clients from other or partner
country could receive such service when visiting the country –
something like hotel.
The premises must be adapted for overnight stays, food preparation,
laundry and washing works, with bathing and toilet facilities and rest
area. The premises should be in accordance with UD principles, as
people with mental impairments could also have other functional
impairments (physical, hearing, visual, etc).
4.1. Evaluation of former experience, including from abroad,
providing such or similar services and summarize materials 1Focus
group (3h) and 2 study visits, 1 review
PP10
4.2. Experience exchange trip for representatives of interested
municipalities (20 participants) LP
4.3. Development of service concept, develop drafts of documentation
regulating conditions of receiving and payment system of such
service.
1 concept LP
4.4. Personal recruitment. Needed staff recrited by PP5, PP7,
PP11
4.5. Piloting of service in 3 municipalities 3110days PP5, PP7, PP11
INVESTMENTS
4.6. Development of sustainable cooperation plan of short-time stay
service providers. 1 cooperation plan LP
“My response”
WP3 - Universal design
ACT1 Training (seminars un consultations) on providing social
integration of people with disabilities by using principles of
universal design (UD) (concept of UD, marks of usage, changing
environment (premises and territory) in compliance with UD principles,
required time and material contributions),
ACT2 Adaptions in municipalities Forming attractive living environment –
providing accessibility and promoting social integration using UD
principles in premises and/or agreeable territory of municipality
ACT3 Experience exchange roundtrip to disseminate best practice of
implementation UD principles,
ACT4 Closing conference, presenting best practices, experience and risks
implementing UD in LV and LT.
WP3 –
Universal design
ACT1
Training
(seminars
un
consultations)
on
providing
social
integration of people
with disabilities by
using principles of
universal
design
(UD)(concept of UD,
marks
of
usage,
changing environment
(premises
and
territory)
in
compliance with UD
principles,
required
time and material
contributions)
LP, PP9, PP12
“My response”
3 day seminar
days 1 and 2 would be educating on the UD, then learning in practice
would follow - assessing situation at working place-institution (detailed
evaluation of accessibility of premises and territory on current day).
Day 3 - practical part (built on evaluation) participants would prepare
action plans (for 1-5 years) - list of needed changes for implementing UD
principles (indicating works to be done, required financial and other
investments, terms and responsible person.
•joint programme developed in 2 days by 2 experts from LV and 2 from
LT
•materials developed in 2 days by 2 experts from LV and 2 from LT
•Seminar organisation (23 seminars: 5 in Latvia and 13+5 in Lithuania)
at several places in Kurzeme region (Kuldiga, Talsi, Ventspils, Liepaja)
and Šiauliai and Klaipeda regions
Target groups – managers, employers and where applicable clients of
social care institutions for adults and children, social service offices,
NGO’s, other social service providers (like day centres, crisis centres,
group flats), educational, health care and municipal (like spatial planers)
institutions. 530 participants
WP3 –
“My response”
Universal design
ACT1
Training
(seminars
un
consultations)
on
providing
social
integration of people
with disabilities by
using
principles
of
universal
design
(UD)(concept of UD,
marks of usage, changing
environment (premises
and
territory)
in
compliance with UD
principles, required time
and
material
contributions)
LP
80 Consultations for organizations or
instituions in UD adaptions
– provided by expert
– during assessment of environmental
accessibility at working place (average
3h in each place)
“My response”
WP3 –
Universal
design
ACT2 Adaptions in
municipalities
Forming
attractive living
environment –
providing
accessibility and
promoting social
integration using
UD principles in
premises and/or
agreeable
territory
of
municipality
INVESTMENTS IN MUNICIPALITIES
PP2, PP3, PP4, PP5, PP6, PP7, PP11, PP13
•8 municipalities:
5 reconstructions for companion –
assistant service
3-for short-time stay service
•adapted places will be used publicly
more than 5 years after project end
“My response”
WP3 –
Universa
l design
ACT3
Experience
exchange
roundtrip to
disseminate best
practice
of
implementation
UD principles
LP
joint 3days roundtrip
to places-municipalities in LV and LT,
where environment were adapted using
UD principles during the Project
40 participants (incl. winners of
competitions) participates at the event.
“My response”
WP3 –
Universal
design
ACT4
Closing conference,
presenting best practices,
experience
and
risks
implementing UD in LV
and LT
LP
Development of UD principles’ implementation
strategies for involved regions is planned.
Working groups will think of recommendations for
developing laws and regulations regarding
implementation of UD principles on regional and/or
national levels.
Target audience:
representatives of partners,
organizations, municipalities, regional and national
level politicians from both countries, representatives
of responsible institutions (for example, employees of
Ministries of Welfare, Education, Economics,
institution responsible for municipal affairs,).
Conference duration - 1 day.
1 day, 120 participants, recommendations
“My response”
WP4 Information
and publicity
ACT1 Information in partners web pages (~1x3month)
– 13 web sites, information at least once in 3 month and
when event/activity organised
– including 12 press releases
– PR Specialist
ACT2 Universal Design sections in partners webpages ,
– section on 2 partners web sites (LP and PP9), links to
these
ACT3 Forum „Common view providing accessibility for
all people – UD as social integration promoting factor”
– 1 day, 40 participants PP9
ACT4 Articles in mass media
– 15 LV+15LT articles, Article's competitions for
different audiences will be organized
LP, PP9
“My response”
WP4 Information
and
publicity
ACT5 Society campaign in municipalities
–
1 compaign, 1 day, 5000 participants (information
stands, kind of handouts and materials for practical work)
LP, PP9 with other PP
ACT6 Making TV broadcasts and broadcasting
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2 broadcastings (2 movies, broadcasting in net and TV -5
in LV and 5 in LT )
PP9 with other PP
ACT7 Information campaign in social networks
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1 compaign: interactive puzzles, mind-set games related
to universal design issues for a week at social networks
www.draugiem.lv and www.frype.lt., 5000 participants
LP with other PP
ACT8 Publicity events (posters) and Mobile exhibition
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50 posters, 5000 participants,
PP12 with other PP
ACT9 Social service data base and virtual map
–
1 joint data base with virtual map (Virtual map is easy to
understand and use. It will be placed on web pages of
regional level partners (PP9 and LP))
PP9 with other PP
Lead partner
Kurzeme planning region
Contactperson: Inga Kalniņa
E-mail: inga.kalnina@kurzemesregions.lv
Phone: +371 67338738
Thanks!
Kurzeme planning region administration
Elizabetes street 4-1, Riga
Pulkveža Brieža street 4, floor 3 (from May 2012)
www.kurzemesregions.lv
E-mail: info@kurzemesregions.lv
Phone: +371 67331492