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On 28 June 2024, the meeting “People with Disabilities as Agents of Change: Volunteering as a Place of Inclusion’, an event promoted by Pista Mágica, ISCAP, CEOS.PP and P.PORTO as part of the VERA project of the European Volunteer Centre (CEV).

It will focus on discussing and sharing current efforts and best practices on promoting volunteering by persons with disabilities as well as exploring strategies and tools for skills development and will be attended by the National Institute for Rehabilitation.

The meeting will feature a Portuguese Sign Language interpreter.

Entries available here.

Get to know the program:

09h00 | Reception of participants

09h15 | Opening of the meeting | Manuel Moreira da Silva, President of ISCAP and

Magical Clue

09h25 | A brief overview: Practices and Policies of Inclusion in the

Volunteering

10:05 | Round table with the motto: What is being done and what remains to be done?

A reflection on Inclusion in Volunteering – with the participation of: Cooperative António Sérgio for the Social Economy (CASES), National Institute for Rehabilitation (INR), I.P., Portuguese Confederation of Volunteering (CPV), Mission Diversity, Equity and Inclusion of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (P.PORTO) and FORMEM – Portuguese Federation of Vocational Training and Employment of People with Disabilities and Disabilities.

11:20 | Coffee break

11:50 | World Café: a journey through strategies and tools for the

skills development – with the participation of: HRin Services – Embracing Diversity, ARCIL – Association for the Recovery of Unsuitable Citizens of Lousã and Pista Mágica.

13h00 | Lunch buffet

14:00 | Reading the Children’s Tale “History of those who have dreams” | Cercigaia – children’s tale created as part of the VolunTalento project (aimed at promoting the practice of volunteering as a path towards greater social inclusion of people with disabilities)

14:30 | Closure