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INR organises the Independent Life Forum: Personal Assistance in Active Life – Vocational Training”

Updated : 03/11/2025

Photograph of a group of people, around a table with various objects such as tablets, leaves or cup. One of the people is in a wheelchair. On the right side of the photo is the text “Independent Life: Personal Assistance in Active Life – Vocational Training’, 24 NOVEMBER 2025, 14:30 – 16:30, IEFP Auditorium, Aveiro’. At the bottom right is the INR and ENIPD logo.

The National Institute for Rehabilitation, I.P. (INR, I.P.), under the National Strategy for the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (ENIPD 2021-2025), invites participation in a set of forums, at national level, to promote discussion on the role of personal assistance in the spheres of working life, based on the platforms of the Social Network and NGOPD.

The Independent Life Forum: Personal Assistance in Active Life – Vocational Training’, will take place in person at the IEFP auditorium, located at Cais da Fonte Nova, Aveiro, on 24 November, between 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Consult the program below and sign up HERE, until 23 November.

Opening:

  • Luís Souto Miranda – Mayor of Aveiro

Speakers:

  • Luís Guerrinha – Director of the Centre for Employment and Vocational Training of Aveiro
  • Rosa Couto - President of CERCIESPINHO.
  • Vitor Marques – Director of the Aveiro School Group.
  • José Pedro Fernandes – President of APPACDM-Aveiro.
  • Anne Caroline Soares - Recipient of personal assistance.
  • Maria de Fátima Henriques - Recipient of personal assistance.

Moderation: Guida Oliveira – Technical Director of APC Viseu.

Closure:

Sónia Esperto - President of the Board of Directors of the National Institute for Rehabilitation, IP.

Note: Program subject to last minute changes.

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