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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.