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Description
The initiative aims at know-how and unique methodology sharing in the field of sexuality of people with disabilities. The professionals who work directly with this target group plan to transfer their experence to gain new know-how from abroad and forward it further to specialists from various organizations in the Czech Rep.
The Applicant plans to visit the partner and also other relevant institutions in Norway in order to learn about their work and discuss about new trends and perspectives. Subseqently, two workshops and one conference should take place in the Czech Republic.
The initiative
Summary of the results
With the aim to introduce a special method (PLISSIT) of working with sexuality of people with disabilities into the Czech Republic, the Promoter Freya z.s. established contacts with Norwegian experts from Verdal and spent a 5-day internship in Verdal, NO. Visits of 4 institutions were organized there and the Czech guests were introduced to the PLISSIT method and to the Verdal model. Moreover, 4 workers from Freya had been trained. Consequently, Freya organized two workshops and one conference in Prague with the participation of Norwegian partners. The topic of the workshops was the PLISSIT method and How you can create a sexuality-friendly atmosphere - 23 participants were trained. 4 Norwegian colleagues presented, 3 other partipating organizations could directly benefit from the knowledge shared (Freya z.s., NESEHNUTÍ and In IUSTITIA) - 38 participants in total. Within 2 weeks the activites were published and made available for other stakeholders.
The bilateral cooperation was very helpful for both sides and both partners would like to cooperate again in the future, they keep in touch and are planning another project.