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The aim of the project is to set up a well-functioning and sustainable national advocacy organization for the visually impaired young people in Estonia. The organization will protect the interests of the vulnerable target group. The Estonian Blind Union, together with the organizations belonging to its co-operation network, will seek out active young people with visual impairment all over Estonia and encourage them, by means of joint activities and trainings, to work together to protect the interests and rights of visually impaired young people. The project includes organising trainings that are accessible to visually impaired young people. The aim of the trainings is to teach them the principles of citizens’ initiatives - how they are run, how the public is informed, how policy making is done, which organizations are there to protect their interests, how to find funding for their ideas and how to write project applications. The participants will learn about the functioning of Estonian business landscape, including legislation on non-profit organizations. As practical work, young people with visual impairment will organize accessible meetings, a workshop, and a summer seminar.
The desired outcome of the project is the formation of an advocacy organization that is created and managed by the young people themselves, through which they will start to protect the interests of visually impaired young people, providing input at the national and European Union levels to advocate for young visually impaired people.