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OBJECTIVE: The aim of the project is to create available tools for building an inclusive offer of libraries and cultural centres, in cooperation with the Multi-linguistic Library in Oslo and the Municipal Public Library in Gdansk. These tools will be developed during workshops, training courses and study visits with persons active in the field of culture from various towns in the metropolitan area and in response to various needs.
- OBJECTIVE I. JOINT EDUCATION - assumes an in-depth and participatory educational process:
- training courses combined with diagnosing the needs of the library community and building the strategy of audience development;
- workshops;
- partner study visits;
- development of pilot projects (8 actions in 4 communes) as a result of the training process,
- creation of a “handbook” for inclusive institutions – a parallel action implemented by a researcher involved in various stages of educational activities;
- Objective II. II. JOINT ACTION:
- training courses for 300 librarians, consisting in disseminating tools developed as part of the project;
- drawing up recommendations for inclusive cultural institutions, mandated in the work of the Culture Committee and the Socio-Economic Affairs Committee of the Metropolitan Area: Gdansk-Gdynia-Sopot;
- Objective III. EVALUATION:
- an evaluation workshop aimed at evaluating own experiences shared by Stage I participants.
EVENTS:
- organisation of study visits
- educational process implemented through involving various institutions from Poland and 1 institution from Norway, embedded in the assumptions of the CISV methodology (Cooperation, Inclusion, Strengthening, Visibility), aimed at the inclusion of socially excluded groups: persons with motor and intellectual disabilities, immigrants, and young people;
- presentation of effects of the pilot programme;
- preparing a handbook for an inclusive library and developing recommendations for an inclusive cultural institution.