CSIE’s contribution to the IMAS project (IMproving ASsistance in inclusive educational settings), took us to Senec, Slovakia, last week. Project partners met on 2 and 3 March to discuss the role of learning supporters in schools, explore how assistance is organised in the countries represented in this project, and articulate a set of principles that brings supporters’ role in line with Article 24 (Education) of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

The IMAS project is a one-year project funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. The project was launched in Gleisdorf, Austria, in November 2016 and is due to conclude in November 2017. It is led by the Austrian organisation Chance B and, in addition to CSIE, is joined by: Agency Vision (Bulgaria), ARCIL (Portugal), EASPD (Belgium) and TENENET (Slovakia). Collectively, the partners are considering the range of support available to disabled pupils in schools, and exploring how best to support the learning and development of disabled pupils in ways which are consistent with the requirements of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. For more information please see the IMAS website.