AMiD - Access to services for Migrants with Disabilities
The project AMiD (Access to services for Migrants with Disabilities) aims to support an efficient management of the reception and integration of asylum seekers and migrants with disabilities in the EU. AMiD purpose is to outline a Needs Assessment tool to empower NGOs and Local Authorities to assess and support with adequate responses migrants and refugees with disabilities in Europe. The project will develop targeted workshop to improve knowledge and responses of multidisciplinary professionals (NGOs staff): Local organizations working with migrants and refugees services, Disabled People’s organizations and Service providers for people with disabilities. AMiD also has a Community-Advisory Board (CAB), a permanent task-force able to support the modelling and valorization of project results and to coordinate future common actions.
The project lasts for 24 months. It has been launched in January 2018.
The consortium is composed of the following organisations:
- European Association of Service Providers for persons with disabilities EASPD (Belgium) – project lead partner
- Centre for the advancement of research and development in educational technology LTD-CARDET (Cyprus)
- AER – Assembly of European Regions (France)
- Solidar (Belgium)
- Chance B Holding GmbH (Austria)
- European Disability Forum AISBL (Belgium)
- Associazione ARCI (Italy)
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Europäischer Grenzregionen (Germany)
- PRAKSIS (Greece)
- Disabled People’s International DPI Italia Onlus (Italy)
- Kehitysvammaisten Palvelusäätiö (Finland)
- Ethniki Synomospondia Atomon me Anapiria ESAmeA (Greece)
