T-GuIDE European Conference - SAVE THE DATE 31 March 2015, Brussels

A conference presenting the results of the T-GuIDE Lifelong Learning project.

T-GuIDE is an initiative of nine organisations supported by the European Union’s Lifelong Learning Programme, ”Leonardo Da Vinci”. The initiative addresses two of today’s major societal challenges in Europe: to increase opportunities in the job market and to increase social inclusion. The aim is to produce an EU training model and Manual for training Tourist Guides in guiding people who have learning difficulties or other intellectual impairments.The main aim of T-GuIDE is to initiate an EU-wide discussion on tourist guiding for intellectually disabled and to build a common guide for training professional Tourist Guides, in terms of common principles, methodologies and recommendations to work on social inclusion, skills implementation and new job opportunities.

The conference is open to:

Tourist guides
Managers, owners or staff of tourist destinations and attractions
Organisations that arrange holidays, trips or events for people with learning difficulties and/or intellectual disabilities
Families and friends of people with learning difficulties and/or intellectual disabilities.\

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