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The headline of this edition is the great news that 20,000 subscribers have joined our SALTO Newsletter. Many thanks to those who subscribed! If you haven’t subscribed yet, and want to stay up to date with the SALTO network, make sure to subscribe to SALTO News! 

In this edition, you can find out more about ID Forum 2024, (T)raining & (C)ooperation (A)ctivities in Education and Training organized by SALTO E&T TCA, and explore resources on digital transformation and the potential of the European Solidarity Corps in a webinar. Besides that, there are many open calls and new publications. 

SALTO News serves as the official newsletter for the SALTO community, a network consisting of 11 resource centres dedicated to promoting and enhancing the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programs. 

The DIG.I.T.ABLE (DIGital Inclusive Trainers for AccessiBLE Education) project is a two year initiative funded by the Erasmus+ programme, running from 2020 to 2024, and coordinated by the Italian organisation Studio Saperessere. It aims to define a training standard for inclusive digital trainers, implement a VET training standard and transfer to participants innovative teaching approaches, engagement strategies and user-friendly tools for the development of learner centred inclusive digital trainings. As part of the project, an online event is being organised by the InterMediaKT organisation, one of the five partners from seven European countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, and Italy.

The one-hour event will take place on Saturday, 25 May 2024, at 14:45 EEST, in an online format in Greek and with English interpretation. For more information, please visit Facebook or LinkedIn.

If you are interested in discovering more about the project results and impact, exploring a social business leveraging technology for digital inclusion, and experimenting with a screen reader to discuss adapting platforms for inclusivity, register HERE.

From April 9th to 11th, the SALTO Inclusion and Diversity (Education and Training) took part in the Annual SALTO Meeting 2024. Held in Helsinki, the main goal was to strengthen connections between 11 SALTO resource centers. SALTO Digital (Finland) hosted the meeting, together with the support of SALTO South East Europe (Slovenia), bringing together about 30 participants from all SALTO resource centers.

During two intense working days, we had productive discussions, shared experiences, and collectively planned the future of the SALTO network. We also explored opportunities for collaboration among various SALTO centers.

Keep an eye out for updates on the latest activities from our SALTO center and the SALTO network!

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The 4th Meeting of Inclusion and Diversity Officers (ID Officers) took place from March 19th to 21st in Dubrovnik, organized by the SALTO Resource Centre for Inclusion and Diversity in Education and Training (SALTO ID ET). Around 30 participants from 28 national agencies (NAs) in all areas of education and training, as well as youth, attended the meeting.

It started with a warm welcome speech from the head of SALTO ID ET, Josip Luša, and continued with a presentation of the results and activities of the SALTO ID ET in 2023 and plans for 2024 by Tajana Krstonošić and Petra Habulin, SALTO team members. Later, participants engaged in workshops discussing three topics: the roles and responsibilities of Inclusion and Diversity Officers, the applicability of tool for planning inclusive events, and the development of an inclusion index tool for primary and secondary schools. All three workshops were moderated by facilitators, SALTO team members, and colleague Ivana Majcen from the Slovenian NA (CMEPIUS).

The second day began with a presentation by Monika Auzinger from 3S (Austria), who presented research on the needs of beneficiaries in the field of education and training in Erasmus+. The research is in its final stages and will be published on the SALTO centre’s website. This presentation was followed by four sectorial workshops, during which participants discussed and made suggestions for strengthening the inclusive component of the program in various sectors. The afternoon was reserved for study visits to beneficiaries in Dubrovnik who have successfully addressed inclusion and diversity in their projects under the Erasmus+ program: the University of Dubrovnik, and the Bonsai Association for Civil Society Development.

On the third day of the meeting, Marta Gutierrez Benet from the European Commission emphasized the importance of inclusion and diversity in Erasmus+ and networking of ID Officers, while Henrique Gonçalves from SALTO YOUTH – Inclusion and Diversity presented the results of research on the impact of the Erasmus+ program in the youth field. The program concluded with a networking session, during which participants discussed various topics and questions.

Workshop hosted by Austrian National Agency (OEAD) hosted and delivered by our SALTO ID ET on 16^th January found its place in February Edition of SALTO News. The workshop focused on the topics of outreach to organisations and planning of inclusive events.

In this newsletter edition you can also get inspired by great projects on three different priorities of Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps (digital transformation, green transition and sustainable development, participation in democratic life) or winners of the SALTO awards in 2022 and 2023. Additionally, you can find the link to follow the webinar series Digitally Empowered Teachers, and check out current open calls and new publications.

SALTO News serves as the official newsletter for the SALTO community, a network consisting of 11 resource centres dedicated to promoting and enhancing the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programs.

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Once again SALTO Inclusion and Diversity (ID) in Education and Training, together with SALTO Inclusion and Diversity in Youth, hosted an online training course ID Kitchen. Training targeted staff from youth, education and training, as well as cross-sectoral national agencies (NA). It was held from 5th to 7th February aiming to (i) support non-inclusion officers to develop their competences related to ID issues and approaches and (ii) to maximise the results and impact of NA’s work in the field of ID.  

The 4th edition of the training helped participants to gain better understanding of the ID, equipped them to support ID Officers in their NA and beneficiaries and provide opportunity to exchange ideas and share practices.  

While waiting for the next edition of the training, check out ID Kitchen Podcast! 

PR.I.M.E. (PRomoting Inclusive Mobility Experiences) is a KA2 project launched in October 2023 and spanning 30 months until March 2026. It aims to enhance the competences of staff involved in mobility projects for individuals with intellectual disabilities and elevate the overall quality of these projects by collecting and producing valuable outputs that cater to the needs of organisations and project staff.

PR.I.M.E. team is composed of 7 partners from 7 European Countries: Italy, France, Poland, Lithuania, Cyprus, Greece and Malta, and is coordinated by Italian organisation – social cooperative Kara Bobowski. Your perspective is valued and you are invited to contribute by taking part in the survey. If you are part of organisations working with people with disabilities, organisations engaged in mobility projects or organisations involved in both (inclusive mobilities), we invite you to complete the survey through form that can be accessed here: survey link.

Deadline for filling out is February 29, 2024.

SALTO Inclusion and Diversity in Youth, along with SALTO Inclusion and Diversity in Education and Training, organized the ID Kitchen Training Course. The online event was held from the 16th to the 18th of October and had two aims: (i) to support non-inclusion officers to develop their competences related to inclusion & diversity issues and approaches; (ii) to maximise the results and impact of their national agency’s (NA) inclusion work.

Through this training course a space was provided for NA staff from youth, education and training and cross-sectoral NAs to get familiar with ID concepts and gain better understanding of the ID issues. It also helped them become better equipped to support their colleagues (ID Officers) and beneficiaries, as well as exchange ideas, share practices and reflect on the values and aims of the their work.

The 4^th edition of the training will be held from the 5^th to 7^th February 2024, so stay tuned!

While waiting for the February Edition of the training, check out ID Kitchen Podcast!