NEWSLETTER OCTOBER '06 (editorial)

Mentoring is the main topic of this newsletter. Under mentoring we understand

e-ISOTIS is currently involved in a number of very interesting projects that address the mentoring of people with disabilities, namely: Validation of Mentoring, VOCA2, and Check and Go. In this respect, we invite all readers to actively participate in the VOCA2 forums that are operational now with as core focus the mentoring. A separate article is dedicated to this, together with details how to join. Related to this also, you will find further in this newsletter the outcomes of the International Conference in favour of people with disabilities and disadvantaged, which took place on 29 September 2006 in Sofia, Bulgaria (see also our previous newsletter). The conference was dedicated to the innovative training opportunities in the field of Tourism and Hospitality, orientated towards young people with disabilities and disadvantaged. A full report has been provided by Marie Curie Association.
This newsletter also provides a short impression of the ASK-IT conference which took place last month in Nice, France, and where e-ISOTIS premiered its ASK-IT video that represented our vision on ICT and disability, and more specifically how this will be applied in ASK-IT project. It was very well received, and can be watched via our website (in the newssection).
Finally, we would also like to welcome Atlha Onlus (Milan, Italy) as our new associate member. Atlha Onlus is a non profit making organisation that promotes the participation of people with learning disabilities and also their families, and to help their global integration within the social fabric of our society. The Association provides for this throughout its own services and by the institution of working co-operatives, laboratories and lodging communities: cultural, formative, professional, recreative, touristic and sportive activities. The Association arranges trips, holidays, study travel, youth exchanges, research and tours in Italy and abroad. Services for the free time and any other autonomous activities are integrated in the services of other corporations, and public or private associations that can be brought up to the same standards as the Association. More information can be found at www.atlhaonlus.eu, or at e-ISOTIS website.

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