Dear colleagues and friends

Within the continuing education the academic teaching staff of postgraduate studies at the Institute of Special Education and Rehabilitation alongside with Social Innovative Networks from Graz-Austria and the Faculty of Medicine from Hamburg-Germany organized seminar with topic Early intervention: Preventive effectives of Early Childhood Intervention- Challenges of 21^st Century. The seminar will be held on 29.08.2011 in the hall for conferences at the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. This international seminar is together with world experts from Austria, Germany and Macedonia. The entrance is free of charge, but the participants will cover their own travel and daily expenses. At the end of the seminar certificates for participation will be given.

Due to the limited number of places it is mandatory that application form is completed and forward to Hristina Mitreva on the following e-mail kikamitreva@yahoo.com or by fax on +389-2-3118-143. The participation needs to be confirmed by the organizer. The invitation you can download here. I am certain that the program will be of great interest for you so you can retrieve it from this link. Hoping to see many of you in the last Monday of August, I warmly greet you.

Head of Educational-Scientific board

Prof. Dr. Vladimir Trajkovski

EASPD’s conference “Towards Community-based services – current realities and future challenges” on 7th and 8th October 2010.

On 7th of October, EASPD’s autumn Conference will kick-off in Skopje. It will address the challenges faced in the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities, by comparing situations and models of service provision found in different parts of Europe.

It is part of the calendar of major events of the Chairmanship by Republic of Macedonia of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (May-November 2010).

Experts on disability-related issues and representatives of persons with disabilities from all over Europe, representatives from the European Commission and the Council of Europe and key personalities will exchange about the issues faced when trying to implement the UN Convention. The Macedonian Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Mr. Xhelal Bajrami, will be keynote speaker in the opening session.

In a period of financial and economic crisis, the most disadvantaged groups of people are even more endangered, amongst others persons with disabilities. However, it is also a period of severe budget cuts for social services, which damage their capacity to provide adequate support. The EASPD conference in Skopje will offer a space to discuss the way to succeed in improving social conditions for persons with disabilities in this context, by learning from the different experiences to be found in Europe, thereby building bridges in knowledge and practices across the continent.

Six plenary sessions and two series of workshops will enable participants to address this challenging objective. The 1st day of the conference will focus on how quality systems can facilitate the development of community-based services, whereas the 2nd day will be dedicated to discussing the best ways to make services available and society accessible to all.

All regions of Europe will be represented, as EASPD believes that mutual learning is a key for success. All stakeholders involved in the disability sector will have the opportunity to share ideas and build networks at all levels, since cooperation paves the way for improved practices and stronger links all over Europe.

Journalists wishing to attend should contact EASPD’s at charlotte.boetticher@easpd.eu

More press information on the Conference can be downloaded from

http://easpdskopjeconference.openthewindows.org/

President of Macedonian Scientific Society for Autism
Co-organizer of the conference