Resourcing Education: Fund for Innovations and Networking (RE:FINE)

Organization: Association of Students with Disabilities (ADS)

Countries involved: Serbia and Montenegro

This project is focused on the promotion of human rights of youth with disabilities in the education field. One of the most important steps towards development of inclusive education and promotion of a social model of understanding disabilities is to empower youth with disabilities for self-advocacy, continuing education, and the pursuit of their rights. Within the framework of the project, a survey on high school students with disabilities in regular and special (state) secondary schools in Serbia and Montenegro is to be conducted to promote results in a lobby campaign for solutions leading to inclusive education and the promotion of possibilities for obtaining higher education by youth with disabilities. Outcomes of the project are: secondary school students with disabilities are empowered to pursue their equal rights; the survey that examines educational opportunities and obstacles for youth with disabilities in secondary schools is produced and widely disseminated; a number of young persons with disabilities who actively participate in the disability movement and the promotion of inclusive education is increased.

Serbia and Montenegro |  $66,430 |  December 2005 - April 2007 |