Organisers of various events often lack the knowledge and skills to create an accessible event. As a result, some people, including persons with disabilities, are excluded from conferences, exhibitions, fairs, etc. events. As experience shows, in most cases it is not difficult to solve problems - it is important to have the right knowledge.
Participants will be introduced to the guidelines for the organisation of events and will also receive knowledge on how to start organising the event, how to spread information, and how the content of the event should be conveyed so that it is understood by people with intellectual disabilities. The event will also discuss the availability of infrastructure.
There will be an active exchange of information, especially in the part of the creative workshop during which new acquaintances and connections will be formed and can be mutually beneficial.
Details on the event:
- Target audience: Representatives of state and municipal cultural institutions, representatives of the National Association of Creative and Cultural Industries and the Association of Lithuanian Conferences and Events, event organizers, representatives of libraries, representatives of educational or scientific institutions, individual creators or artists, people with disabilities, students.
- When: Wednesday, November 13, 2024
- Where: Audiosensory library of Lithuania, Skroblų st. 10, Vilnius. Lithuania
- Format: Hybrid
- Type of event: Networking
- Language: Lithuanian
- How to participate: Free registration
- Accessibility information: Accessible venue. Captioning and sign interpretation in Lithuanian
- inclusion | social policy
- Wednesday 13 November 2024, 10:00 - 16:00 (EET)
- Country
- Lithuania
Programme
- 13 Nov 2024, 09:30 - 16:00 (EET)Agenda
- 9:30 - 10:00 Arrival, registration
- 10:00 A word of welcome.
- 10:15 Presentation "Art for human well-being: good experiences" Snieguolė Dikčiūtė, director of artistic and social projects of the Union of Lithuanian People with Disabilities, composer, doctoral student of Lithuanian music and theater.
- 10:30 Presentation of the study "Accessibility of events for people with special needs". Research group of Vilnius College.
- 11:00 Break
- 11:15 Experiences, insights or problems faced by organizers of cultural events in organizing events to be accessible to people with disabilities (representatives of various cultural sectors: museums, concert halls, cinemas, theaters, etc.). Negotiable.
- 12:00 Speeches/reports by representatives of various disabilities. Negotiable.
- 13:00 Break
- 13:30 Creative workshop in groups - "Artistic - social interactions aimed at improving the accessibility of people with disabilities". 45 minutes for creation, then time for presentation.
- 15:00 Discussion
- 15:30 Tour of the LAB about the fully accessible physical and informational environment.
- 16:00 End of the event.
Practical information
- When
- Wednesday 13 November 2024, 10:00 - 16:00 (EET)
- Languages
- Lithuanian