Type of Project: Funded project Model project
Accessibility in public traffic areas - training of volunteer disabled advisors for barrier-free construction in public areas

Description / Topics

Main objective: The objective of the project is to train volunteer consultants with disabilities for barrier-free construction in public spaces. The decisive factor here is that accessibility is to be implemented for everyone (wheelchair users, users of walkers, blind people and people with visual impairments, parents with baby carriages, older people, children and people of small stature, etc.). On the origins of the project: As a result of the signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by the Federal Republic of Germany, cities and municipalities are obliged to take into account the interests of people with disabilities in planned construction projects. Planners and municipalities repeatedly approach consultants from the various associations and advisory councils out of uncertainty as to how accessibility is to be implemented. However, this committed group of people is too small and has usually not received any qualification measures. Although these advisors can provide information regarding their own disability, the disabled advisors are usually unaware of the criteria for barrier-free construction with regard to other disabilities. That is why in the past there have always been one-sided consultations. The current and future consultants need seminars and qualification measures in order to familiarize themselves with the subject matter, to recognize the different needs of the various types of disabilities, so that a comprehensive and non-contradictory nationwide consultation can be guaranteed. The project is supported by Aktion Mensch (70 %). 30 % are own contribution from BVN. The duration is 3 years. The training courses will be held decentrally in Lower Saxony from spring 2014.

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Start:

1 Sep 2012


End:

31 Aug 2015


Grant Number:

0525/0111/0479

Funded by:

  • Aktion Mensch e. V.

Project Management:

  • Schwesig, Gerd

Employees:

  • Aurich, Tanja |
  • Heppner, Andrea

Institutions:

BVN - Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverband Niedersachsen e. V.
Kühnsstraße 18
30559 Hannover
0511-5104 226
g.schwesig@blickpunkt-auge.de
https://www.blindenverband.org

Arbeitsgruppe, die sich aus Vertretern der führenden Behinderten- und Sozialverbände zusammensetzt:

Bundesverband Selbsthilfe Körperbehinderter e. V. (BSK)
Altkrautheimer Straße 20, 74238 Krautheim
Vertreten durch Herrn Matysiak

Landesverband für Körper- und Mehrfachbehinderte e. V. Hannover (bvkm)
Ostergrube 2, 30559 Hannover
Vertreten durch Herrn Dickneite

LEBENSHILFE für Menschen mit geistiger Behinderung
Landesverband Niedersachsen e.V.
Pelikanstraße 4, 30177 Hannover

Gehörlosenverband Niedersachsen e. V.
Westerfeldstr. 7, 31177 Harsum

Landesseniorenrat Niedersachsen e.V.
Odeonstraße 12, 30159 Hannover

SoVD-Landesverband Niedersachsen e.V.
Herschelstraße 31, 30159 Hannover
Vertreten durch: Herr Skoda

Sozialverband VdK Niedersachsen-Bremen e.V.
Nikolausstraße 11, 26135 Oldenburg

Der PARITÄTISCHE Niedersachsen
Gandhistr. 5a, 30559 Hannover

Landesrat für Menschen mit Behinderungen Niedersachsen
Büro des Landesbeauftragten für Menschen mit Behinderungen
Hinrich-Wilhelm-Kopf-Platz 2, 30159 Hannover
Vertreten durch: Frau Kneiske-Spitzer, Beauftragte für Menschen mit Behinderungen bei der Stadt Wolfsburg

Reference Number:

R/FO125484


Last Update: 3 May 2023