Initiatives on Universal Design principles implementation in Ukraine

PROMOTION OF INITIATIVES FOR UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND ACCESSIBILITY PRINCIPLES COMPETITION RESULTS PROGRAMME “PROMOTING MAINSTREAM POLICIES AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN UKRAINE”

9 PROJECTS WERE SELECTED FOR ALLOCATION OF GRANTS

Employment 2 initiatives

Social and rehabilitations services 1 initiatives

Health 3 initiatives

Other: culture & education 3 initiatives

IMPLEMENTATION AREAS

EMPLOYMENT  Project: Inclusive Co-working “Accessible Employment” at the Kharkiv City Employment Centre

 Recipient: Kharkiv City Employment Centre  City: Kharkiv  Budget: Grant amount – 112 400 UAH, Project costs – 174 500 UAH  Project idea: ➢ Improving employment services according to the Universal Design principles; ➢ Enabling access to services for people with disabilities, including clients with visual and hearing impairments; ➢ Providing career guidance for youth, including youth

with disabilities; ➢ Development of the model of inclusive co-working.

EMPLOYMENT  Project: “New Employment Opportunities For People With Disabilities”  Recipient: State Rehabilitation Centre for Persons with Disabilities "Podillya”  City: Vinnytsya

 Budget: Grant amount – 95 000 UAH, Project costs – 136 409 UAH  Project idea: ➢ Development and piloting a model of job coaching at the work place for people with disabilities.

SOCIAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICES  Project: “Accessible Centre of Social Services”  Recipient: Territorial Centre of Social Services of Kamyanske city  City: Kamyanske city, Dnipropetrovska oblast  Budget: Grant amount – 105 000 UAH, Project costs – 149 328 UAH  Project idea: Ensuring universal access to social services: ➢ Development of the model of accessible territorial centre; ➢ Reconstruction works.

HEALTH  Project: “Improving Accessibility and Medical Care for Visually Impaired People”  Recipient: Ivano-Frankivsk city central hospital  City: Ivano-Frankivsk

 Budget: Grant amount – 105 000 UAH, Project costs – 150 000 UAH  Project idea: ➢ Improving health services according to the UD principles; ➢ Enhancement of accessibility of medical care for visually impaired people, incl. through reconstruction works;

➢ Development of the model of accessible clinic.

HEALTH

 Project: “Friendly Medicine: Reception Reconstruction”  Recipient: Public institution of Mariupol City Council “Primary health care centre #2 of Mariupol”  City: Mariupol, Donetsk oblast  Budget: Grant amount – 90 500 UAH, Project costs – 159 300 UAH  Project idea: ➢ Reorganization and reconstruction of the reception office according to the UD principles;

➢ Development of the model of accessible clinic.

HEALTH  Project: “Healthcare Without Barriers”

 Recipient: Manevytchi CSO of People with Disabilities “Dovira”  City: Manevytchi village, Volyn oblast  Budget: Grant amount – 96 000, Project costs – 150 000 UAH  Project idea: ➢ Enabling access to the district policlinic (inside and outside reconstruction works); ➢ Raising public awareness and health workers on Universal Design and Accessibility principles through

workshops and information campaign; ➢ Development of the model of accessible clinic.

OTHER - EDUCATION  Project: “Kindergarten “Myr” – Space Comfortable For All”  Recipient: Kostyantynivka kindergarten #31 “Myr” of Kostyantynivka city council of Donetsk oblast through

Department of Education of the City Council of Kostyantynivka city  City: Kostyantynivka, Donetsk oblast  Budget: Grant amount – 80 000 UAH, Project costs – 116 800 UAH  Project idea: ➢ Ensuring access to premises and educational services of the kindergarten for all children including children

with disabilities; ➢ Development of the model of accessible kindergarten.

OTHER – CULTURE

 Project: “Inclusive Theatre”  Recipient: The First Ukrainian Theatre for Children and Youth  City: Lviv  Budget: Grant amount – 55 000 UAH, Project costs – 78 590 UAH  Project idea: ➢ Ensuring opportunity for theatre visitors with visual impairments to enjoy performances through commenting;

➢ Development of the model of accessible theatre.

OTHER – CULTURE  Project: “Accessible Library”  Recipient: Department of Culture and Tourism of the Executive Committee of Polonne City Council  City: Polonne city, Khmelnytska oblast  Budget: Grant amount – 63 000 UAH, Project costs – 92 294 UAH  Project idea: ➢ Ensuring access to knowledge, information, communication and leisure for people with visual impairments and

other groups with low mobility through equipment the library; ➢ Development of the model of accessible library.

CONTACTS

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