FAPADAG - Summary

Facilitate Participation of the Disabled in Armenia and Georgia (FAPADAG)

Tempus Project
MP_JEP-23154-2002

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Action

Development of Occupational Therapy in Armenia and Georgia

Title

Facilitate Participation of the Disabled in Armenia and Georgia

Acronym

FAPADAG

Partners

• ENOTHE: European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education
• ASPU: Armenian State Pedagogical University
• ChU: Charles University
• GCU: Glasgow Caledonian University
• HvA: Hogeschool van Amsterdam
• AU: Aino University
• NIH: National Institute of Health
• YSU: Yerivan State University
• SSOSU: Sulkan Saba Orbeliani Tbilisi State Pedagogical University
• ARBES HCC: ARBES Health Care Centre
• ARBES DCHC: ARBES Day Care Health Centre
• CCNNR: Centre of Child Neurology and Neuro Rehabilitation
• CRRC: Children's Republican Rehabilitation Centre
• LDPG: League of Disabled Persons in Georgia
• ASTGHIK: Disabled parents union of Armenia

Summary of the project

Project title and acronym

• Development of Occupational Therapy Education in Armenia and Georgia
• Facilitate Participation of the Disabled in Armenia and Georgia: FaPaDAG

Specific Project Objective/s

• Establish a network of co-operating universities and practical centres to provide OT education in Armenia
• Analyse and revise the relevant products of former projects (JEP-11223-96 and the CORDAID project nr. CN 445 10015)
• Implement and carry out modules in OT in a flexible Ba/Ma structure
• Carry out the ENOTHE peer review process
• Create a continuous dialogue between the local established network and ENOTHE

Contracting Institution

Hogeschool van Amsterdam, NL

Partner Country Universities involved

UK, CZ, ARM, GEO and Japan

Outcomes (as in LFM)

1. JEP network, linked to ENOTHE established
2. Curriculum framework in OT for Armenia and Georgia translated and accepted
3. Flexible course outline for Bachelors and Masters in OT developed
4. 8 Modules, intensive courses and seminars in the different OT fields carried out
5. Field-work placements for the students established
6. 6 OT teachers, 4 OT clinical supervisors, 20 OTs educated
7. Self-evaluation and peer review report undertaken
8. Local network (GEO/ARM) linked to ENOTHE and other international organisations established

Summary of the Main Features of the Project

The Government of Armenia and Georgia are committed to reform the Higher Education as well as the Health and Social sector towards more comparable systems and standards of Europe. The officially recognised disability policy in Armenia and Georgia is expressed in law and guidelines adopted by the Government. The emphasis is on social protection of persons with disabilities and rehabilitation.

The long-term goal is to create conditions to enable the participation of physically and mentally disabled children and adults in society. The introduction of the profession and education of occupational therapy will play an important role in this process.

From 1996 till 1999 a similar process has taken place in Czech republic, which leaded by means of a JEP-project no: 11223-96 (involvement of Caledonian University (UK) and Hogeschool van Amsterdam(NL) towards the development of an Occupational therapy curriculum at the Charles University of Prague, which is recently recognised by the World Federation of Occupational Therapists.

In 1991 and from 1997-2000 different occupational short courses have been given in rehabilitation centres in Armenia.

In 2002 members of the European Network of Occupational Therapy (ENOTHE) have started to train the first 10 occupational therapists in CCNNR in Tbilisi.

The good practice developed in the above mentioned projects will be used in this JEP to develop occupational therapy as a discipline in the Universities and health care institutions in order to facilitate the participation of disabled in the Armenian and Georgian Society.

The first year the consortium will work on the development of an OT curriculum framework for Armenia and Georgia and a flexible system of joint OT education at Bachelors/Masters and Postgraduate level as well as on the adaptation of the existing modules and teaching materials from the former projects to the need of the identified target groups.

The second and the third year the courses together with the fieldwork will be implemented. The first OTs will be educated as lecturers and fieldwork supervisors. Intensive courses, seminars and information sessions for colleagues and a wider public will be carried out. OT services and information centres for client groups will be set up as well as projects to facilitate the inclusion of the disabled in education and employment.

With this project the consortium will contribute towards the aims of the European Year of the disabled in 2003.

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