[openyourmind] Re: Blind Traveling accessibility.

  • From: "Stavroula" <stavr456@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <openyourmind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 00:09:31 +0300

hi all
I have made an account but due to several matters i didn't managed to see in 
details how the blog is working. I'll apreciate it if someone give me some 
guides to learn faster how to use the blog.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Stavroula 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: ANNA-MARIA FOSKOLOU 
  To: openyourmind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 11:44 PM
  Subject: [openyourmind] Re: Blind Traveling accessibility.


  good evening to everybody!!
  I am glad that you have started to search about the accessibillity of the 
blog.
  I would like you to tell me who has allready made an acount  and who not and 
if you need some help to manage it.
  Because   each one from our team should be on the same way aw the other.
  I think that at the end of the week it could be better to make a skype 
meeting just to see how is going on,and to start guthering texts and 
informations that we could use the in our blog.
  what do you think about it?

  look forward of receiving your answer!!
  Anna-Maria



  Στις 1/7/2013 7:40 μμ, ο/η Javier Martin έγραψε:

    Great news that you tried the blog! The more the merrier
    ​ 
    ​Let's try as many things as we can so that we can have an idea of the 
feasability of using Wordpress, it's accesibility and the convenience of 
keeping it or trying any other system. 
    ​
    And great news that you joined an English course!

    —
    Sent from Mailbox for iPhone



    On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Antonino Cotroneo 
<antonino.cotroneo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


      Hi Anna Maria and Hi everyone,

      I'll read your text as soon as I'll have more time available, because now 
I'm going out to go to my english course (I started it after Berlin seminar!).
      I want to say you that, finally, I could visit and navigate our blog in 
its parts. I wrote a post and I pointed out on it something about my experience 
with the accessibility of the blog.
      When you'll read it, tell me (and us) what about you think.

      Regards.
      Antonino.


       
      2013/6/29 anna-maria foskolou <firefly.tinos@xxxxxxxxx>

        Hello to everyone!!
        I wish you to have a good month,and I hope everyone of you are healthy 
and full of energy!!
        Today I read the text that I attach you below and I think that as a 
team that works for the blind travelling  we could make a contact to FEG, the 
European Federation of Tourist Guides to give them the route of  how to guide 
for blind or partially sighted travellers.
         what do you think about it?
        we can search the wayto communicate with them,  is  a good chance 
because this programm is in process and they make their first steps now too as 
our team!!
          

         Retraining guides for tourists with special needs 

        The enjoyment of travel and tourism in general is not always easy for 
people with learning difficulties and their families. In response to this 
challenge, the FEG, the European Federation of Tourist Guides and a group of 
partners in the fields of tourism and disabled starts an educational 
initiative, the "T-GuIDE", to retraining official certified guides in skills 
which will help them to offer to these groups of tourists a better experience 
and understanding of cultural and historical sites of Europe. 

        The online refresher courses will be offered free of charge to guides 
and help them to adjust their tour to the needs of these groups. The project 
will be tested by creating a pilot program for tourist visitors with learning 
difficulties and overall education will provide a framework for consideration 
of education and skills at EU level. The result will be the creation of a wide 
range of tours for visitors in European countries and will lead to new job 
opportunities for hosts and for the tourist market. 

        Organizations of people with learning difficulties and their families 
will contribute to the development of programs and tools for professionals, 
ensuring that the retraining will cover the needs of these groups. 

        Behind the program "T-GuIDE" is a group of nine organizations, 
supported by the Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU "Leonardo Da Vinci". The 
lead partner is the Polish university Spoleczna Akademia Nauk, in Lodz. 

        On behalf of the European Federation of Tourist Guide Associations 
(FEG), the executive director and certified trainer guides in Greece and 
Europe, Ms. Effie Kalampoukidou states: "The program T-GuIDE is an excellent 
opportunity for our certified guides across Europe to develop new skills on 
tours for people with learning difficulties to cultural and historical heritage 
of the country which have been certified to guides. It's always a challenge to 
try something new in our profession as tour guides to explore new areas of work 
and innovation, but also to apply the statutory guidelines of the European 
standard EN15565: 2008 European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) to train 
tour guides in Europe . I am sure that will be a very interesting collaboration 
will bear fruit, because the partners involved with our program is very 
worthwhile. "

        many regards Anna-Maria








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