ZERO PROJECT 2016: Call for Nominations in Inclusive Education / ICT – Deadline: 10th July 2015
Wed, 01/07/2015 - Fri, 10/07/2015
Working for a world with zero barriers. Worldwide, the Zero Project finds and shares models that improve the daily lives and legal rights of all persons with disabilities. The focus of 2015-2016 is twofold, namely Inclusive Education and/or ICT (Information and Communication Technology).
Once again, the Zero Project team would like to invite leading experts and organizations to nominate innovative practices and innovative policies concerning this year’s topics:
Inclusive Education and/or ICT (Information and Communication Technology)
Education is the fundamental process by which societies transmit their accumulated information and knowledge, in which Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play an increasingly important role.
Hence, the Zero Project 2016 is focusing on Inclusive education and/or ICTs, and our call for nominating innovative practices and policies has just been launched!
- > Any type of inclusive education project or policy can be nominated, from any field of education (formal, non-formal and informal) and any level of education (early childhood care and education; primary, secondary and tertiary education; vocational training; adult education and lifelong learning), including those innovations that facilitate the transition from segregation and integration to inclusion.
- > As well, any possible type of ICT can be nominated, such as: apps, software, websites and the internet in general, computers, telephony, ATMs, maps, television, voting machines, electronic kiosks, public displays, or consumer devices with digital interfaces.
You know about an outstanding practice or policy? Nominate it!
Please send the completed nomination form to by
Deadline: July 10, 2015; 23:59 Central European Time (CET).
The “Innovative Practices and Innovative Policies 2016” will be selected by the Zero Project network of experts in a multistep process, and will be
- > featured in the Zero Project Report 2016, on its website www.zeroproject.org and on social media platforms; and
- > their representatives will be invited to speak at the Zero Project Conference in Vienna (Austria) in February 2016.
Submitting a nomination is easy: Read the instructions, complete the nomination form (available in other languages by June 26th) and then send the nomination form to: by July 10, 2015 (23:59 CET).
Anyone can nominate any project, and self-nominations are also accepted!
We are looking forward to receive your nomination!
The Zero Project Team and Partners
