We are happy to share the the Civil Kollégium Alapítvány with its esteemed partners, the Platform of Families of Children with Disabilities from Slovakia, and the Society for All, z. s. from the Czech Republic have the honor to run a common project in 2026 supported by the Visegrad Funds.
The aim of the project is to enable parents and teachers in the V4 region to work more effectively at local and national level to provide better school support for students with learning difficulties and special educational needs (SEN). The partners are developing a community-based advocacy model that promotes a needs-based teaching assistant system and a more inclusive approach in schools
In order to ensure that children with SEN receive high-quality, inclusive and diversified education, more – the exact number should be based on local need – teaching assistants and specialists to assist with teaching and educational work are needed in institutions, as required. We believe that cooperation between local communities, advocacy groups and state institutions has the potential to change this situation.
As members of supportive communities, citizens can identify problems that are direct consequences of inequalities, raise these issues publicly, and demand institutional changes. new policies, and better social services in education. We help people to identify their problems and issues, see the systemic problems behind them, and work with communities and other organisations and institutions to determine exactly what changes need to be made to solve these problems. In this process, parent groups learn about international best practices and incorporate them into their local advocacy work.
These experiences enable parent groups to represent their children’s interests more effectively in their own schools and bring positive change. They also work together to propose systemic changes in education
During this project with the support of the Visegrad Grant the three partner organizations will organize study-visits to each-other to learn about the different experiences, problems, methods and solutions and also will organize a joint-conference at Budapest in the autumn.
The project is co-financed by the governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.
