SUPER-M.A.N. – Supermarkets Meet Accessibility Needs

Fostering the concept of accessibility and offering an adequate welcome, support and assistance to people with mental disabilities

• Analysing the Italian and German context (laws regarding accessibility, already undergoing initiatives and good practices);
• Adapting the formative French material to the Italian and German contexts;
• Experimentation: starting the training process for the staff of the Italian and German supermarkets taking part in the project;
• Evaluation of the acquired competencies through the European system Level 5
• Developing a wide consensus, both at a national and at a European level and involving other stakeholders like the retail chains, other public and social services.
• Involved supermarkets: CONAD in Italy, E.Leclerc in France and TEGUT in Germany.
• Project coordination: Cooperativa Sociale Kara Bobowski, Italy
• Funded by the European Lifelong Learning Programme Leonardo da Vinci – Transfer of Innovation
• Duration: 01/12 – 12/13

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