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CHwB implements the project „Spreading the word: sustainable accessible museums for disabled children and adults in the Western Balkans“

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Objectives:

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• To improve capacity and creativity for western Balkan museums in facilitating the inclusion of disabled children and adults in museums.
• Thereby to contribute to strengthening the role of museums as democratic and creative meeting places, valued and trusted civic spaces
• To embed these gains in future planning and activity and support the empowerment of disabled people and their voices in the museums that they have begun to trust

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This project uses a mixture of approaches including direct training, ongoing advice and support, grant-aid and the collaborative production of publications to resource professionals working in Museums in the Region to embed access and inclusion into their everyday work.

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We work with the following values:

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• Respect for the local cultural context;
• Building capacity not dependence;
• Recognising expertise wherever it can be found;
• Supporting and encouraging collaboration rather than competition between Museums.

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In this way we aim to achieve sustainability, especially as we engage local people to deliver a number of aspects of the project activity.

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Results:

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• Embedded skills and competence within the museums so that they can take a leading role in the field of access to cultural life
• Increased knowledge and resources to support partnerships and to bring new creative energy into everyday museum practice
• Higher profile across the region developing the potential of museums as centres of excellence and also encouraging new initiatives and players
• Bringing the museums alive in the community as places where disabled children and adults feel safe and comfortable
• A pool of trained trainers who can pass on skills and knowledge to future colleagues and partners
• A series of publications (adding to the Disability Tool Kit produced by CHwB) that equip museums with good practice and easy to use strategies for better access

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