CUltuRal AccessiBILITY

European cultural heritage plays an important role in building the future of Europe, which is why it is important to preserve it and transmit it to future generations. Although both the Declaration of Human Rights states that "everyone has the right to participate freely in the cultural life of the community and to enjoy the arts...", and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities It also expressly includes "the right of people with disabilities to participate, on equal terms with others, in cultural life...", even in practice it is a pending challenge both due to the problems inherent to the person with disabilities, as well as the lack of training on disabilities for cultural professionals. For all of the above, the Curability project was carried out with the purpose of collaborating in making culture accessible to people with disabilities through the training of cultural workers - both with respect to accessibility and knowledge and use of ICTs. - in museums and exhibition halls, being able to extrapolate to other cultural facilities - and establish common protocols and iconography.

- Improve the accessibility of culture to people with disabilities. - Help museums better understand the needs of visitors with disabilities. - Provide tools to museums to implement the necessary changes to improve accessibility for people with disabilities in the environment and attitude. - Share best practices to improve the skills and competencies of cultural professionals, institutions and students to work with people with disabilities. - Establish collaborative partnerships between interested parties. - Propose innovative accessibility solutions. - Involve people with disabilities as advisors and evaluators of the proposed accessibility solutions. - Develop pilot projects that serve as inspiration for other interested parties.

1/ The tasks of coordination and continuous monitoring of the evolution of the project. Preparation of the Management, financial, quality dissemination and communication Plans. 2/ TRANSNATIONAL MEETINGS: 3 Transnational meetings were done. -On May 5 and 6, 2022, the launch meeting was held in Siauliai (Lithuania) and was hosted by the partner VSI EDUPRO. On February 16 and 17, 2023, the second meeting was held in the city of Lodz (Poland) and was hosted by the partner IRIS. -On October 30 and 31, 2023, the following meeting took place in the city of Reus (Spain). The host was OPEN EUROPE. 3/ ONLINE FOLLOW-UP MEETINGS The planned online meetings were held periodically (monthly or bimonthly), as well as additionally some meetings to clarify doubts. 4/ MULTIPLIER EVENTS. 4 multiplier events were held in October 2023. The format was mixed, both in person and online 5/ RESULTS: Total of 4 Results were produced. R1: Museums as a model. R2: Webinars for accessible culture. R3: Curability: A Practical Community. R4: Cultural Vademecum. 6/ LEARNING, TEACHING AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES 2 training sessions were carried out, one in Turin from May 31 to June 2, 2023 and another in Reus between October 23 and 27, 2023.

- R1 “Museums as a model”: Questionnaire was developed to raise the real situation to develop the specification of learning outcomes and the development of online adult training (R2). The 3 axes were, 1) Publicly available training/teaching content and educational modules in the field of education of future cultural workers. 2) Existing knowledge among cultural workers, the needs of people with disabilities, motivation and accessibility barriers to access museums. 3) Existing projects, examples of good practice from EU accessible museums and galleries. - R2 “Webinars for accessible curators” for the training and qualification of cultural facilities and professionals in two basic modules: 1. New technologies (3D printing) and 2. Accessibility. - R3 “Practical community of curators” where a tool and method for training, validation and recognition of learning (OpenBadges) and its practical application were created. R4 “Cultural Vademecums” where the political strategy was designed to guarantee the sustainability and use of the products of the project: Toolkit for an inclusive policy, package of policy recommendations, community of cultural lovers, bases for the annual competition and a Manifesto for the rights to accessible culture