📋 Tender Overview
The Ministry of Education has completed the public tender for the establishment of a system of support for children with deafblindness in education. The operation Track of Touch was chosen, which is carried out by the Center for Education, Rehabilitation, Inclusion and Counseling for the Blind and Visually Impaired - the IRIS Center together with its partners the Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Ljubljana and the Association of the Deaf and Blind of Slovenia DLAN.The goal of the operation is to establish a modern and comprehensive system of professional support, which will enable children with deafblindness to be better included in education and have access to adapted forms of communication. The project will bring new support services, enhanced cooperation of experts at home and abroad, and the spread of good practices that will improve the quality of work with children with deafblindness in Slovenian kindergartens and schools in the long term.
The total value of the approved funds amounts to 380,000 euros. The operation is co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia and the European Union from the European Social Fund plus within the European Cohesion Policy Program 2021-2027.
