{"id":34823,"date":"2025-12-11T13:39:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T12:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/?page_id=34823"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:24:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T13:24:58","slug":"contributors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/be\/european-self-advocates\/contributors\/","title":{"rendered":"Contributors and Partner Organisations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\tDe <i>European Self-Advocates Project<\/i> (2023-2025) brought together organisations, professionals, and self-advocates from across Europe to co-create a shared training programme.<br \/>\n Below you will find the full list of all those who contributed to the development of these lessons &#8211; listed in <b>alphabetical order by organisation<\/b>, with the individual contributors <b>alphabetical under each one<\/b>.\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image5.jpg\" alt=\"image5\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"360\" width=\"560\" title=\"image5\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<p><b>Asocia\u021bia Fantasticii Down Gala\u021bi (Romania)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Florentina Iliescu<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Miruna L\u0103ud\u0103cescu<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Mioara Munteanu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image8.png\" alt=\"image8\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"135\" width=\"374\" title=\"image8\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<p><b>Bundesverband Down-Syndrom e.V. (Germany)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Alexandra Althaus<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Fiona Lambart<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Katrina Lambart<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Mareike Fuisz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image2.png\" alt=\"image2\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"170\" width=\"327\" title=\"image2\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<p><b>Down Syndrome Association Malta (Malta)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Joeanna Xerri<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Maria Jacobus<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Marija Laura Mifsud<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image3.png\" alt=\"image3\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"458\" width=\"590\" title=\"image3\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<p><b>Down Syndrome Association of Greece (Greece)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Danai Papadopoulou<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Orfeas Kavalieratos<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Rafaila Giovanopoulou<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image4.jpg\" alt=\"image4\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"640\" width=\"1920\" title=\"image4\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<p><b>Inclution.org (Germany)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Stanislava Schenck<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image1.jpg\" alt=\"image1\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"960\" width=\"960\" title=\"image1\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<p><b>Rejtett Kincsek Down Egyes\u00fclet (Hungary)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\u00c1gnes Demeczky<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Dorka Vizi<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Katalin Nyitrai<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Nikolett Szavic<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Zsuzsanna Elek<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image10.png\" alt=\"image10\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"373\" width=\"373\" title=\"image10\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<p><b>Rytmus (Czechia)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Anna S\u00e1dlov\u00e1<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Jana Loskotov\u00e1<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Kristina \u0160trobl<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Lenka Sk\u00e1lov\u00e1<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Pavla Baxa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image9.jpg\" alt=\"image9\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"681\" width=\"681\" title=\"image9\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<p><b>\u0218coala Gimnazial\u0103 Boldur (Romania)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Flavia Cut Lupulescu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image7.png\" alt=\"image7\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"417\" width=\"417\" title=\"image7\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<p><b>TCAP21 (France)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Jean Philippe Barone<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Katia Bergamelli<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Youssef Boughanemi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image6.jpg\" alt=\"image6\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1074\" width=\"1170\" title=\"image6\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<p><b>Team Down (Italy)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Eunice Gordon<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Martina Bellegotti<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Roberta Cavalleri<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Sara Faggiana<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image11.jpg\" alt=\"image11\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"377\" width=\"941\" title=\"image11\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<p><b>Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Delia Manzanero<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Esther Ricote<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Jorge Alonso Gonz\u00e1lez<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Loredana Cacuccielo<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Marta Mar\u00eda Albert M\u00e1rquez<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h3><b>Coordinated by<\/b><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Logo_EUforTrisomy21-Couleur.png\" alt=\"Logo_EUforTrisomy21-Couleur\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1014\" width=\"1429\" title=\"Logo_EUforTrisomy21-Couleur\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<p><b>EU for Trisomy 21 (Belgium)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Antonio Rosique<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Elisabeth Gudenus<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Teresa Sroka<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h3><b>Project Development Story<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Over the course of two years, our network met across Europe to co-create the <i>European Self-Advocates<\/i> curriculum. The first meetings took place in <b>Budapest (Hungary)<\/b> &#8211; hosted by <b>Rejtett Kincsek Down Egyes\u00fclet<\/b> &#8211; and in <b>Marseille (France)<\/b> &#8211; hosted by <b>TCAP21 (Trisomie 21 France)<\/b> &#8211; where partners worked together to design the lessons and develop the teaching methodology.<\/p>\n<p>A third meeting was held in <b>Madrid (Spain)<\/b>, hosted by <b>Universidad Rey Juan Carlos<\/b>, where self-advocate teaching pairs received their training before returning to their home countries to pilot the four lessons. In total, <b>around 130 self-advocates<\/b> took part in the trainings across Europe, helping to refine the activities and materials.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, in <b>Brussels in 2025<\/b>, all partners and self-advocates reunited to share results, reflect on their national experiences, and improve the final version of the programme.<\/p>\n<p>These lessons are the result of this shared effort &#8211; <b>written, tested, and refined together<\/b> by self-advocates, educators, and organisations across Europe.<\/p>\n\t<h3><b>Acknowledgment<\/b><\/h3>\nThis project was <b>co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b> All materials developed through the <i>European Self-Advocates Project<\/i> are made freely available under an open Creative Commons licence.\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/wp-content\/plugins\/bb-plugin\/img\/pixel.png\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EN-Co-funded-by-the-EU_BLACK-Outline-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"EN Co-funded by the EU_BLACK Outline\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"537\" width=\"2560\" title=\"EN Co-funded by the EU_BLACK Outline\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Self-Advocates Project (2023-2025) brought together organisations, professionals, and self-advocates from across Europe to co-create a shared training programme.&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":33860,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34823","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34823"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34823"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34847,"href":"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34823\/revisions\/34847"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eufortrisomy21.eu\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}