Contributors and Partner Organisations

ο European Self-Advocates Project (2023–2025) brought together organisations, professionals, and self-advocates from across Europe to co-create a shared training programme.
 Below you will find the full list of all those who contributed to the development of these lessons — listed in alphabetical order by organisation, with the individual contributors alphabetical under each one.

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Asociația Fantasticii Down Galați (Romania)

  • Florentina Iliescu
  • Miruna Lăudăcescu
  • Mioara Munteanu
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Bundesverband Down-Syndrom e.V. (Germany)

  • Alexandra Althaus
  • Φιόνα Λάμπαρτ
  • Katrina Lambart
  • Mareike Fuisz
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Down Syndrome Association Malta (Malta)

  • Joeanna Xerri
  • Μαρία Τζέιμς
  • Marija Laura Mifsud
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Down Syndrome Association of Greece (Greece)

  • Danai Papadopoulou
  • Orfeas Kavalieratos
  • Rafaila Giovanopoulou
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Inclution.org (Germany)

  • Stanislava Schenck
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Rejtett Kincsek Down Egyesület (Hungary)

  • Ágnes Demeczky
  • Dorka Vizi
  • Katalin Nyitrai
  • Nikolett Szavic
  • Zsuzsanna Elek
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Rytmus (Czechia)

  • Anna Sádlová
  • Jana Loskotová
  • Kristina Štrobl
  • Lenka Skálová
  • Pavla Baxa
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Școala Gimnazială Boldur (Romania)

  • Flavia Cut Lupulescu
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TCAP21 (France)

  • Jean Philippe Barone
  • Katia Bergamelli
  • Youssef Boughanemi
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Team Down (Italy)

  • Eunice Gordon
  • Martina Bellegotti
  • Roberta Cavalleri
  • Sara Faggiana
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Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain)

  • Delia Manzanero
  • Esther Ricote
  • Jorge Alonso González
  • Loredana Cacuccielo
  • Marta María Albert Márquez

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EU for Trisomy 21 (Belgium)

  • Antonio Rosique
  • Elisabeth Gudenus
  • Teresa Sroka

Project Development Story

Over the course of two years, our network met across Europe to co-create the European Self-Advocates curriculum. The first meetings took place in Budapest (Hungary) — hosted by Rejtett Kincsek Down Egyesület — and in Marseille (France) — hosted by TCAP21 (Trisomie 21 France) — where partners worked together to design the lessons and develop the teaching methodology.

A third meeting was held in Madrid (Spain), hosted by Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, where self-advocate teaching pairs received their training before returning to their home countries to pilot the four lessons. In total, around 130 self-advocates took part in the trainings across Europe, helping to refine the activities and materials.

Finally, in Brussels in 2025, all partners and self-advocates reunited to share results, reflect on their national experiences, and improve the final version of the programme.

These lessons are the result of this shared effort — written, tested, and refined together by self-advocates, educators, and organisations across Europe.

Acknowledgment

This project was co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.
 All materials developed through the European Self-Advocates Project are made freely available under an open Creative Commons licence.

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