Final event M-CARE project (Mobile Training for Home and Health Caregiver For People with Disabilities and Older People - 539913-LLP-1-2013-1-TR-LEONARDO-LMP) on 1 December 2015, Brussels, Belgium at VLEVA premises. You can find us on http://mcare-project.eu / http://twitter.com/MCareproject / http://www.facebook.com/MCareproj This project (M-Care - 539913-LLP-1-2013-1-TR-LEONARDO-LMP) has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

1. You can find us on http://mcare-project.eu /
http://twitter.com/MCareproject /
http://www.facebook.com/MCareproj
This project (M-Care - 539913-LLP-1-2013-1-TR-LEONARDO-LMP) has been funded with
support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of
the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be
made of the information contained therein.
Caring for people with disabilities and older people: challenges,
opportunities and (mobile/online)
training solutions
Final event M-CARE project (Mobile Training
for Home and Health Caregiver For People with
Disabilities and Older People - 539913-LLP-1-
2013-1-TR-LEONARDO-LMP) on 1 December
2015, Brussels, Belgium at VLEVA premises.
The event “Caring for people with disabilities and older people: challenges, opportunities and
(mobile/online) training solutions” will focus on the importance of good quality personal
caregiving (PCG) for people with disabilities and older people. Focus will be on caring in a
broader perspective, and how M-CARE’s (mobile/online) training solutions contribute to
successful PCGs.
Agenda:
 8.30-9.00: Registration
 9.00-9.15: Welcome (Seyhan Firat – Gazi University)
 9.15-9.30: Opening speech by MEP Helga STEVENS (N-VA) (Vice-Chair ECR | Co-Chair
Disability Intergroup)
 9:30-10:00: What is M-CARE and the need for such training - How we met EQF and
implemented ECVET principles (Karel Van Isacker – PhoenixKM / Andrean Lazarov –
Interprojects)
 10:00-10:30: The M-CARE training content (Andreas Koth – EVBB)
 10:30-11:30: Experience in piloting of the training material ("Lessons learnt") + Personal
caregivers witness accounts – (Dr. Bulent Elbasan – Gazi university / Slaveyko Slavkov –
Interprojects / Andreas Koth - EVBB / Maria Goranova – PhoenixKM)
 11:30-12.00: break
 12:00-12:40: The mobile and online M-CARE training – (Costas Mourlas – University of
Athens / Karel Van Isacker – PhoenixKM)
 12:40-14:00: Other caregiving initiatives

2. You can find us on http://mcare-project.eu /
http://twitter.com/MCareproject /
http://www.facebook.com/MCareproj
This project (M-Care - 539913-LLP-1-2013-1-TR-LEONARDO-LMP) has been funded with
support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of
the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be
made of the information contained therein.
o ELOSH project: the need for good care towards the end-users, and how to
ensure quality - Asel Kadyrbaeva (EASPD - Belgium)
o Elderly Care Vocational Certificate / www.ecvleonardo.com - Elderly Care
Vocational training and rehabilitation - Alecos Tringides (IKME & Trysis Ltd. –
Cyprus)
o Caregiving from a Latin American perspective - Silvia Margarita Baldiris Navarro
(University of Girona – Spain)
o Ergotherapy for Elderly People and People with Disabilities – Prof. Hulya Kayihan
(Hacettepe University, Turkey)
o ITIDE project - Inclusion Training in Intellectual Disability for Educators in Europe
– Susan Atkinson (Leeds Beckett University – UK)
o TLC-Pack – a language course for caregivers - Margret Oberhofer (University of
Antwerp, Belgium)
 14:00-14:15: Closing (Seyhan Firat – Gazi University / Karel Van Isacker – PhoenixKM)
 14:15-16:00: Networking – Lunch buffet
 14.15-16.00: M-CARE demo booth – Mobile and Online Application
Throughout the entire day, participants will be able to use the mobile and online training
environments, and provide feedback.
Target groups:
 (Potential) personal assistants/personal caregivers
 Nurses
 Social workers
 People with disabilities
 Parents/friends/colleagues
 Representative organisations of people with disabilities
 Policy makers
When?:
Tuesday, 1st
December 2015
Where?:
Vlaams-Europees verbindingsagentschap vzw (please download the itinerary)
Kortenberglaan 71

3. You can find us on http://mcare-project.eu /
http://twitter.com/MCareproject /
http://www.facebook.com/MCareproj
This project (M-Care - 539913-LLP-1-2013-1-TR-LEONARDO-LMP) has been funded with
support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of
the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be
made of the information contained therein.
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Practicalities:
English is the used language.
Premises are wheelchair accessible.
Registration:
Attendance and lunch are free but registration is obligatory, and is possible via http://mcare-
project.eu/m-care-conference-brussels-belgium-1-december-2015/. Any costs incurred in
participating to this event (hotel, travel, subsistence, etc.) must be paid for by the attendee.