ABOUT IMME

Istitute for the Deaf of Turin

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Since more than 200 years the Turin Institute for the Deaf is specializing in providing a wide range of services and activities to people who are deaf, hard of hearing or deafblind, as well as to people with severe speech and language impairment or an autistic spectrum disorder accompanied by severe speech and language difficulties or cognitive developmental delay. Institute for the Deaf (IST) believes that every person should have his/her right to education and care attained, regardless of disability or any other factor. Therefore, we exchange our knowledge worldwide with the aim to enabling children and adults with hearing or communication difficulties to participate in society and achieve their full potential. Hereto we support and/or cooperate with organizations who provide or ameliorate accessibility to language, communication and information. IST is active in the field of dual discrimination, working mainly with young people that face at least two possible reasons of weakness in the society: disabled and migrant; disabled and women; disabled with double diagnosis; disabled and unemployed.

Services and activities:

▪ Adult education for deaf and hard of hearing (blind and Specific Language impairment);

▪ Vocational training and vocational guidance for young deaf (cooking and gardening), blind, autistic and other disabled adult students;

▪ Speech therapy and SLI programs and early intervention programs;

▪ Recognized National Provider of training for teachers; other training activities for speech therapists, nurses, educators and other professionals

▪ Home housing for deaf adults at risk of multiple discriminations;

▪ Kindergarten for Deaf and hearing children (with national ID as formal school age 2-6 yo);

▪ Special need teachers and educators service in mainstream schools supporting students in collaboration with the local social services and school authorities;

▪ Specialized library and documentation center for teachers and parents;

▪ Special projects for the inclusion of deaf people in the society in the view of universal accessibility, with a focus on museum and cultural institutions;

▪ Projects with the Universities in the fields of researches, language rehabilitation and social services; European and international projects;

▪ Specialized mentoring and tutoring for students with disabilities enrolled in the 3 public universities of the region;

▪ Language classes: Italian, English, sign languages;

▪ Sensorial Garden;

▪ Counseling to public employment services.

It is also member of the following consortiums:

▪ HIPEN: European Network for Professionals working with People with Hearing Impairments

▪ ENVITER: European Network for Vision impairment Training Education & Research

▪DLEARN: European Digital Learning Network

MyArtist

PIC: 907367683 ID: E10076524

MyArtist is a social cooperative, founded in 2018, specialized in the provision of services of general interest or in the reintegration, through work / coaching / counselling and mentoring services, of disadvantaged and marginalized artists (disabled, long-term unemployed, former detainees, addicts, etc.). MyArtist offers management, coaching, mentoring and counselling services to graduates from “arts schools”, inviting companies to “adopt” an artist and to undertake his / her operating costs (in order to create a table, a sculpture, to organize a photographic exhibition, etc.). My Artist brings creative talents into contact with companies of excellence. From the synergy between the company and the artist, an unprecedented art collection is born, an exceptional and innovative testimonial of an entrepreneurial artist identity.

The objectives of the Cooperative in terms of sustainable development are specified in the following activities:

▪ Law and solidarity trade. Fair and solidarity trade is defined as a trade-related dialogue, transparency and mutual respect, which seeks a greater parity in international and domestic trade. It contributes to sustainable development, offering better conditions for marketing the products and safeguarding the rights of marginalized producers and workers.

▪ Skills development and transfer of know-how.

▪ Design and release of innovative and free digital products and services or any form of technology that promotes peer-to-peer production.

▪ Production, processing, promotion or conservation of the productive or cultural heritage of each site.

▪ Producing and promoting independent cultural creation.

Microkosmos

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Microcosmos is an independent, non-profit, international organization established in 2016 in Italy. The objective of Microkosmos is to promote diversity, interculturality and raise awareness of different cultural expressions and their values in order to encourage the development of cultural interaction with the goal of bringing people closer together and closing the cultural gaps.

In the beginning, the main activities focused on promoting and spreading Greek culture, both classic and modern, at national and international level. Due to new entries in Microkosmos’ family and the participation of key members in several projects with different institutions and organizations, the strategic focus was formed in line with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN and the education and training goals set out by the European Commision in the EU 2020 strategy.

Microkosmos aims to promote:

▪ the activities that help young people improve their mobility and their awareness of cultural, educational, political and economic diversity in Europe and to promote their education and training programs, improve their skills, human resources and improve the labor market was created.

▪ collaboration with government and local authorities in order to boost social integration and fight discriminations

▪ cultural accessibility through adapting and transcribing the cultural, scientific and legal texts.

▪ publishing activity through releasing and / or distributing books, multimedia tools, studies or researches.

▪ and organize or participate in training activities (seminars, conferences, training and educational courses, labs, training workshops etc.).

▪ artistic creation and Interculturalism.

The organization operates based on the principles of social solidarity with an interdisciplinary method for the cultural growth of the person – of any ethnicity and origin – favoring instruments of interpretation of the different artistic and socio-cultural realities. The philosophy is to recognize the individuals, and provide them with tools, knowledge and a voice.

Ergon

PIC: 906809739 ID: E10059602

The Association was founded in 2010 in order to support a group of young adults, alumni of the Istituto dei Sordi, to develop entrepreneurial skills and be more active in the world of work. The basic idea was to cooperate with the school in the management of some facilities (cantina, cafeteria) and to re-insert some unused assets into the economic track, such as a small farmland and some rooms formerly used for school purposes. All this in a perspective of growth also in the digital environment and with the introduction of innovative technologies in activities previously managed with very traditional formulas.

The association is active in the field of dual discrimination, working mainly with young people that face at least two possible reasons of weakness in the society: disabled and migrant; disabled and women; disabled with double diagnosis; disabled and unemployed.

Generally speaking:

▪ Job placement service;

▪ Information technology course for Deaf and hard of hearing;

▪ Accessible ICT design for Deaf;

▪ Vocational training and vocational guidance for young deaf (cooking and gardening), blind, autistic and other disabled adult students;

▪ Special projects for the inclusion of deaf people in the society in the view of universal accessibility, with a focus on museum and cultural institutions;

▪ Projects with the Universities in the fields of researches, language rehabilitation and social services; European and international projects;

▪ Intercultural mediation for deaf migrant;

▪ Translation Services in English, French, Italian, Spanish, German and Greek;

▪ Interpretation Services to Italian Sign Language, American Sign Language, International Signs, and Greek Sign Language;

▪ Counselling to public employment services.

Our work is encompassed in four key themes: Rights, Livelihoods, Access to Appropriate Technology, Wellbeing.

Our programs, devised in partnership with our local partners, cross fertilise these themes- making them unique, different and importantly – Deaf led!

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