1. 1 RUMI - Réseau des Universités Marocaines pour l’enseignement Inclusif 544154-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-BE-TEMPUS-SMHES Kick-off meeting – Tétouan, 22-23 January 2014 Eva Reina, UNICA Project Manager

2. 2 * Tempus: Structural measures * Duration: 1/12/2013 – 30/11/2016 (36 mois) * Budget: € 768.726 + € 85.482 Co-financement * Partners: 21 (13 MA & 8 EUR) About the project

3. 3 Motivations 1.Students with special needs: 5% of Moroccans have a disability and only 0,11% have access to HE; among them, very few finish their studies. 2.International students: 65 nationalities, most of them from Subsaharan origin; most difficulties are related to the integration of linguistic and cultural diversity. 3.Students facing poverty and socio-economic precarity: the rural origin and the family situation may usually lead to dropouts. 4.Female students facing unequal opportunities and discrimination: Women often choose studies that may not imply easy access to the labor market and which may lead to unemployment.

4. 4 Partners - Partenaires Partenaires - Partners

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6. 6 General objective Introduce a strategy to ensure inclusion and equal opportunities at Moroccan universities and in the Moroccan society at large. 4 groups of students facing difficulties linked to: - Disabilities - Cultural and linguistic diversity - Socio-economic issues - Gender issues

7. 7 Specific Objectives 1.Conduct a national survey at the secondary and tertiary levels to judge the state of inclusion in the Moroccan higher education system -WP3. 2.Analyse the situation in the 9 partner universities to assess the degree of integration of the 4 groups and to better understand the training needs of the managers of the 'resource centers' -WP5. 3.Create and institutionalise the Moroccan Network of Universities for Inclusive Education (RUMI) -WP2. 1.Establish a National Technical Committee for Inclusion, Dissemination, Mobilization and Support of Young Students (IDMAJE) able to back the strategy of RUMI - WP2. 2.Reinforce the training of trainers at each university and provide adequate equipment for the "resource centers"- WP6. 1.Conduire une campagne de diffusion et de sensibilisation institutionnelle et sociale -WP4, WP7.

8. 8 Work Packages

9. 9 Actions 1)Actions at the national and political levels Survey on the situation of the 4 target groups and needs map (OS.1). Study days and evaluation scheme (OS.2) Moroccan Network of Universities for Inclusive Education - RUMI (OS.3) National Technical Committee for Inclusion, Dissemination, Mobilization and Support of Young Students - IDMAJE (OS.4) Charta signed by university presidents and ministries (OS.4, OS.6) Memorandum with NGOs and stakeholders (OS.4 and OS.6) Platform for International Cooperation - PCI (OS.4 and OS.6) Awareness and dissemination plan and final seminar (OS.6) 2) Actions at the institutional and practical leves Resource centers and training of trainers (OS.5) Equipment of resource centers (OS.5) Publication (OS.5)

10. 10 Deliverables

11. 11 Deliverables (II)

12. 12 Deliverables (III)

13. 13 Questions? Élève tes paroles et non ta voix. C'est la pluie qui fait grandir les fleurs, pas le tonnerre. - Rumi

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