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1. a) project goal with naming of / the actual Salem (UN-sustainability and development goals), which implemented the project to

The project “digital training opportunities for people with disabilities in the Eastern Cape of South Africa and in Lower Saxony” pursued the goal of developing digital training programmes, and in the Eastern province for people with disabilities Cape in South Africa and Lower Saxony to to provide.

These educational offerings serve primarily the professional qualification of people with impairments and content geared towards training modules developed in Lower Saxony by Setupfoundations of life help the members of Lower Saxony North are the cooperative of workshops.

Within the framework of the project a reciprocal exchange of educational materials should take place and caused a joint digital education offer for people with disabilities. So should training modules developed in Lower Saxony by Setupfoundations of life help lower Saxony the members of the Association of workshops for disabled persons in Germany e.G. (gdw North) are and existing Cape South Africa prepares educational materials in the Eastern Province and are digitized.

Digital education take into account the problems that people with disabilities are often non-mobile and there is often no nomadic education. In terms of the objective of the UN disability rights Convention (UN-BRK), which calls for strengthening of the inclusion and participation of people with disabilities, increasing autonomy of people with disabilities in the sense of inclusion support is the focus of the project.

Especially regarding the transitional support in the General labour market, digital education offer considerable potential to support people with disabilities in their self-determined participation. In addition to the training of key qualifications (independent learning, concentration), to information on the topics of work planning and organisation as well as quality assurance, as well as across various industries including education of the Labour market information.

The use of digital learning offers a productive and meaningful employment people with disabilities, by they can obtain information to their individual requirements and at the same time promotes the sharing of education by People with and without disabilities.

Also in South Africa, a need is visible after training on this subject. Research of the United Nations that more than ten percent of the population in developing countries have a disability. Of which less than one percent are employed.

Especially considering the lack of accessibility of means of transport in the mainly rural Eastern Cape, digital education offer many advantages. Digital learning opportunities can be used spatially and temporally flexibly, without having to visit a conventional education or a training. Also they can be prepared, that they can be used by people with sensory impairments. Even the most complex themes can be processed in easy to understand language. Compared to Germany, a dense network of mobile phones is available in South Africa. A fact which supports the project in a practical way.

The project will take place together with the mentioned cooperation partners and makes reference to an already study of the Association of workshops for disabled persons in Germany e.G. (gdw nord). The gdw North is a non-profit cooperative association of nonprofit workshops for disabled persons (WfbM) in Northern Germany. As an Association of a large number of renowned facilities of handicapped in the northern provinces she aims, in the long term to secure jobs for some 40,000 disabled people and future-oriented to make (cf. gdw North o. j., o. S.).

1. b) measures aimed at the achievement of the project objective

Take the digital education directly related to the qualification and medical supplies, which in a training study of gdw nord in Northern Germany were determined. To make this education also specifically respond to the training needs of people with disabilities in South Africa, a complementary education study is carried out by the Nelson Mandela University.

To ensure that the desired developments of digital education build on the State of technology and knowledge, the technical and substantive implementation of the digital education is made by Springer campus, a project published by the Springer Verlag GmbH. The Springer Verlag is one of the world’s leading specialist publishers for information of all disciplines.

The project is coordinated Cape Cape during a preparatory trip in the October 2017 by Professor Dr. Kolhoff (Ostfalia) and Uwe Hiltner (Lebenshilfe Lower Saxony) in coordination with the representative of the State of Lower Saxony in the Eastern with the partners in the Eastern.

1. c) conveying purpose i.S.d explanation of chapter 0202 title group 78

The project is designed to support a sustainable benefit and will be in cooperation with the Ostfalia University of applied sciences, Faculty of social work, the Lebenshilfe Lower Saxony land Association, the Nelson Mandela University, Eastern Cape South Africa and the Eastern Cape disability economic empowerment trust (ECDEET) instead. In the framework of the project are the international relations between the Nelson Mandela University, the Eastern Cape disability economic empowerment trust (ECDEET) , as well as the Ostfalia University and life help lower Saxony be supported and developed by means of cross-border cooperation digital learning opportunities for people with disabilities.

The development and implementation of digital learning opportunities allows eligible people with disabilities to the labour market and a social contribution to promoting inclusion and supports the quality of life at the same time People with disabilities in Lower Saxony and in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Through the exchange of existing and emerging educational needs between Lower Saxony and the Eastern Cape sustainable educational perspectives can support purchased and a global learning.

The development of digital educational services makes a contribution to meet the sustainable development goals of the Lower Saxony State Government through its innovative character, by digitisation support transformative change. In addition they contribute to the realization of gender equality by the education of men and women alike can be used and taken particularly into account the different life-worlds – especially for women in developing countries- will.

Through the cooperation of these partners and the joint development of digital learning opportunities for people with disabilities, promoted the common dialog, mutual dependencies detected, and promoted mutual understanding. By exploring different education needs of people with disabilities in Germany and South Africa a common is learning from and with each other possible.

By linking science and practice can the concepts developed in the framework of the project to a long-term implementation of digital education services and processes. Scientific knowledge can be held with publications and Conference contributions. In addition, students of the Ostfalia can College and the Nelson Mandela University involved in the project as well as the research results in the context of higher education into courses and promoted higher education to.

The project contributes to the professional training of people with disabilities in Lower Saxony, Germany and Eastern Cape thus on the one hand, on the other hand, a cultural and social dialogue is promoted through the cooperative approach and the education and Training on both sides strengthened.