24th August 2012: LIT Library ASPIRE to develop access to inclusive education in 800,000 EU funded Tempus project

LIT Library are proud to announce more success in the area of EU funding

LIT Library are proud to announce more success in the area of EU funding with their involvement as a partner in an exciting new Tempus project called ASPIRE which aims to develop access to inclusive education in Armenia and Georgia. The project which is led by Ilia State University, Tbilisi Georgia also involves Edge Hill University (UK), The Pyramid Group (Germany), Technical University Of Kosice (Slovakia) as well as 5 institutions in Armenia and 4 institutions from Georgia. The project will promote and develop access to inclusive education, to social integration and to non-discrimination treatment of those with special needs in education in accordance with the Bologna Process and United Nations criteria. This will initiate the right of individuals with special needs to access education, to enjoy the right of participation in everyday society and to combat discrimination against them in society by instilling awareness and acceptance in society.

This is not the first success LIT Library have had in Tempus. Last year Limerick Institute of Technology through LIT Library became the first Irish institution of any kind to lead a Tempus project since Tempus began in 1990 with their leading of Tempus project RINGIDEA: Developing information literacy for lifelong learning and knowledge economy in Western Balkan countries This project also involves higher education institutions from Romania, Greece, United Kingdom, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo under UNSC Resolution 1244/99 and Montenegro and secured 1.2 million-the largest grant ever awarded to a library and information science project in the history of the Tempus programme.

For further information about the RINGIDEA or ASPIRE Tempus projects please contact:

Jerald Cavanagh, Institute Librarian, Limerick Institute of Technology Jerald.Cavanagh@lit.ie

or

Padraig Kirby, Senior Library Assistant, Limerick Institute of Technology Padraig.Kirby@lit.ie