ORGANIZATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “TRANSFORMATION TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT SOCIETY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES”

Abstract

On the occasion of the 25^th anniversary since the special education and rehabilitation studies were established, the Institute of special education and rehabilitation at the Faculty of philosophy in Skopje organizes the 5^th international conference “Transformation towards sustainable and resilient society for persons with disabilities”.

It is planned the conference to take place in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia in the period from 13 to 15 September 2018 and in the program to be included plenary lectures from renowned lecturers, as well as presentation of scientific and professional papers in the field of special education and rehabilitation and relatedsciences.

The main topics of interest for paper preparation are the following:

• News in special education and rehabilitation
• Quality of life of persons withdisabilities
• Inclusivesociety
• Transformation in the field of healthcare
• Transformation in the field ofeducation
• Transformation in the field of social protection
• The role of the government sector and civil society organizations in the transformation of institutions and services and theirsustainability
• Cross-sectorial cooperation
• Additional    information    regarding the conference can be found at the web site http://def25.fzf.ukim.edu.mk/index.html.