Asociace TRIGON
Address: Skautská 1045, 708 00 Ostrava-Poruba
Country: Czech republic
Contact person for ARFIE: Mgr. Olga Rosenbergerová
Tel: +420 724 824 904
E-mail: asociacetrigon@centrum.cz
1. Which working languages can you use?
english, french, italian
2. What are the main disabilities/special needs you cater for?
mentaly and physicaly handicapped people, people with psychiatric diagnoses, socially excluded people
3. Are your members individuals or organisations? Specify their number.
we have 6 members - organisations (ABAK - počítadlo, MENS SANA o.s., SPMP ČR Ostrava, Modrý motýlek, VIZ-CENTRUM, ZUZANA)
4. Which age groups do you deal with? : 0-16, 16-25, 25+, 40+
all age groups
5. What are the main services you provide?
working and social rehabilitation
civil and psychologic consultancy
employment support
alternative transport
sheltered workshops
educational activities
children and youth crime prevention
children and youth rehabilitative stays
leisure time activities
education of social workers
children and youth exchange stays
study stays
6. Please give examples of some of your activities in the last 2 years.
European Days of Handicap in Ostrava - XVI year in 2008
Public weal project supported by EU: “Creating motivational rehabilitation centre for peopleendangered by social exclusion in connection with the
possibility to assert themselves at work within the programme of sheltered workshops or in an opened employment market.”
International project: “International Integration of Young People with Disadvantages”
7. What kind of exchanges/events would you like to organise with other countries?
exchangeable stays of children and youth
worker´s interships
study stays
educational conference, workshop
handicapped people´s prestations in art activities
educational projects
8. Do you have any project proposals to make?
extension of services of sheltered workshops and sheltered housing(social flats) in Ostrava
education of social and pedagogical workers
TRIGON Association was established in 2006 on the principles of solidarity, transparency and reciprocity. The founders of TRIGON association are six civil associations from Ostrava with longtime experience with work in the field of help and support of people with handicaps. The founding members have made a contract between themselves. Its main goal is to make the inter-department cooperation in the fields of education, social sphere and healh care more effective. A significant task of the association is a creation of a powerful professional organization which will be a suitable partner for organizations from abroad. This is successfully made true on the basis of a five-year contracted agreement of cooperation with the organizations AFPE and Golden Rain Association from France, EPTA from. The Agreement of cooperation was signed during the meeting of representatives of these organizations within the frame of XIV. year of Czech - French Days in Ostrava. Exploiting multiyear foreign partners´experience of taking care of people with handicap irrespective of age will allow TRIGON Association to build up a functional system of mutually networked services. Thanks to the contracted agreement with foreign partners TRIGON Association has become a part of international projects which provide exchange cultural stays, exchange study stays and interships not only for professionals, but also for people with handicaps and their parents. Mutual comparison of experience significantly helps to change perception of possibilities for people with handicap to assert themselves in ordinary life. At the present time TRIGON Association focuses mainly on realization of projects which support integration of adult handicapped people into everyday life. The main point of these projects is to gain the highest possible level of independence for the people with handicaps in the form of pre-professional training, employment, sheltered housing and providing assistance services. To realize the projects also students of Ostrava schools with social specialization and volunteers were invited. One of the main projects, that is being prepared by TRIGON Association in cooporetion with University in Olomouc is education of social and pedagogical workers. This programme is acredited by the Ministry of work and social affairs.