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Work in Progress: DREAMing of a Better Future for Disability Law

   

DREAM, Disability Rights Expanding Accessible Markets is a new Europe-wide network aimed at creating the next generation of disability policy entrepreneurs at European level and to generate research that helps the process of implementation of the disability treaty.  The network is being led by the Centre for Disability Law & Policy which was recently awarded a grant of €3.7 million over 3 years to the Marie Curie network of 14 PhDs working on various aspects of the new UN disability treaty. 

Professor Gerard Quinn, says: “The aim of DREAM is to create new opportunities, new openings through intelligent use of market forces.  Our commercial partner is Digital Europe which is committed to an inclusive information society.”  

The NUI Galway-led network is composed of several leading European universities ranging from Iceland to Spain.  The students involved will receive paid placement with leading NGOs such as the European Disability Forum in Brussels.  This is the single largest EU Framework 7 grant won by a research centre in an Irish Law School.

Author: Professor Gerard Quinn, Centre for Disability Law & Policy, School of Law

 

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