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"Webstart" is a project carried out from autumn of 2013 to June of 2015, in the framework of the EU's Lifelong Learning Programme. The participants are social organisations from Italy, Belgium, Finland, Lithuania, Austria, Poland, Romania and Turkey.

In the framework of the EU project "webstart", European social organisations hailing from 8 countries are working on ways to increase the visibility of their services and products on the Internet. The project aims at strengthening skills in the field of e-marketing through training courses and exchange.

Following the kickoff meeting in Ankara (Turkey), the first intensive training course on the areas of marketing and e-marketing, fund-raising campaigns and on-line shops was in Rimini (Italy) from 28 April to 2 May, 2014. The course units are conducted by Centrum voor Volwassenenonderwijs-Hoger Instituut der Kempen (Belgium) and AVSI Polska (Poland).

At the  meeting in Rimini the Clever hands Foundation, the representative of Romania, attended by a delegation of 9 people, including 5 disabled beneficiaries of the Clever Hands Foundation.

The meeting was organised by the association Insieme (Italy). In addition to the training programme, tours of social organisations, day training centres, youth centres and residential buildings for people with impairments are part of the agenda.