ICT-AAC Competence network
The main achievement of EU-IPA IIIc project "ICT Competence Network for Innovative Services for Persons with Complex Communication Needs" (ICT-AAC)" (03/2013 - 03/2015) is formal establishment of the ICT-AAC Competence network involving project partners and other stakeholders interested in the domain of Alternative and Augmentative Communication. The goal of the Competence network is to promote multidisciplinary cooperation and to collaborate closely with all partners who can contribute in finding ICT based solutions for people with complex communication needs and carrying out application-oriented research.
The members of the ICT-AAC Competence network cooperate in education, research, development and innovation, and in joint application for projects and establishing dialogue with European and national government bodies and agencies responsible for the development of an inclusive society.
Members of the ICT-Competence network are: University of Zagreb- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Graphic Arts and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Department of Psychology; Croatia Down Syndrome Association, Parental association OKO, Croatian Association on Early Childhood Intervention, Polyclinic SUVAG Osijek, HSM Informatika and Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Faculty of Electrical Engineering .