Project structure
The project is organised into five work packages with a total budget of €250,000 over 25 months. Each one builds on the previous, leading to an open library of tested 3D tactile aids and their accompanying teaching guides.
Coordination, financial control, monitoring and quality assurance across the four-country consortium. Monthly online meetings, transnational meetings, and ongoing risk management.
Two training programmes equipping the consortium with the skills to design and produce 3D tactile teaching aids: an online course on TinkerCAD led by Center IRIS, and a hands-on five-day workshop in Lisbon led by Buinho covering Cura, Thingiverse, slicing and printer maintenance.
Each partner school reviews national primary curricula to identify recurring themes that benefit most from spatial, tactile representation. The consortium then agrees on a shared set of themes that will guide the design of the 3D library.
The core production phase: designing, printing, testing and iterating the 3D tactile aids in real classrooms, alongside video guides explaining how to use each aid in the classroom. Aids are tested with blind and visually impaired students in mainstream schools across the four countries.
Building this website and the open-access resource library, running the project's social media, and organising three closing conferences in November 2027 (international in Skopje, with parallel events in Belgrade and Ljubljana).