Our Network

The SMARTS partnership is composed by 5 partners:

2 types of Partners:

3 Delivery partners (DPs). They are service provider organizations in direct contact with PwD and their families.

Technical partners (TPs). They are organizations with  expertise in the area of supporting PwD  and with  extensive experience in the provision of technical support in the fields of content development, development of reports, design & implementations of training contents, policy review & advocacy.

Coordinator: Fundació Privada Astres, Astres is a foundation which operates in Spain developing projects, programs and services to improve the autonomy of people with intellectual disabilities.

Associação para a Recuperação de Cidadãos Inadaptados de Lousã  Arcil operates in Portugal seeking to contribute to the effective social inclusion of people with disabilities and other special needs. It promotes a change of view of disability and difference.

European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities, EASPD, a non-profit NGO in the disability sector. It promotes equal opportunities for people with disabilities through effective and high-quality service systems. It operates in Belgium.

Idryma Prostasias Aprosarmoston Paidon I Theotokos  Theotokos  is a non-profit welfare organization that operates in Portugal improving and using innovative approaches, through continually adapting specialized programs, in order to prepare children and young adults with intellectual developmental disorders  and autism spectrum disorders so that they can  live, work and participate in everyday life. 

Social Care Training Ltd (SCT), UK.