10 organisations, 7 countries

The scientific and research institute of the association "La Nostra Famiglia", dedicated to disability in childhood and adolescence and recognised by the Italian Ministry of Health as a Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalisation and Healthcare. It coordinates the project, leads the visitor pathway in three cultural institutions in Lombardy and brings its expertise in intellectual disability to the design and validation of the adaptive tools.

An Italian non-profit association providing services for children with intellectual disabilities and their families. Since 2015, through its Museo per tutti initiative, it has made cultural heritage accessible with staff training, co-designed tours and Easy-to-Read and AAC guides, now available in 55 Italian museums and cultural sites. It leads the training programmes, the mapping of user needs and the participatory museum visits.

The University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland takes part through the Institute of Information Systems and Networking, with expertise in accessible and multisensory interfaces, human-computer interaction, AI-based behavioural analysis and immersive environments. It leads the development of the project's technology and integrates it into one open-source platform.

Cardiff University takes part through its Centre for Human Developmental Science, with expertise in human development, intellectual disability, stakeholder engagement and new methods to measure behaviour and wellbeing in everyday settings. It leads the mediator pathway at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, where young adults with intellectual disabilities are trained and supported to work as cultural guides.

NTNU takes part with researchers who combine digital innovation with cultural and social research and participatory design to foster inclusion, diversity and participation in cultural life. It leads the co-design work, gathering the perspectives of families, educators and cultural professionals and co-designing the profiling tools and interfaces.

An Italian benefit company providing ethical, legal and strategic advice on digital and AI-based technologies, with expertise in AI governance, fundamental rights, privacy and data protection, risk assessment, and gender equality and inclusion. It leads the ethics-by-design work, in line with the GDPR and the EU AI Act.

Founded in Dublin in 1993 as the European Institute for Design and Disability, EIDD is a Design for All network of more than 40 members in 19 European countries. It leads the mapping of challenges and needs across European cultural institutions, developing the conceptual framework of inclusion and the Challenge-Need Matrix.

The Institute for Museum Research in Berlin is part of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Europe's largest heritage institution of museums, libraries, archives and research institutes. It brings the perspective of museum professionals and leads the recommendations for scaling the visitor and mediator pathways across Europe.

A Brussels-based think tank and policy network, established in 2003 as a non-profit, non-partisan association working on digital transformation, public sector innovation, emerging technologies, skills and social cohesion. It leads communication, dissemination and exploitation, from the project's identity and Stakeholder Group to the policy briefs and high-level policy roundtables.

The Department of the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers promotes and coordinates national disability policy and steers Italy's reform of disability legislation. It connects the project with national policy and will host key institutional moments, including a high-level policy roundtable and the final conference.