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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · 7d

International Day of Older Persons!🌍

As Julia Wadoux said in an #iDEMInterview:
The heterogeneity of older people reflects the heterogeneity of the population🤝

Check out Julia's interview 👉 lnkd.in/dmxhWVEq

#HorizonEU #DayOfOlderPersons

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · 10d

Today is #AccessToInfoDay🌍

In #iDEM, we believe accessibility to information is vital to healthy deliberative processes.

To celebrate this day, we’re sharing iDEM’s mini-guide, available in 4 languages, with accessible PDFs.

Check it out👉 idemproject.eu/en/resources

#HorizonEU

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · 23d

🎉 Celebrating the International Day of Democracy 🤝

📣 Today we want to draw attention to those excluded from democratic processes.

🤝We reinforce this with @jlmarti.bsky.social in an interview for iDEM in 2024.

#InternationalDemocracyDay #HorizonEU #DeliberativeDemocracyjlmarti.bsky.social

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · 27d

iDEM event! ✨

"I will describe the current status of our iDEM mobile app, which will make our technology available as a service"

- Horacio Saggion at CLEF 2025 SimpleText 🎤

Read more 👉 simpletext-project.com/2025/program

#HorizonEU #nlp #TextSimplification #CLEF2025SimpleText

Program

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · Sep 3

You can now access iDEM Expert!✨

iDEM Expert is an interactive tool built on ChatGPT. It uses a knowledge base from iDEM's research to make democratic participation simpler

You can try it here👉 lnkd.in/d8w5Wu4Z

You can also read more about how it works here👉 lnkd.in/dFzRXZ4k

#HorizonEU #NLP #AI

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · Aug 29

New iDEM publication! ✨

Read iDEM's latest publication

Democracy Made Easy: Simplifying Complex Topics to Enable Democratic Participation.

Find it here 👉 aclanthology.org/2025.aielpl-...

#HorizonEU #NLP #AI #LanguageSimplification #DemocraticDeliberation

Democracy Made Easy: Simplifying Complex Topics to Enable Democratic Participation

Nouran Khallaf, Stefan Bott, Carlo Eugeni, John O’Flaherty, Serge Sharoff, Horacio Saggion. Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Easy and Plain Language in Institutional Cont...

aclanthology.org

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · Aug 13

iDEM News!✨

Looking for something to read over the summer?

In the spirit of transparency and knowledge sharing, European projects share documents showing their progress, results, and impact.

These are called public deliverables. You can now find iDEM's here 👉 lnkd.in/dJtHNZuG

#HorizonEU #AI #NLP

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · Aug 7

🙋‍♀️Interested in a recap?
🔹Read our publications on the use of #NLP and #LLMs in language simplification here 👉 lnkd.in/dUk6nTDu
🔹The iDEM researchers have developed a novel catalan dataset that is being used to train our iDEM app in text simplification👉 lnkd.in/dtJTeF8h

Read more ⤵️
lnkd.in/dq32q_S9

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · Aug 1

iDEM interview 📣

This week we have the pleasure of sharing with you our latest iDEM interview with Maurizio Borgo, National Authority for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Italy.

Read the full interview here 👉 lnkd.in/gTapBF72

#HorizonEU #Inclusion #NLP #AI

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · Jul 23

Looking for a quick read these summer days? ✨

Read our latest iDEM interview! 📲

We interviewed Marta Villanueva Cendan, Councillor for Health, People with Disabilities, and the Strategy against Loneliness at the Barcelona City Council. 🤝

Read it here 👉 lnkd.in/dJhn-Fxw

#HorizonEU

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · Jul 16

Get to know the iDEM partners! 🤝

iDEM is made up of researchers and experts from a variety of sectors accross Europe.

Get to know them all on our website 👉 idemproject.eu/en/who-we-are

Who we are

Project with the alliance of ten European organizations.

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · Jul 11

New iDEM interview! ✨

🎙️ Dr. Stefanie Türk, from our partner Inspire Foundation (Malta) joined us in our latest iDEM interview to discuss inclusiVe research methodologies in iDEM's upcoming Use Case.

Click here for the audio and written versions of the interview ⤵️
lnkd.in/dugmfjEu

#HorizonEU #NLP

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · Jul 4

New publication✨

📣If you are interested in text simplification and information accessibility, we want to share with you a paper presenting a new dataset designed for Spanish speakers with visual impairments 👉 ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/109...

#HorizonEU

A Novel Spanish Dataset for Financial Education Text Simplification Targeting Visually Impaired Individuals

Automatic Text Simplification (ATS) is a crucial task in natural language processing, aimed at making texts more comprehensible, particularly for specific groups such as individuals with visual impair...

ieeexplore.ieee.org

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · Jun 26

We just sent out our June Newsletter! 📣

The iDEM newsletter is a rundown of the project's news and activities. All in the same place and sent to you directly! 📲

Make sure to subscribe in the footer of the iDEM website 👉 idemproject.eu/en

Home

European program to use AI to achieve a more inclusive European democracy

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · Jun 17

iDEM news! ✨

Almudena Rascón Alcaina, one of our Spanish partners, presented #iDEM in a training session regarding assistive technologies for people with disabilities.

She presented our project in a session titled 'The social and political participation of persons with disabilities'.👏

#HorizonEU

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · Jun 16

iDEM member Carlo Eugeni took part in an event by the UNDESA Division for Inclusive Social Development: Legal Access for Everyone: Plain Language, Easy Read & AI.👏

He spoke of the different accessibility formats and their role in making court reports fair for all.

#HorizonEU #NLP #Accessibility

Idem Project

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · Jun 3

iDEM News! ✨

Our project was presented by @hsaggion.bsky.social at the Access Talks seminar series.

He joined fellow experts to share insights regarding accessibility and AI.

You can find the seminar here 👉https://youtu.be/mSghp7j17D4?si=Qj4G8UWxPVYbluaE

#HorizonEU #GAAD2025 #Accessibility #NLP

AccessTalks. Seminar 1.

YouTube video by Transmedia Catalonia

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · May 27

Our mini guide for public administrations is available now!📣

Check it out to learn more about the exclusion caused by language barriers.

You will also find resources and examples to implement inclusion. 🤝

Read it here 👉 lnkd.in/dRpakWzy

#HorizonEU #Democracy #Inclusion #AI #NLP

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · May 20

iDEM news! ✨

Last week, on May 15th we celebrated Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).

To commemorate this day, @hsaggion.bsky.social presented the iDEM project at AccessTalks webinar.

Find out more in our website 👉 idemproject.eu/en/news/post...

#Accessibility #NLP #AI #Democracy

Idem Project

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · May 14

iDEM update!✨

Last week the iDEM project travelled to Leeds for a consortium meeting.

During two days at the University of Leeds, the iDEM members discussed the project's progress and its next steps.

#HorizonEU #inclusion #democraticparticipation #deliberativedemocracy #NLP

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · May 5

New iDEM interview!🔔

We are really happy to share with you our conversation with David Bondia, Ombudsman of Barcelona.

"The right to participation is part of our concept of a diverse city."

Read the interview here 👉 lnkd.in/dJTjHSFR

#HorizonEU #Inclusion @sindicdegreugescat.bsky.social

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · Apr 29

🗓️On May 25 and 26, Italy will hold elections for mayors and municipal councils in many regions.

There will also be a vote on work and citizenship referendums on June 8 and 9. 🤝

ANFFAS and Action Aid Italia are working with iDEM to promote democratic inclusion in Italy.

#HorizonEU #NLP #AI

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · Apr 22

Looking for something new to listen to? 🎧

Check out our new iDEM interview!

Alejandro Moledo, EDF's Head of Policy and Deputy Director, discussed how advocacy can lead to more inclusive democracies in the European Union. ⤵️
lnkd.in/dsuHV48s

#HorizonEU #deliberativedemocracy #AI #NLP

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · Apr 15

iDEM News! ✨

With the incoroporation of our new partner, Inspire Malta, comes a new opportunity to test our iDEM democratic spaces. 🤝

Learn more about our new Use Case that will take place in Malta 👉 idemproject.eu/en/use-cases

Use cases

Tools to make AI more democratic and accessible

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The iDEM Project @idemeu.bsky.social · Apr 10

Quick reminder ✨

This is what we are doing in iDEM:

#HorizonEU #Deliberativedemocracy #Science #Disability #Democracy #Inclusion

Poster describing iDEM's actions 1. Analysis of language complexity barriers in participatory democratic spaces, to identify users' needs and the reasons behind their difficulties in understanding information on public matters.
2. Artificial Intelligence tools that simplify and make information more understandable to participate in democratic debates. These tools are aimed at people with communication difficulties or intellectual disabilities.
3. Develop and implement three use cases in different languages, and a deliberative approach, engaging groups who experience marginalisation, whilst considering a gender perspective.

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