Inclusion Europe joined the International Coalition for Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (OPCRC) on a Communications Procedure (also called OP3 CRC). The OP3 CRC is a United Nations (UN) international treaty which allows children to ask for justice at the international level by introducing a special communication procedure for this purpose.
Achim Giesa and Detlef Erasmy have been awarded with the Federal Order of Merit for their perseverance and their exemplary dedication to the cause of people with disabilities, during a ceremony that took place at Bremen City Hall.
Inclusive education will be the focus of the 2014 Global Action Week entitled ‘Equal Right, Equal Opportunity: Education and Disability’. The event, scheduled for 4-10 May is organised by the Global Campaign for Education (GCE), a broad civil society coalition advocating for free and compulsory, quality public basic education for all children.
The 11th session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will take place between the 31st of March and 11th of April 2014, at Palais Wilson, in Geneva.
On the occasion of World Down Syndrome Day on 21 March, Lebenshilfe urged the government to provide more alternatives to the sheltered workshops for people with Down Syndrome and other intellectual disabilities.
FEAPS concluded their participation in the two-year European project ‘Let me be Me’ which aimed to combat workplace bullying of adults with intellectual disabilities.
EASPD calls for more support from EU Commission in creating Social Services Sector job opportunities
The European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD) has published a briefing paper analysing the current state of the Social Services labour market, in terms of its job creation potential, development barriers, and problem areas where the European Commission should further concentrate its efforts.
World Down Syndrome Day, celebrated on the 21st of March of each year, is a good occasion for persons with Down syndrome around the world to make a statement and demand equal rights and opportunities.
It is positive to see the European Council calling for “stepping up efforts to reach the Europe 2020 targets”. This supports the request of employment and social affairs ministers during their EPSCO meeting last week to “strengthen their efforts to reduce poverty”.
The Council of Europe has launched two new online resource platforms comprising a revamped online bookshop and a free documentation resource for the general public.
