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27/06/2017
People with disabilities still face important obstacles to access the labour market
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Existing legislation has not been capable of fully addressing the impediments that people with disabilities face to find a job, as employers are frequently unaware of the benefits of employing them. This was one of the main messages of the hearing on "Employment of Persons with Disabilities", which took place last week at the EESC in Brussels. In her opening speech, Irena Petraitienė, EESC President of Permanent Study Group on Disability Rights, said: "Member States should initiate dialogue with...

Socialne zadeve
Zaposlovanje
24/10/2016
EESC delegation evaluates the situation of refugees and other migrants with disabilities in the reception structures of Lesbos and Athens
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A delegation of the EESC permanent Study Group on Disability Rights, composed by Ioannis Vardakastanis (Group III), Bernard Noël (Group II) and Dare Stojan (Group I), visited Greece from 12-14 October, accompanied by the Director of the European Disability Forum, Catherine Naughton, and supported by Valeria Atzori from the Secretariat and Maria Kampouri from National Confederation of Disabled People in Greece (NCDP). The aim of the visit, which was organized with the help of NCDP Greece, was to evaluate the situation of refugees and other migrants with disabilities in the reception structures of Lesbos and Athens ...

 

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Migracije in azil
25/03/2021
It is high time to scale up European action on disability policies
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Reference number: 
15/2021

In a plenary session debate with the Commissioner for Equality, the EESC welcomed the new EU Disability Rights Strategy for the next decade, describing it as a key moment for the rights of persons with disabilities. Its implementation is even more important in light of the COVID-19 pandemic which is taking its heaviest toll on Europe's most vulnerable, including persons with disabilities.

03/12/2020
EESC gives the floor to prominent Irish disability advocate Sinéad Burke
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41/2020

I ask you to transform the landscape for the disabled people with them, not for them. I am so grateful that you are facilitating this conversation and instigating this debate. But this cannot just be a moment. It is a movement that I invite you to join, Ms Burke tells the EESC on the eve of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities

The right to make decisions: advancing the issue of Legal Capacity for persons with disability

Event
Room VMA 3, EESC building, Rue Van Maerlant 2
Brussels
Belgium

The EESC is organising a public hearing on "The right to make decisions: advancing the issue of Legal Capacity for persons with disability" on 15 November 2021.

The aim of the event is to:

  • show the cross-cutting nature of legal capacity, and how not being entitled to it has repercussions on different areas of life
  • reflect on which steps the EU could take to make progress on legal capacity

Your participation and input are most welcome!

15/11/2021

Towards independent living

Event
De-institutionalisation and the role of families as carers of persons with disabilities
Interactio and Room JDE 62, EESC building, Rue Belliard 99, 1040
Brussels
Belgium

The aim of the hearing is to discuss the challenges of the transition from institutional to community-based support for persons with disabilities (de-institutionalisation) as well as the role played by families as their carers.

16/09/2021

EU Disability Strategy 2021-2030

Event
EESC building, Rue Belliard 99, 1040
Brussels
Belgium

In order to prepare its opinion on the Commission's proposal on the "EU Disability Strategy 2021-2030", the EESC is organising a public hearing on 1 June 2021, from 9.30 am to 1 pm.

The aim of the event is to gather input from other EU Institutions, organisations representing persons with disabilities, social partners and other civil society organisations on the Commission's proposal. This input will feed into the EESC's opinion.

 

01/06/2021

COVID-19 vaccination rollout and persons with disabilities

Event
Interactio and Room JDE 62, EESC building, Rue Belliard 99
Brussels
Belgium

The EESC Thematic Study group on Disability Rights is organising  a public hearing on 30 March 2021.

The objective of this hearing is to give the floor to one of the groups more hit by the COVID-19 pandemic: persons with disabilities (PWD). In particular, we will look into the situation concerning the prioritization of PWD, or lack of, in the vaccination rollouts within the EU.

Your participation and input are most welcome!

30/03/2021

Postponed until further notice / Challenges and prospects for the deinstitutionalisation process in Croatia

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EU House, Ulica Augusta Cesarca 4
Zagreb
Croatia

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is organising a public hearing on "Challenges and prospects for the deinstitutionalisation process in Croatia " on 31 March 2020, in the context of a fact finding mission of the EESC's Study Group on Disability Rights.

During the hearing, we will listen to representatives from public authorities and civil society to find out how the deinstitutionalisation process is advancing in Croatia.

Your participation and input are most welcome!

31/03/2020

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