European Disability Strategy 2010-2020

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European Disability Strategy 2010-2020
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Disability Strategy

• Adopted EC - November 2010
• 8 main areas
• key actions / each area to meet general
  objectives
• mechanisms needed to implement the UN Convention
• funding, research, awareness-raising, statistics
  and data collection

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LEGAL FRAMEWORK

• Charter of Fundamental Rights
• Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU)
• UN Convention, Art 33

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CONTEXT

• Ratification of the UN Convention
• Entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty
• Economic downturn cuts to social expenditure
• Demographic changes, globalization, increased
  poverty rate
• Implementation of the UN CRPD.
• Persons with disabilities 15 of the EU population

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AREAS FOR ACTION

1. Accessibility
2. Participation
3. Equality
4. Employment
5. Education and Training
6. Social Protection
7. Health
8. External Action

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1. ACCESSIBILITY

• DS Key actions
• Prevent, identify and eliminate obstacles and
  barriers to accessibility

• EDF key priorities
• Campaign on the European Accessibility Act
• Legislation and measuring tools

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2. PARTICIPATION

• DS key actions
• intra-EU mobility
• from institutional to community-based care

• EDF key priorities
• mobility card
• mutual recognition of disability status across
  EU M.Ss.
• deinstitutionalization - transition to community
  life.

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3 EQUALITY

• DS key actions
• Directive on equal treatment
• Monitoring the application of Directive 2000/78
  EC
• Guidance on reasonable accommodation

• EDF key priorities
• European Accessibility Act
• review of the employment equality directive

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4 EMPLOYMENT

• DS key actions
• Improving knowledge
• jobs and growth policies to people with
  disabilities
• compliance of the EU legislation with the UNCRPD
• quality of jobs
• integrating persons with partial work capacity
• EU Funds availability for these actions

• EDF key priorities
• Providing assistive technology
• Accessibility of standard technologies
• Accessibility of workplaces
• reasonable accommodation at the workplace

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EMPLOYMENT

• The Commission will exploit the full potential of
  the Europe 2020 Strategy and its Agenda for new
  skills and jobs by providing MS with analysis,
  political guidance, information exchange and
  other support. (National Reform Programs,)
• It will also address the issue of self employment
  and quality jobs, including aspects such as
  working conditions and career advancement, with
  the involvement of the social partners.
• The Commission will step up its support for
  voluntary initiatives that promote diversity
  management at the workplace, such as diversity
  charters signed by employers and a Social
  Business Initiative.

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5. EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• EDF key priorities
• accessibility of learning material and
  buildings
• training for teachers
• transition to general education
• accessibility of Life Long Learning
• contact with the new inclusive education EC unit

• DS key actions
• inclusive quality education and training
• participation in the Lifelong Learning Programmes

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6. SOCIAL PROTECTION

• EDF key priorities
• adequate disability pensions
• right to compensation for extra costs
• mainstream disability in the European Platform
  against Poverty

• DS key actions
• use the European Platform against Poverty and the
  ESF
• adequacy of social protection systems

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7. HEALTH

• EDF key priorities
• prohibition of discrimination in provision of
  health insurance
• development of services for special needs of
  persons with disabilities

• DS key actions
• Support equal access to healthcare
• improve quality of healthcare and rehabilitation

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8. EXTERNAL ACTIONS

• EDF key priorities
• monitoring the implementation of the planned
  actions
• advising competent services and institutions

• DS key actions
• Mainstreaming disability in the EU development
  programmes
• disability into human rights dialogues and
  accession negotiation

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GOVERNANCE of the European Disability Strategy
2010-2020
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Governance

• strong and effective mechanism for reporting and
  follow-up
• clear directions for Member States
• a European Disability Committee involving Member
  States and organisations of persons with
  disabilities

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Starting point the HLG

• Monitoring disability policies and priorities of
  MSs
• Opportunities
• the voice of people with disabilities to be heard
  
• to contribute to the development of EDS
• Unable to give an impetus to the effectiveness of
  disability policy-making
• composition
• mandate

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The European Disability Committee (EDC)

• could open the way for an increased coordination
  among the EU and MSs
• based on other examples
• the Social Protection Committee
• the Employment Committee
• (recognised in the Treaty)

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EDC Objectives

• Mainstreaming of disability in all EU policy
  making
• Ensure equal levels of employment and social
  inclusion of people with disabilities
• Ensuring participation of organisations of people
  with disabilities in the EU disability policy

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EDC Composition

• EU Commission, MSs EU Parliament
• Secretariat EU Commission
• Chair elected among MS representatives, or
• co-chaired by EU Presidency and EC
• Bureau by representatives of the Trio Presidency
  to prepare the agenda
• Observers Committee of the Regions and ECOSOC
• Experts invited on issues to be discussed

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EDC Competences

• opinions on EU relevant legislation.
• input to reports from the Social Protection
  Committee and the Employment Committee.
• contribute to Joint Employment Reports
• revising the National Reform Programmes.
• produce a report to the EPSCO
• bolsters effectiveness and legitimacy of
  decisions impacting the lives of persons with
  disabilities

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EDC Management

• replace HLG
• bring positive change.
• increase coordination among the EU and MSs
• support a real process of sharing of good
  practices.

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PARTICIPATION

• Places allocated to representatives of persons
  with disabilities and their families.
• EDF in the Bureau, involved in the definition of
  the agenda
• Other organisations and bodies (trade unions,
  service providers, academic experts) and services
  of the Commission to be invited according to the
  items on the agenda

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IMPLEMENTATION of the UNCRPD

• coordination mechanism for the implementation of
  the UNCRPD
• work closely with the focal point
• in conformity with its article 33.1.

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DECISION on the EDC

• Establishing concrete governance structure and
  procedures
• allocation of a specific budget to the actions
  identified in the Strategy
• full implementation of the UN CRPD
• Decision based on article 156 of the Treaty on
  the Functioning of the European Union, to achieve
  the objectives of the European social policy

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Biannual Meeting EC - EDF

• To evaluate
• the EDC
• the implementation of the UN Conventiion
• the European disability Strategy 2010 2020
• to enhance, and respect the new governance of
  disability policy at European level.