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Handisam Swedish Agency for Disability Policy Coordination Expert Authority to the Government 29 employees

First of all….. scenes from an almost real reality

The main tasks of Handisam To promote a strategic implementaion of disability policy To provide the government with relevant facts To support accessibility

Our vision Handisam accelerates the progress towards a society in which everyone can participate on equal terms, regardless of functional capacity

General solutions In planning and implementation – assume that everyone has different limitations Go for general solutions – special solutions (for example personal assistence) are complements Assess obstacles and/or support needed

The State as a good example All government agencies must, according to the Ordinance 2001:526, act to ensure that the operations, information and premises become accessible Handisam follows up and evaluates

Strategic Authorities All governmental agencies have a responsibility towards the implementation of the disability policy 22 central agencies have a particular responsibility within their sector to realize the goals of the disability policy Handisam coordinates and supports the efforts of the strategic authorities and reports to the government

Handisam – some projects Open comparison between Governmental Agencies Attitudes – mental health Accessibility guides Accessible guidelines Swedish Accessibility – network och consultans E-inclusion Procurement and standardization

The Guidelines on Accessibility

The Guidelines on Accessibility contains Principals and working methods Descriptions of different disabilities Accessibility demands for operations, information, buildings, furnishing and fittings and equipment

Swedish disability policy

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

2006 UN General Assembly adopt the Convention

2007 Sweden signs

2008 Sweden decides to ratify to the Convention and ratify to the Optional Protocol

2009 The Convention will enter into force in Sweden

The first Report to the UN 2011

112 ratifications of the Convention 2012

The municipality has implemented the Convention? (Survey december 2010) 25,7 %implementation completed 18.8% implementation begins 21.7% implementation not begun 31.8% don’t know 2% no answer

A strategy for the implementation of the disability policy

a community based on diversity a society designed to allow people with disabilities of all ages to participate fully in community life equality of living conditions for girls and boys, women and men with disabilities The objectives of disability policy

The effects will be noticed for persons with disabilities in everyday life

Focus areas for the Strategy Labour market policy Education policy Social policy Health policy Increased physical accessibility Public transport policy IT policy Culture, Media and Sport The legal system Consumer policy

Follow-up Strategic agencies Handisam analysis Municipalities, counties and regions Government agencies' accessibility Organizations of people with disabilities The individual's opinion In-depth studies

” universal design” Article 2

Necessary for 10% Makes it easier for 40% Convenient for 100%

ensure that persons with disabilities get access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical environment, public transportation, information and communication /... / Article 9 Accessebility

Current proposals Prohibition of discrimination in terms of lack of accessibility for persons with disabilities

What’s up? In Swedish disability policy 2012

Monitoring of disability policy in Sweden 2012 – the base line Persons with disabilities have worse conditions for participation in society Two areas that play a major role in improving living conditions, labor market and education. But all policies are interrelated and are interdependent.

Examples of improvement More persons with disabilities are getting working aids and other support from the Employment Service. More obstacles in the physical environment is removed. The proportion of available vehicles in public transport increases. More TV programs are subtitled, vision and character interpreted than before.

Some facts it is twice as common for PWD having elementary school as their highest education. 25 percent of PWD has been in economic crisis, compared with 13 percent of the average.

Some facts People with mental disabilities have poorer somatic health than others. Children and young people with disabilities exercise less than other children.

Comparisons as a driving force Visibility creates a greater willingness to change. In many areas there are still gaps in follow-up. There will not be possible in 2016 to highlight the improvements that have occurred, and the effects remain invisible Only 30 per cent of the agencies objectives can measure success

Consultation with the disability movement 13 of 22 strategic agencies have an established consultation Of all government agencies, 35 percent have consultation 88 percent of municipalities have consultation

Proposal for improved monitoring Evaluations of interventions aimed at getting PWD into work. Integrate the follow-up of the situation of children WD in national studies. Appoint an agency for the supervision of accessibility at school Increase awareness of violence, insecurity and rule of law for PWD.

Arvid Lindén

Structure and mandate of the Swedish Agency for Disability Policy Coordination Overview of other national agents in the protection, promotion and monitoring of the rights of persons with disabilities, ways of cooperation between Handisam and other agents in particular with NGOs of persons with disabilities Who are the bodies under the Article 33 of the CRPD in Sweden (focal point, independent mechanism and NGO)? Does Handisam play any role under the Art. 33?

Will Handisam contribute to Initial report on the implementation of the CRPD for the UN Committee on the rights of persons with disabilities? In what way? What promotional and awareness raising activities does Handisam carry out? How is monitoring undertaken (data gathering and analysis)? Are there any implementation indicators in place? Is Handisam undertaking any activities regarding monitoring and promotion of rights of persons with disabilities with intellectual and mental (psycho- social) impairment?