Author name: Martina Radonjich

Local Disability Action Plan adopted and promoted in Radovis The Republic Center for Support of Persons with Intellectual Disability – PORAKA in the period March 2010 – March 2011 implemented the programme “City and Disability – creation of local disability action plans” in Radovis. The implementation began with preparatory activities, a meeting with the Mayor

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is the first international human rights treaty of the twenty-first century. Since its opening for signature on 30th of March 2007, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has had a large number of signatures and ratifications, and has broken new ground by being

Joint event of PORAKA, “Open the Windows” and Municipality of Karpos MESSAGE: Open the windows towards municipality without discrimination In 2009 the British Council began with a programme called Active Citizens. The main goal of the programme is to provide support to participants in order for them to commence positive action for society change. This

New partnerships of PORAKA International Conference “Innovative approaches in the work with children with disability: Experiences from Kyrgyzstan and international experiences” The organisation HealthProm in partnership with the Ministry of Social Protection of the population in Kyrgyzstan, the Association of parents with children with disability – ARDI and the Non-Governmental Organisation “Sola Kol, and in

Implemented workshops and public debate in Municipality of Radovis The Republic Centre for Support of Persons with Intellectual Disability – PORAKA in the period January – March 2011 continued to implement activities for creating local disability action plan in Municipality of Radovis. Within the fourth phase of the programme, PORAKA held a series of workshops,

European Strategy for Disability 2010 – 2020:A renewed commitment for a Barrier-free Europe On 15 November 2010 the European Commission adopted a new strategy to break down the barriers that prevent persons with disabilities from participating in society on an equal basis. Most people take it for granted that they can hop on a bus