The Republic Center for Support of persons with Intellectual Disability – PORAKA is civil, parents, national non for profit disability organization, which represents the rights and interests of more than 20.000 persons with intellectual disability in the Republic of North Macedonia.
Day Centres of the Republic Centre – PORAKA in Skopje have been implementing its foreseen activities in the past period as planned. The activities for developing cognitive, social and practical skills of the users were regularly realised.
With the adoption of the new Law on Primary Education in 2019, as well as the adoption of the Concept for Inclusive Education by the Ministry of Education and Science, the state made a big step towards recognising the right to inclusive education of children with disability and special educational needs and set a solid framework for the upcoming reform processes.
The European Commission has recently published three comprehensive catalogues and manuals to support employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. These resources come alongside with the first Toolkit published in 2022, which is a guide for Public Employment Services on how they can promote the participation of persons with disability in the labour market.
