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Department of Social Inclusion (DSI)
Disability
* document only available
in Spanish
Persons with Disabilities
Featured
- Preliminary results of the Working Group on Legal Capacity - Public Sector
- Preliminary results of the Working Group on Legal Capacity - Civil Society
- Authorities of OAS - UN Committees for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (CEDDIS) met in New York
- General Observation of the Committee about the Legal Capacity of Persons with Disabilities
- World Report on Disability (WHO)
- Report on the Program for the Protection of Vulnerable Groups in Haiti (USAID/OAS)
- Regional Diagnosis on the Exercise of Legal Capacity of Persons with Disabilities
Second International Meeting for
Successful Inclusive Projects (December 2010)
Final Report (only available in Spanish)
This conference renowned the best projects implemented in OAS member countries which contributed significantly to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities in the areas of education, health, social development and employment.
The importance of a formal recognition of these successful projects worldwide is justified on the following factors:
First, to attract the attention of international organizations, government agencies, humanitarian organizations, NGOs, and others, to the amazing examples of creativity and innovation of the perpetrators of the projects presented, who have successfully developed the potential of persons with disabilities through sports, sense stimulation, family businesses, technological devices, among other interesting initiatives, to allow them to make significant contributions to society.
On the other hand, to give more publicity to these projects and therefore facilitate a first contact between the executors and persons with disabilities that are not yet part of the projects. Also, to establish ties of mutual cooperation between related inclusive projects in different countries, so that they could share experiences, difficulties and strategies for sustainability.
For this event, there were a total of 10 projects received, from 8 Member States of the OAS, of which 4 winners were chosen.
Winning Projects:
Education:
National Institute for Industrial Technology (INTI)
Argentina
*document only available in Spanish
Health:
CARARE Foundation
Colombia
*document only available in Spanish
Social Development:
National Secretariat for the Promotion of Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Brazil
*document only available in Portuguese
Employment:
"Capacity building for employment according to you specific disability"
Ecuadorian Service for Professional Training - SECAP
Ecuador
*document only available in Spanish