EDF Board meeting and General Assembly May 24-25, 2008 in Ljubljana, Slovenia – Main results

On behalf of FIMITIC Honorary President Marija Stiglic participated in the Slovenia based

1. Second Ministerial Disability Conference in the frame of the Slovenian EU Presidency entitled "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – From Words to Reality?" on May 22-23, 2008 in Kranjska Gora
2. EDF Board meeting on May 24, 2008 in Ljubljana
3. EDF General Assembly on May 24-25, 2008 in Ljubljana

On behalf of FIMITIC Honorary President Marija Stiglic participated in the Slovenia based

1. Second Ministerial Disability Conference in the frame of the Slovenian EU Presidency entitled "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – From Words to Reality?" on May 22-23, 2008 in Kranjska Gora
2. EDF Board meeting on May 24, 2008 in Ljubljana
3. EDF General Assembly on May 24-25, 2008 in Ljubljana

Attached you will find for your kind attention the declaration and short report on the 2nd Ministerial Disability Conference and the listed Main results of the EDF meetings (together with the Resolution on "Empowerment of persons with disabilities and their representative umbrella organisations in the Western Balkan Regions) :

• 2nd Ministerial Conference on Disability "Convention on the rights of disabled persons, from words to deeds?"
• EDF and Slovenian Presidency strongly voiced the need for an EU Directive prohibiting discrimination of disabled persons during 2nd Ministerial Conference on Disability
• EDF Board meeting and Annual General Assembly May 24-25, 2008 Main decisions and discussions
• EDF Resolution: Empowerment of persons with disabilities and their representative umbrella organisations in the Western Balkan Region, adopted by the Annual General Assembly, May 2008