Season’s Greetings
Merry Christmas and a very happy and prosperous New Year! We are looking forward to a successful work together in the year 2010! The FIMITIC Executive Board and the Administration
How can Europe improve the journey of 65 million citizens?
16 December 2009 – Accessible transport is a vital condition for the implementation of one of the four freedoms granted by the European Union to its citizens: the free movement within its borders, for European residents with disabilities. Tomorrow 17 December, the Council will be discussing a very necessary regulation about bus passengers’ rights. Six
3 December – Day of Persons with Disabilities
Europe celebrates the Day of Persons with Disabilities – Creating conditions for independent living. To mark the European Day of People with Disabilities, the European Commission organized in cooperation with EDF a conference in Brussels on 3 and 4 December. Representatives from the disability movement and decision-makers focused on "Creating conditions for independent living". The
Passengers’ rights – The rights of rail passengers now protected by EU legislation
On the 3 December, the symbolic date for persons with disabilities, the EU regulation on the rights of rail passengers entered into application. This regulation includes a chapter on the specific rights of persons with reduced mobility, thus guaranteeing important rights such as the right to transport, the right assistance by trained personnel, information in
2009 Eurobarometer Survey – 56% of Europeans expect the current crisis to lead to higher levels of disability based discrimination on the job market
On Monday 9 November 2009, the European Commission published its third Eurobarometer survey which aims to track perceptions of people in Europe towards different forms of discrimination and diversity. This survey was carried out with a sample of 26,756 people interviewed in 30 countries (the three Candidate Countries: Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Turkey were
Human rights: Historic ratification by the European community
November 26, 2009. The European Community has just ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Unprecedented step forward for the first human rights treaty ratified in the history of Europe and a great signal sent to all EU Members States.
Violence against women: Forced sterilization of women with disabilities is a reality in Europe
In the light of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the European Disability Forum (EDF) joins the struggle against all forms of gender violence, to which thousands of women in the European Union and worldwide fall victim. All forms of sterilization without full and informed consent must be seen as violence.
EDF: A disability pact for Europe: The future cannot wait
Stockholm, October 19, 2009. The European Disability Forum, the voice of 65 million European citizens with disabilities, met in the Swedish capital to adopt the proposal for the European Disability Pact. “This policy instrument ensures real mainstreaming of disability in the European Union by promoting the rights of persons with disabilities and by developing a
Hungarian and European Organisations Protest Against the Use of EU Structural Funds in Hungary
Friday, October 9, 2009. An Open Letter, signed by Hungarian and European human rights and disability organisations, was today sent to Hungary’s Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai and the Minister of Social Affairs László Herczog. The letter protests against the Hungarian Government’s proposals – Measures 3.4.1 and 3.4.2 of the Social Infrastructure Operational Programme – that will
The new elected President: Miguel Angel García Oca
On 19 September 2009 Miguel Angel García Oca was elected as President of FIMITIC on the occasion of the FIMITIC Delegates´ Conference in Spa Topolsica, Slovenia.