Brussels, December 15, 2005 The European Parliament has adopted a regulation this week with major improvement of the rights of air travellers with disabilities. The new initiative, in line with the common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers and the recently published EU blacklist of unsafe airlines, aims to reinforce the rights of European […]
Brussels, December 1-2, 2005 In line with the International Day of Disabled Persons in 1993 the European Commission started to organise in cooperation with the European Disability Forum the European Day of Disabled People. In 2005 traditionally a conference entitled “Living together in society”
Romania / Arad, December 2, 2005 – The International Day of Persons with Disabilities, event proclaimed by the United Nations in 1992 and celebrated every year on the 3rd of December, will be marked on national level in Romania too within a national campaign of the civil society. "Take My Spot, Bear My Lot!" is
In many European countries the anti-discrimination regulations did undergo an examination or change during the past years. How these guidelines are enforced in the 25 Member States is presented in the individual national country reports. On the basis of these national reports the European Network of Legal Experts in the Non-Discrimination field commissioned by the
On this International Day of Disabled Persons on December 3rd, highlighting the theme “Rights of People with Disabilities: Action in development” the International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability – FIMITIC – is calling to all involved in disability related policy, systems and decision making processes that efforts on national and international level shall be
Bonn, October 2005 – The International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability – FIMITIC – is pleased to announce that the highest FIMITIC Award, the Gold Badge, is presented recently to Marija-Lidija Stiglic, the former President and Secretary General for many years, contributing directly to the FIMITIC disability movement. Marija-Lidija Stiglic is also nominated Honorary
Bonn, Germany, 2005 – FIMITIC is pleased to announce the Award recipients 2005, honouring those who reflect by their examples in an exemplary way the FIMITIC goals thus contributing to progressive development in the field of rehabilitation.
In the frame of the FIMITIC Delegates´ Conference 2005 on October 06, 2005 in Nottwil the delegates were invited by the host FIMITIC member association procap Switzerland to attend a power point presentation on its organizational structure, activity and aims. The offered presentation was received very favourably by the participants. Read here the short version
Nottwil, Switzerland, October 07 2005 – The two partite FIMITIC Socio political health Seminar day following a film presentation and study visit in the well known Paraplegics Rehabilitation Centre in Nottwil, the biggest special clinic of its kind in Europe which offers a holistic rehabilitation for paraplegic (
The FIMITIC Delegates´ Conference 2005 approved the reports of the past period together with the FIMITIC Internal Rules and developed a forward looking strategy by adoption of the biannual work programme 2006-2007 on the basis of the submitted motions as follows:
