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<p><strong>Eighty million people in the EU (one-sixth of the population) have disabilities ranging from mild to severe.&nbsp;These people, who are often prevented by their disability from taking part in society and the economy, have a rate of poverty 70 % higher than the EU average.</strong></p>
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<div style="padding-top: 10px;">The European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 (EDS) constitutes a comprehensive multiannual framework for implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at EU level. The EU adopted the EDS in November 2010, shortly before the UN CRPD entered into force for the EU. The strategy’s declared aim was to empower people with disabilities, so that they can enjoy their full rights as EU citizens and participate in society on an equal basis to others, in a barrier-free Europe. The strategy is based on eight priority areas (“areas for action”): accessibility, participation, equality, employment, education and training (including access to quality education and lifelong learning), social protection, health and external action.</div>

European Disability Strategy 2010-2020

Press conference - UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

The 5th European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities (EPPD) 2023 is a one-day event that unites over 600 disability advocates, policymakers and other stakeholders. It serves as a platform to discuss the rights of persons with disabilities and decide on the political demands of the European Disability Movement. Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Ioannis VARDAKASTANIS, President of the European Disability Forum (EDF) open the event. Extracts and atmosphere shots. In view of the upcoming European elections in 2024, the delegates of the 5th European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities will adopt the Manifesto with the aim of guiding the political programmes of candidates for the European Parliament, the future European Commission appointed after the elections, and all the relevant policies affecting the future of persons with disabilities in Europe and beyond.

European Parliament of persons with disabilities: extracts and atmosphere

The new European Social Fund + integrates into one instrument the former European Social Fund, the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the Fund for European Aid to the most Deprived (FEAD) and the EU programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI). This infoclip illustrates various projects funded by the European Social Fund or associated programs, such the Greek Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD/ΤΕΒΑ) in Athens (Greece), distribution of food to needies, Zelva in Ljubljana (Slovenia) for the inclusion of disabled persons, Carijou, a second-hand toy store located in Strasbourg (France) with back-to-work employees and Tremplin program in the Brussels region (Belgium) helping youngs to get into work through vocational training and apprenticeships.

Infoclip: European Social Fund - ESF+

This Infoclip illustrates : Meetings and plenary sessions at the European Parliament with Members and participants coping with auditive deficiency

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