Biannual Work Programme 2003 - 2004

  • Events,
  • Project Work,
  • Policy action,
  • Search for Funding

Events:

  • Third FIMITIC Women Conference o­n the subject "Quality of Life of Women with Disabilities", November 7-9, 2003, Vela Luka, Island of Korcula, Dalmatia, Croatia
  • Focus o­n many areas of events in cooperation with member associations with the goal to drive progress towards achieving equal rights for people with disabilities across Europe during the European Year of People with disabilities -EYPD- 2003
  • Follow-up research programme o­n “Market Economy and Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities” with view to organizing an International Conference in 2004 or 2005

Project Work:

  • Follow-up after the Prague Congress o­n Employability 2001 and o­n the basis of the results obtained there
  • Mainstreaming "enlargement" in campaigns and activities
  • Social exclusion and poverty, new social responsibility
  • Information and communication: Internet accessibility, Website restructure

Policy action:

  • Concept for a decade to achieve non discrimination legislation in the member countries: awareness raising, influencing the decision making process, promoting logistic and dynamic, initiating model programmes to make disabled people visible
  • Influencing the European Parliament Elections 2004

Search for Funding:

Supported and coordinated actions in cooperation with the members for focussed
project work, possibly targeted by regions