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Introduction

The information contained on this page was updated in December 2011 and is also maintained by our country team.

Name: Jef  Breda
Address: University of Antwerp, Department of Sociology
Sint Jacobstraat, 2
B 2000 Antwerp
Belgium

E-mail: jef.breda@ua.ac.be

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Policy contacts

The main contact point for co-ordination of disability policy at the national level is:  

The  federal Secretary of State for People with Disabilities is the national policy point but most disability policy falls within the separate jurisdictions of the Flemish Community, the Walloon Region, the French Community, Commission of the Brussels-Capital Region and the German-speaking Community.

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Law and policy

More details of national policy instruments, and with relevance to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of persons with Disabilities, are provided in DOTCOM: the Disability Online Tool of the Commission.

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Facts and figures

More details are available from ANED’s Indicators of Disability Equality in Europe. The following key points are summarised from data sources at European or national level, with particular relevance to the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 and Europe 2020 targets.

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Data and research

Enquiries about official data on disability issues can be directed to:

  • General Directorate for Disabled Persons, Federal Administration of Social Affairs.

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Disabled people’s organisations

The national assembly representing disabled people’s organisations is:

  • Belgian Disability Forum asbl / vzw (BDF)
    Finance Tower, Bd. du Jardin Botanique 50, bte 150 / Kruidtuinlaan 50, bus 150, 1000 Bruxelles / Brussel, Info@bdf.belgium.be, Tél.:+32 (0)2 509 83 58

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