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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: Dr. Jan Šiška, associate professor
Address: Charles University, Faculty of Education
E-mail: jan.siska@pedf.cuni.cz
Website: www.pedf.cuni.cz

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Policy contacts

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

  • Ministerstvopráce a sociálních věcí ČR (Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare), http://www.mpsv.cz.

Public information about disability entitlements and benefits is available from:

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.

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.

Data and research

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

  • Česká správa sociálního zabezpečení (Czech Social Security Administration), www.cssz.cz.
  • Český statistický úřad (Czech Statistical Office), http://www.czso.cz/.

Disabled people’s organisations

The national assembly representing disabled people’s organisations is:

  • Národní rada osob se zdravotním postižením (Czech National Disability Council, CNDC). The aim of the CNDC is to advocate, promote and meet the rights, interests and needs of disabled people, regardless of the type or extent of their impairment. Our work is orientated towards collaboration with state administration and local government at all levels and with organisations and institutions working in this field at both the national and regional level, http://www.nrzp.cz/czech-national-disability-council.html.
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