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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: Steen Bengtsson
Address: Danish National Institute of Social Research(SFI),
Herluf Trolles Gade 11, DK-1052 København K., Denmark

E-mail: sb@sfi.dk
Website: http://www.sfi.dk/Default.aspx?ID=1471

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Policy contacts

For the time being the focal point for implementation of the UNCRPD is the Ministry of Social Affairs, because it was already co-ordinating disability policy This appoint­ment was made through Parliamentary decision B194 on the 28 May 2009.

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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:

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Organisations of disabled people

The national organisation representing disabled people at the European level (European Disability Forum) is:

  • Disabled Peoples Organisations Denmark ( Danske Handicap­organisationer, DH) is the national organisation representing disabled people at the European level (European Disability Forum). DH represents 32 member organisa­tions.

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