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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: José Smits
Address: Robijnplantsoen 4, 1339 GC Almere
E-mail: jcsmits@dds.nl
Website: www.inclusie.nl

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Policy contacts

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

  • Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports, project Equal Treatment:Léon Poffé, Tel +31(0)70 340 60 16
    Email: lr.poffe@minvws.nl

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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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Disabled people’s organisations

The national assembly representing disabled people’s organisations is:

  • The Council of the Chronically ill and the Disabled (Dutch acronym CG-raad). It is an umbrella organisation, consisting of 160 national or regional associations of people with a chronic illness or a disability. http://www.cg-raad.nl/home.php

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