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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: Jan Tøssebro
Address: NTNU Social Research, Dragvoll Allé 38B, 7491 Trondheim, JNorway

E-mail: jant@svt.ntnu.no
Website: http://www.ntnusamfunnsforskning.no/

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Policy contacts

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

The Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (Barne-, likestillings og inkluderingsdepartmentet) is responsible for the coordination of disability policy in Norway, http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/bld.html?id=298, e-mail: postmottak@bld.dep.no

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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.

Current national disability strategy or action plan:

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Facts and figures

Indicators of employment:
According to the Labour Force Survey in 2007 (people aged 16-66) the employment rate for disabled people was 45.3%, compared to 74.8% in the population as a whole (including disabled people).

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Data and research

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

The Equality and Discrimination Ombud: http://www.ldo.no/en/.
The Norwegian State Council on Disability: postmottak.srlf@bufdir.no.
Statistics Norway (contact/question page at the general statistical office): http://www.ssb.no/english/about_ssb/contacts/.

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Disabled people’s organisations

The national assembly representing disabled people’s organisations is:

Funksjonshemmedes fellesorganisasjon, FFO (The Norwegian Federation of Organisations of Disabled People), www.ffo.no.
The FFO was established in 1950. It represents 72 associations of disabled people and people with chronic illness, with a total of about 335.000 members.

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