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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: Paula Campos Pinto
ISCSP - School of Social and Political Sciences
UTL –Technical University of Lisbon

E-mail: ppinto@iscsp.utl.pt
Website: http://www.iscsp.utl.pt/uk/

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Data and research

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

The National Institute for Rehabilitation (INR, I.P.)This organisation is the official body responsible for research on disability equality and for the collection of data and statistics on disability.

Disabled people’s organisations

The national assembly representing disabled people’s organisations is:

Portuguese Confederation of Organizations of Disabled People (CNOD). This Confederation represents 35 NGOs of People with Disabilities (2 Federations and 33 Associations). All types of disabilities are represented.

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.

Law and policy

More details of national policy instruments, with relevance to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, are provided in ANED’s online policy mapping tool.

Policy contacts

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

The National Institute for Rehabilitation (INR, I.P.) is the national public body that promotes disability policy in partnership with other public entities and NGOs. The National Institute for Rehabilitation (INR, I.P.) is part of the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity.

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