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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: The Institute for Labour and Family Research
Authors: Lýdia Brichtová, Eneke Hanzelová, Kvetoslava Repková
Address: Župné námestie 5-6, 812 41 Bratislava, Slovakia

E-mail: ivpr@ivpr.gov.sk
Authors: Lydia.Brichtova@employment.gov.sk
Eneke.Hanzelova@ivpr.gov.sk
Kvetoslava.Repkova@ivpr.gov.sk                   

Website: www.ivpr.gov.sk

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Policy contacts

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

  • Spoločný sekretariát Výborov/Ministerstvo práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny SR (Common Secretariat of the committees, Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic). One of them is a Committee for people with disabilities as an advisory body for the Slovak government regarding disability issues.

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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:

Data on population with disabilities

There is noreliable comprehensive national survey on population with disabilities. The only credible   source of statistics on people with disabilities is the LFS ad hoc module on health problems and disability 2002.

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Disabled people’s organisations

The national assembly representing disabled people’s organisations is:

  • Národná rada občanov so zdravotným postihnutím v SR(The National council of persons with disabilities in the Slovak republic (NCPD). This is an umbrella civil/non-governmental organisation of persons with disabilities in Slovakia, the national partner of the European Disability Forum and the official partner of the Slovak government for decision making about disability issues.

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