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Here, you can find information on enforcing rights of the disabled persons,
guaranteed by law, links to the laws of the Republic of Slovenia and current
events in the field of passing laws and changing the existing legislature.
Since the information available here is usable only to the Slovenes, it has
not been translated to English.
You can find the Slovene original here.
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Today's Featured Article
| FOR bigger transparency in the distribution and use of funds for disability projects |
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Saturday, August 27 2011 @ 04:31 PM CEST
Contributed by: bepa
Views:: 408
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YHD – Association for Theory and Culture of Handicap
Neubergerjeva 7
1000 Ljubljana
SONČEK - the Cerebral Palsy Association of Slovenia
Rožanska ulica 2
1000 Ljubljana
INVALID – Association of physically disabled persons and persons with disabilities Slovenia
Trg mladosti 6
3320 Velenje
FUND SILVA - Association for quality of life of people with disabilities
Fijeroga 10
6270 Šmarje
Ljubljana, 26. 8. 2011
FOR bigger transparency in the distribution and use of funds for disability projects
- an answer to the National Council of Disabled People’s Organisations (NSIOS) latest campaign
We would like to give an answer to the latest campaign of the National Council of Disabled People’s Organisations, who claims that there is a great injustice and doom coming upon disabled people due to the proposal to change the lottery foundation board structure.
We feel it was about time, after so many calls for better transparency, for monitoring of the use of funds, for elimination of the conflict of interest, that the group of MPs proposed an Act, that will change the structure of the decision making body of lottery foundation (Foundation for financing invalid and humanitarian organisations).
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| Letter of support for the adoption of the Law on Personal Assistance in Slovenia |
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Friday, August 24 2012 @ 09:07 AM CEST
Contributed by: bepa
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Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs
Mr. Andrej Vizjak, Minister
Kotnikova ulica 28
Ljubljana
SUBJECT: Letter of support for the adoption of the Law on Personal Assistance in Slovenia
Dear Minister Vizjak,
I am writing to you on behalf of (name of the organisation) in relation to the negative opinion that the Government of Slovenia adopted at its meeting on 19th July 2012, rejecting the draft Law on Personal Assistance (PA). We believe that by rejecting the draft Law, you have deprived people with disabilities in Slovenia of the possibility of freedom and independence, and denied them the right to live in the community with the same opportunities as other citizens.
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| Interview with President of the Republic of Slovenia dr. Danilo Türk |
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Saturday, December 06 2008 @ 01:45 PM CET
Contributed by: bepa
Views:: 1,561
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http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=EVuJcw5k8lQ
Elena Pečarič interview president of republic Slovenia dr. Danilo Türk
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Most Recent Post: 08/19 09:43AM by jinwen
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| Follow up – Politicians Working as Personal Assistants |
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Monday, November 10 2008 @ 02:21 PM CET
Contributed by: bepa
Views:: 1,096
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In one of our last newsletters, we referred to a project in Slovenia: Politicians worked
as assistants for one day. This way, they had a chance to see, first hand, what
personal assistance means for disabled people. This project had been organised by
ENIL member YHD. Katarina from YHD now reported that this project has caused
some disturbance.
The National Council of Invalid* Organisations in Slovenia has had its 4th
board meeting on the 2nd of September 2008. They have sent the invitation to all
disabled people’s organisations. The proposed agenda for the day was, among others:
"Begging for money by showing disabled body and system solutions for PA and
individual responses of politicians" - as response to YHD’s project. Katarina: “We
don't know what the discussion at this point of the meeting was, but we find it difficult
to understand why the president of the National Council would be so appalled by
showing the everyday life of disabled people who use personal assistance and the
importance of this service, which is still not recognised as a right of an individual.”
*We translate the word "invalid" literally, as the Slovene National Council’s strong
statement is that invalidity is their identity and reject any discussion on terminology,
that is why the official term in Slovenia is “invalid” - in legislation, UN convention, policy
documents, etc.
The European Parliament has established a web television channel (called
"europarltv") to respond to the right of all citizens to know and understand what is
happening in the institution that they have elected. The channel is designed to
contribute to the democratisation of the European Union and to the development of a
European public space.
http://www.europarltv.europa.eu
ENIL Secretariat
Address: Gran Vía Marqués del Turia nº 49 - 7º 12ª
46005 Valencia Spain
Voice: (+34)96-325-54-57 Fax: (+34)96-325-54-59
Mail: secretariat@enil.eu
Newsletter by Tanja Richter, ENIL PR Officer
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Most Recent Post: 08/19 09:44AM by jinwen
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| Politicians work as Personal Assistants |
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Monday, November 10 2008 @ 02:13 PM CET
Contributed by: bepa
Views:: 1,118
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In last month’s ENIL Newsletter, John Evans reported about the demonstration in
Ljubljana at the end of May 2008. YHD - Association for theory and culture of
handicap, had organised it for the support of independent living and the right to
personal assistance and to promote the Personal Assistance Act.
As a follow up to the demonstration YHD invited Members of the Parliament to work
with them for a day, as personal assistants. This way, they will have a chance to see,
first hand, what personal assistance means for disabled people. They will experience
the skills and responsibilities required of personal assistants. YHD started this
initiative to endorse the Personal Assistance Act.
The initiative is carried out together with an
on-line magazine, with published articles and video about
each MP working. (see also “news” on ENIL website)
Until now 3 MPs have experienced the work of PAs,
already with 2 more offering assistance.
Barbara Zgajner Tavs, MP, assisting Silvo Mehle
Politicians work as Personal Assistants
On our new website enil.eu you will find a member section where our members can
write a description of their organisation and have their own blog. A blog (a
contraction of the term web log) is a website, with regular entries of commentary,
descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics. The ability for readers to
leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of blogs.
We wrote a manual for users who would like their organisation to be portrayed in
the member category and who would like to use the blog.
You can find it in our e-library
http://www.enil.eu/elib/app/webroot/files/Manual_blog_ENIL_website.pdf
Service
ENIL Secretariat
Address: Gran Vía Marqués del Turia nº 49 - 7º 12ª
46005 Valencia Spain
Voice: (+34)96-325-54-57 Fax: (+34)96-325-54-59
Mail: secretariat@enil.eu
Newsletter by Tanja Richter, ENIL PR Officer
Mail: tanja.richter@enil.eu
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Most Recent Post: 08/19 09:45AM by jinwen
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| Open Letter to the Government, Members of National Assembly Competent Institutions and Policy Ma |
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Sunday, February 17 2008 @ 11:31 AM CET
Contributed by: Anonymous
Views:: 1,202
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Ljubljana January 30 2008
We are addressing this letter to a wider political audience and the general public on purpose because our requests and plights to solve our problems are usually passed from one institution to another and are usually left unresolved. Nobody replies to our letters and everyone washes their hands over our issues, saying that they are not authorized to deal with them. Just before the end of the year we sent a letter to the members of the National Assembly (parliament), one of the many letters that was ignored. We sent a report titled “Deinstitutionalisation and Community Living – Outcomes and Costs”, financed by the European Commission (EC) and another appeal to the Decision of the distribution FIHO (Foundation for Financing Invalid and Humanitarian Organizations) funds, and yet again, no reply, because everybody is used to distributing the FIHO funds based on sympathies and favouritism. The member of the National Assembly Barbara Žgajner-Tavš was the only one who asked the Minister of Family Labour and Social Affairs, Mrs. Cotman to do something about it, but her appeal was met with silence. What else can we expect based on the years of experience that we have with dealing with that particular ministry? We also sent a letter to the President of the Republic of Slovenia, however he has not replied to this day.
Actually, this is old news to us and with all the absurdities that took place in the National Assembly last fall when an act was amended in such a way that FIHO has even more power than ever before few things can surprise us. The Act gave way to privileged groups, elitism, and opaque distribution of earmarked funds. We didn’t have to wait long to see the functionaries of the disability organisations at FIHO to (ab)use their power that they hold in the bodies of the foundation. Not only was this year’s distribution of funds questionable to say the least, the enclosed disclaimer was, as it later turned out, misleading. All of us who dared to appeal to the decision of distribution of the funds for the year 2008 were punished by losing the associated monthly payment until the National Assembly approves the appeal procedure. The procedure may take a long time and until then we must make monthly payments to the 91 personal assistants that we employ. Without a quick resolution of the issue at hand we are facing the dismantling of our programme and consequently deprivation of 103 of our users and 99 unemployed persons. Let us remind you that the FIHO funds allocated to YHD for the year 2008 is less than we require for the normal functioning of our programme. This is the reason why we appealed because we were well aware that the priorities of financing and appropriate destination of the funds are not being taken into consideration.
For six years we have been writing proposals and initiatives and amendments to the acts and laws concerning the foundation. We have also proposed numerous systemic solutions that would regulate the field of social care on the long run and ensure independent living, deinstitutionalisation, empowerment of an individual who should have full control over the services are implemented. Political decisions and the political will shown is nothing but outright mockery. Our arguments, dialog, and institutional and legal procedures have turned out to be a waste of time, energy and money. We are repulsed with everything that has taken place and is allowed to happen. It seems that the results of one’s work mean nothing in this country and bear no importance at all. All that counts is to be on the right side, to be corrupt, to be ready to do anything, to be cunning, to use all methods of pressure and extortion, but of course you need the resources for lobbying and the legal machinery that clears the possible complaints or makes use of legal exhaustion. The most productive profession in Slovenia is a profession of a disabled person.
The already mentioned report of the EC is very telling. The part of the report that describes Slovenia by a researcher at the University of Siegen (Germany) notes in the introduction that in spite the many appeals to Ministry of Work, Family and Social Affairs, the National Education Institute and Ministry of Health she received no reply from either of these institutions. Her main source of information about Slovenia was thus a report titled “Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; Accessibility to Education and Employment by Prof. Darja Zaviršek that she prepared with the support of the Open Society Institute and EUMAP (EU Monitoring and Advocacy Programme). The EC report supports the development of community services and independent living of the disabled at the highest level possible and cites only two positive examples: the Silva Foundation and the YHD Association.
This is tragic given that Government Council for Persons with Disabilities published a special publication in which it aims to discredit us and settle account with our association (with no consequences or accepting responsibility for their actions up to this point). What is especially tragic and pitiful is the fact that there are two bodies within the framework of the Ministry of Work, Family and Social Affairs: the Directorate for the Disabled and last but not least the Committee on Labour, the Family Social Policy and Disability that do not seem to be competent enough to offer answers to the new challenges brought about by the new concepts in the field of social, invalid and health care, and above all human rights and equality.
What else can we do to preserve our existence?
We need to somehow force you to make things right.
Just so we are clear about the institutions that we have in mind in the “you” in the sentence above:
The National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia
The Government of the Republic of Slovenia
Ministry of Work, Family and Social Affairs
Commission for Petitions, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities
Committee on Labour, the Family Social Policy and Disability
Elena Pečarič - president
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