The international consortium of organizations of persons with disabilities, are kindly inviting you to speak at our event titled “We can’t afford to fund building more barriers!” – Do EU-funds support accessibility in Europe?”
The event will take place in person on 6 December 2022 from 10:00 to 12:00 in the Spinelli 51G room of the European Parliament building in Brussels, and will be hosted by MEP Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová.
At the event, speakers will present findings of national-level analyses on accessibility covering Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia. They will also present policies and practices about the use of funds under the EU’s Cohesion Policy 2021-27, in the context of accessibility and evidence about EU-funded investments that are not fully accessible and may discriminate against persons with disabilities.
Speakers
- Host: MEP Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová (Renew),
- MEP Radka Maxová (S&D),
- MEP Katrin Langensiepen (Greens-EFA),
- MEP Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS (tbc) (EPP),
- representative of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,
- representative of the European Commission (tbc),
- and representatives of MEOSZ (Hungary), SOCIA (Slovakia), NRZP (Czechia), the European Disability Forum (EDF), and the European Network on Independent Living (ENIL).
Organisers
- National Federation of Associations of Persons with Physical Disabilities (MEOSZ, Hungary)
- Social Foundation (Slovakia)
- The Czech National Disability Council (NRZP)
- The European Disability Forum (EDF)
- The European Network on Independent Living (ENIL)