Establishing an informal parliamentary group for improving the status, position and quality of life of persons with disabilities ( PWDs Group )

Center for Independent Living of Persons with Disabilities ( PWD) Serbia , together with National organizations of persons with disabilities Serbia ( NOOIS ) has launched a project called “Joining Forces towards political and economic empowerment of persons with disabilities ”  and one component of the project is to improve cooperation between the members of the National Assembly and the organizations of persons with disabilities in Serbia . This project was financially supported in February this year by office of the European Union , in the framework of the EIDHR and associate partners are the Government of Serbia and the Office for Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Strategy and Organization, ” Group 484 ”  and the National Democratic Institute (NDI )

One of the main goals of the project is to increase political participation and strengthen the role of DPOs in development policies in Serbia through increased cooperation between the deputies and the DPOs and the formation of an informal parliamentary group for improving the status , position and quality of life PWDs.

The meeting with MPs who agreed to support this group was held on November 29 2013 in National Assembly of Serbia.