CIL Serbia continued to work on reforming the electoral process towards its full accessibility for persons with disabilities, respecting the right of women and men with disabilities to vote and to be elected, as well as to be informed about all important issues related to the election process, and to contribute to the integration of issues of particular interest to persons with disabilities in the election process. As before, we work in cooperation with other organizations of persons with disabilities, the Republic Electoral Commission, organizations dealing with election monitoring, state and independent institutions.
The Disability Inclusive Consultation Group (DICON) started its work December 26th, continuing previous activities.The DICON Group consists of representatives of REC, NOOIS, CIL Serbia, CRTA, CESID, RS National Assembly, Office for Human and Minority Rights, Istinomer, Union of the Blind Serbia, Union of Paraplegics and Quadriplegics, MDRI, Protector of Citizens, Home for adults with disabilities, and the Commissioner for Equality Protection.
It is now our intention to further work on the pursuit of competitive priorities through the cooperation of key stakeholders. The Group’s activities are part of the Walk the Talk With PWDs project. The project aims to support the reconciliation of the roles and practices of different stakeholders in the election process with the CRPD, Article 29, as well as the broader normative – strategic anti – discrimination framework. The project is supported by IFES – International Foundation for Electoral Systems.