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FYI Colin Media release THE DISABILITY MOVEMENT CALLS ON THE COMMISSION'S DIRECTORS GENERAL TO mainstream THE CRPD in all eu policies Brussels, 4 October 2012 /// Disability is a cross-cutting issue, which should be mainstreamed in all EU policies. In these terms, EDF met today the Secretary General of the European Commission, Mrs Catherine Day, and the Directors General of the European Commission. They agreed to meet EDF next year in order to discuss the progress on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Europe and in view of the presentation by the EU of the report to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The meeting was one of the positive results of the first State of the Union on Disability, which took place last December in Brussels. Hosted by the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, it gathered Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament, Herman Van Rompuy President of the European Council, and Yannis Vardakastanis, President of the European Disability Forum in order to discuss how to guarantee the rights and freedom of movement of 80 million Europeans with disabilities. > WHY IS MEETING THE DIRECTORS GENERAL IMPORTANT FOR THE EU DISABILITY MOVEMENT? Read more on EDF's website <http://bit.ly/T5CoZ4> Lila Sylviti Communication European Disability Forum | nothing about us without us Square de Meeus 35 | 1000 Brussels Belgium T +32 2 282 46 04 | F +32 2 282 46 09 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.edf-feph.org<http://www.edf-feph.org/> save a tree: think before you print [cid:image001.jpg@01CD911D.519CEBD0]<http://www.facebook.com/EuropeanDisabilityForumEDF>[cid:image002.jpg@01CD911D.519CEBD0]<http://twitter.com/MyEDF>[cid:image003.jpg@01CD911D.519CEBD0]<http://www.youtube.com/MyEDF>[cid:image004.jpg@01CD911D.519CEBD0]<http://picasaweb.google.be/EuropeanDisabilityForum> Are you free<http://bit.ly/fEPRpO> enough? [cid:image005.jpg@01CD911D.519CEBD0]<http://bit.ly/fEPRpO> ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.