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National monitoring using the recommendation of the UN Human Rights Office
7 October 2015Arvid LindénHead of department of knowledge and guidelines
The
Swedish Agency
for
ParticipationSlide2
National implementation and monitoring of the Convention
The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs is the focal point There is also a high level inter-ministerial working group with representatives from most of the ministries. The Minister responsible for the disability policy regularly convenes a delegation, comprising representatives of Disabled Persons Organisations (DPO) and Secretaries of State for consultation and exchange of information.Slide3
Swedish disability policy
The national goals for Swedish disability policyThe UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)A strategy for implementation of Swedish disability policy 2011-2016Slide4
A strategy for implementation of Swedish disability policy 2011-2016
Follow up and evaluationMunicipalities and county councils important actorsOutput for the individual in the everyday lifeEmphasis on a gender and children based
approach
Strategic
agencies
12
policy areas in focusSlide5
12 focus areas
Labor market policyEducation policySocial policyHealth policyIncreased physical accessibilityPublic transport policy
IT-policy
Culture
The media
Sports
The judiciary
Consumer policySlide6
Why do we
monitor?Make gaps and inequalities visible Target the most efficient improvementsMonitor development over timeCould inherently strengthen a human rights-based approachSlide7
Living
conditions
of
PWD
Webb Panel, voice
of
PWD
Municipalities
work
Governmental
agencies
work
Qualititative
studies
Strategic
agencies
’
reports
Other
studies
Monitoring
Swedish disability policySlide8
Examples of the
monitoring systemLiving conditions of PWDData on PWD compared to the rest of the populationUsually applied as an heterogenous group of PWDHealth, employment,
education
level
data as
well
as participation in
culture
, sports etc.
All areas and
ages
not fully covered in the dataSlide9
Examples of the
monitoring systemPanel of PWDOver 1800 individuals with disabilityRegular surveys on perceived participation and obstacles to participationSlide10
Examples of the monitoring
systemMonitoring municipalities and county councilsAnnual surveys of five policy areas to all 290 municipalities in Sweden and one survey regarding public transport to 21 county
councils
Efforts
of
improving
conditions
to
participationOpen comparisons – follow
up
as a
method
of improvementSlide11
Examples of the monitoring
systemOpen comparison of governmental agenciesAnnual survey of 271 agencies with at least 10 employeesAccessibility of buildings,
communication
and informationSlide12
Examples of the
monitoring systemReports from strategic agencies responsible for the implementation of disability policy in their sector Annual reports from 22 agenciesSlide13
United Nations office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR) model for monitoring of human rights at the national level. Slide14
Level of
indicators – main indicatorsStructural levelOrganisation/governanceSteering mechanismsProces levelPromoting activitiesAccessible
physical
envi
.
Influence
Outcome
level
ResultsSlide15
What happens
with the results?
Feedback
to
muncipalities
and
authorities
Presentation
of
results
Reporting
to
UN on CRPD
Basis for
government
decisions
Development
processes
Useful
for
municipalities
and
DPO:s
etc. Slide16
Among persons with disabilities, 26 % feels like they have been discriminated against in their workplace.
8 of 10 municipalities use digital forms for job applications. But only 1 out of 10 have ensured the accessibility of the application form.An example from the labor policy areaSlide17
Another
example from the education areaLarge problems with giving students the support they need. 47 % of the examined schools are not able to give the support the students are entitled to.
Only 1 of 4 municipalities has goals to increase the accessibility and the participation to education for pupils with disabilities.
The situation is better in higher education. Students with disabilities study full time to the same extent as other students. Slide18
Can you get to work or school?
Something very positive – all 21 regional agencies responsible for public transport had
put
demands
on
accessibility
in
precurements
when
buying
new buses
90 % of the public transport vehicles have a place reserved for wheelchairs. That is an increase of 22 % in one yearSlide19
There is still lots of things left to do….
…..until all people with disabilities can participate on equal terms in SwedenSlide20
Challenges
Different interests (politics, statistical etc.)Make priorities (the right ones)Not get stuck on details - get the overall pictureChildrens, equality and intersectional perspectivesMethods to monitor accessibility – big data?Comparable indicators across countriesSlide21
Current work
to get comparable data cross area and cross nations 12 areas of indicatorsAnalyzing statistics from the areas, trying to get some main indicatorsLooking also at other countries statistics and indicatorsFind the least common denominator “simplify” - Discriminate between dimensions to be able to distinguish subgroupsThe Swedish Agency for ParticipationSlide22
Indicators
Level of education – high / lowEmployment – yes / noIncome – high / lowSlide23
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October 2015Josefine.Gustavsson@mfd.seErik.Lindqvist@mfd.seArvid.linden@mfd.seThe Swedish Agency for Participation