Disability Council urges compliance
The National Disability Council of Namibia (NDCN) has reminded all public and private entities to complete the annual disability monitoring questionnaires before the end of the week.
The council launched the Disability Annual Monitoring Report (DAMR) in January, emphasising that participation by government and private institutions was compulsory.
“The NDCN wishes to remind all the government offices, ministries and agencies, local and regional authorities, the private sector and all the non-governmental organisations to comply with the National Disability Council Act, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Continental Plan of Action for the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities,” it said in a statement issued this week.
Council chairman Tobias Mwaudikange said at the launch in January that the report was part of the council's task to monitor the status of people living with disabilities in Namibia.
He said the report hoped to shed light on the living conditions of disabled people “in all spheres of life, such as political, economic, social and cultural”.
Mwaudikange explained that the council's primary role was to monitor the mainstreaming of disability issues by the government, a function the report would help fulfil.
The annual monitoring report will collect a wide array of information, as per the provisions of section three of the council's enabling act.
The reporting window for this year was from 1 to 30 April.
The council did not reveal yesterday what the response had been so far and how many questionnaires were outstanding.
According to the council act, the disability council must monitor the implementation of the national policy on disability by the various offices, ministries and agencies of government.
The four-part questionnaire was launched in January and since then the NDCN has written to all permanent secretaries to inform them of their responsibility to report to the NDCN.
The Disability Annual Monitoring Report can be downloaded from the National Disability Council's website at www.ndcn.com.na.
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The council launched the Disability Annual Monitoring Report (DAMR) in January, emphasising that participation by government and private institutions was compulsory.
“The NDCN wishes to remind all the government offices, ministries and agencies, local and regional authorities, the private sector and all the non-governmental organisations to comply with the National Disability Council Act, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Continental Plan of Action for the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities,” it said in a statement issued this week.
Council chairman Tobias Mwaudikange said at the launch in January that the report was part of the council's task to monitor the status of people living with disabilities in Namibia.
He said the report hoped to shed light on the living conditions of disabled people “in all spheres of life, such as political, economic, social and cultural”.
Mwaudikange explained that the council's primary role was to monitor the mainstreaming of disability issues by the government, a function the report would help fulfil.
The annual monitoring report will collect a wide array of information, as per the provisions of section three of the council's enabling act.
The reporting window for this year was from 1 to 30 April.
The council did not reveal yesterday what the response had been so far and how many questionnaires were outstanding.
According to the council act, the disability council must monitor the implementation of the national policy on disability by the various offices, ministries and agencies of government.
The four-part questionnaire was launched in January and since then the NDCN has written to all permanent secretaries to inform them of their responsibility to report to the NDCN.
The Disability Annual Monitoring Report can be downloaded from the National Disability Council's website at www.ndcn.com.na.
STAFF REPORTER
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