Presented at ISEC 2000

Functions of the Administration

Coskun Gurboga - Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

Abstract

The administration on disabled people was established attached to the Prime Minister on 30 May 1997 to reform the following functions:

• Develop the collaboration and coordination between national and international institutions.
• Assist the formulation of national policies concerning the full participation and equality of people with disability. § Define the problems of disabled people, make researches to solve the mentioned problems and prepare projects and have them prepared.
• Monitor the developments in the institutions providing services for disabled people.
• Search for the problems of the institutions and service provided by them for disabled people.
• Monitor and evaluate the implementation of projects on disability.
• Develop collaboration with municipalities and nongovernmental organizations.
• Prepare an identification card for disabled people for some services, collect statistical data and constitute data base on disabled people.

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