Spanish Committee of Representatives for the Disabled (CERMI)

CERMI: The value of unity

January 1996 - December 2000: 5 years of advancement in favour of the disabled

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CERMI: Meeting and action platform for the disabled The Spanish Committee of Representatives for the Disabled, commonly known by the abbreviation CERMI, is the platform for representation, defence and action of Spanish citizens with disabilities, these being more than three and a half million persons, plus their families, who being quite aware of their situation as a disfavoured social group have decided to unite through the organisations in which they are grouped, so that recognition of their rights can advance, thus becoming equal citizens along with the remaining components of society in that pertaining to rights and opportunities. Arising in 1993 as a fully-fledged organisation, fruit of the agreement between the six main organisations for the disabled (COCEMFRE, FEAPS, CNSE, FIAPAS, ASPACE and ONCE), CERMI finished the process of cohesion, unity and joint action of the disabled sector, the same having been attempted for a long time, although reaching this agreement was difficult due to the scarce social structure and the tendency to atomise and to individualism that nests in Spanish society. Seven years later and after the adhesion of new members, CERMI is the platform for representation and meeting of the Spanish disabled, constituted by the 10 main state organisations for the Disabled, several adhered members and an important group of autonomous platforms for representation of the disabled, all of which in turn group together over 2,000 associations and entities, that represent in their whole three and a half million persons with disabilities that according to the latest statistics exist in Spain (Survey pertaining to Disabilities, Impairment and States of Health, December 2000). A platform that has been encouraged by the generic finality of improving the life conditions of the disabled, channelling representation of these citizens and instrumentation of their participation and the defence and promotion of their rights before the public powers and society. Legal personality: CERMI is a nation-wide Association that was created on the 9th January of 1997 under the protection of the Law of Associations of the 24th December of 1964 and remaining applicable legislation, inscribed in the National Register for Associations of the Ministry of the Interior with number 162.062 in virtue of the administrative resolution of the 28th February of 1997, that governs through a series of social Statutes approved by the Ministry of the Interior in virtue of the administrative resolution of the 24th March of 1997. Founding organisations of CERMI: State Co-ordinator Confederation of the Physically Disabled in Spain (COCEMFE) Spanish Confederation of Organisations in Favour of Persons with Learning Difficulties

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(FEAPS) Spanish Confederation of Deaf Persons (CNSE) Spanish Federation of Associations of Parents and Friends of the Deaf (FIAPAS) Spanish Federation of Associations for the Attention of Persons with Cerebral Palsy (ASPACE) Spanish National Organisation for the Blind (ONCE)

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Completing the circle of unity: the extension of CERMI The six founding organisations of CERMI did not cover the diverse and extensive sector of disabilities in our country and, therefore, one of CERMI's first aims was to incorporate all those organisations for the disabled that, being represented, wanted to add their effort and voice to the important work of representing and defending Spanish disabled citizens. This need of completing the circle of unity led CERMI to occasionally overcoming in-depth divergences and historical misunderstandings, as it opened up a process of extension that has allowed the incorporation of five new important organisations and entities for the disabled (FEAFES, PREDIF, FEISD and the Consortium for Autism, in turn made up by the SPANISH AUTISM Confederation and the Spanish Federation of Parents of the Autistic-FESPAU) that not only extends its representative base, but also reinforces joint action, turning CERMI into a general reference point for disabilities before the sector itself, the different administrations and the whole of citizens. However, the unity of the sector does not end there, as other entities exist that do not enjoy the mentioned characteristics, not having a nation-wide character or that are attempting to be purely representative, and that make up part of CERMI, reinforcing their role of global representation of the disabled. Thus, CERMI has arbitrated formulas in order to incorporate the existing autonomous representative platforms in their hold or so that they can be created in the future, an important part of which already belong to the nation-wide CERMI (CERMI Castilla-La Mancha, CERMI Valencian Community, CERMI Andalucía, COCARMI Catalonia, CERMI Galicia, CERMI Community of Madrid, CERMI Castilla and León, CERMI Asturias, CERMI CANARY ISLANDS and CERMI Aragón) as well as other types of entities created for or at the service of the disabled, such as the Spanish Paralympic Committee (CPE), Spanish Confederation of Foundations (CEF), the Spanish Business Federation of Associations of Special Centres for Employment of Disabled Persons (FEACEM) and the National Association of Centres for Special Education (ANCEE). ________________________________________________ The new representative organisations that have been incorporated to CERMI: Spanish Confederation of Associations of Mentally Disabled Persons and their Relatives (FEAFES) Nation-wide Representative Platform for the Physically Disabled (PREDIF) Spanish Federation of Institutions for Down's Syndrome (FEISD) Autism Consortium (made up by the SPANISH AUTISM Confederation and the Spanish Federation of Parents of the Autistic - FESPAU) Entities providing services and adhered to CERMI are:

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Spanish Paralympic Committee (CPE) Spanish Confederation of Foundations (CEF) Spanish Business Federation of Associations of Special Centres for Employment of the Disabled (FEACEM) National Association of Centres for Special Education (ANCEE) Territorial platforms incorporated to nation-wide CERMI are: CERMI Castilla-La Mancha CERMI Valencian Community CERMI Andalucía COCARMI Catalonia CERMI Galicia CERMI Community of Madrid CERMI Castilla and León CERMI Canary Islands CERMI Asturias CERMI Aragón

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In February of 2001 the autonomous platforms for representatives of persons with disabilities requested their incorporation to the nation-wide CERMI, that is CERMI Region of Murcia, CERMI Extremadura and CERMI Cantabria, presenting their applications that are now under study and which, in principle, adjust to the criteria established by the nation-wide CERMI for the entry of new autonomous members and, therefore, it can be expected that during the first semester of this year the above-mentioned will become members with full rights. Working where the need is greatest CERMI's scope of action coincides with those sectors where it is most urgent and necessary to deploy intense activity in order to put rights and equal opportunities of persons with disabilities at a level with the rest of citizens. In accordance to social reality and the objective situation of disabled persons, CERMI has preferentially focused their action on those scopes that generate more exclusion factors for the disabled, determining a minor degree of personal and social development and less possibilities of access to community rights, assets and services. As one can easily imagine these sectors are employment, education, accessibility and elimination of barriers, prevention, health and rehabilitation and protection and social welfare, new technologies, persons with severely affecting disabilities and women with disabilities, who suffer double discrimination, gender and disability. In each one of these areas CERMI has constituted work commissions that are in charge of evaluating the initial situation and proposing action plans that determine an effective improvement of the conditions of citizens with disabilities. CERMI's preferred action scopes up until now are: Employment, as without employment, without a budget, without training, incorporation to an active life allowing the disabled to not be dependent subjects and become owners of their own destiny is impossible. Unemployment - with rates surpassing up to three and four times that of the remaining population - is the main problem that persons with disabilities suffer. That is where CERMI has deployed increased activity, with the practical translation of the same residing in the approval by the Government of the Nation, in October of 1997, of the Urgent Measures Plan for the promotion of employment of persons with disabilities, line of action that is to be reinforced with CERMI's new Employment Plan, denominated Employment Plan for Persons with Disabilities in the 21st Century, which should be enforced during the first few years of the new century. Accessibility and elimination of barriers of all types, because physical and mental barriers are a limitation to the action possibilities of persons with disabilities, that are added to the objective disadvantage situation from which they part, impeding their full participation in the normal development of social life. Education is a most important factor in the personal development of persons with disabilities, as this conditions the possibility of accessing other recognised integration paths such as employment.

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Health, prevention and rehabilitation, as personal development and full social participation is impossible if the singularities that persons with disabilities present in these spheres are not taken care of. Protection and social welfare, because CERMI, being in favour of active employment promotion measures and the incorporation of persons with disabilities to the work force, does not renounce to the strengthening of currently existing social protection systems, that guarantee the situation of those unable to access or maintain themselves on the labour market. Persons with disabilities that are most severely affected, as within this population group, these are precisely the ones that objectively encounter the most vulnerable situation and have the highest need, fact that not only claims preferential attention of public powers and society, but also and above all that of the associative movement itself. The digital opportunity (new technologies and knowledge society), as these factors are determining and will determine future society even more, from which persons with disabilities can not be excluded. Women with disabilities, given that this segment is not only the most numerous within the group of persons with disabilities, but is also the one that suffers the highest degree of discrimination, as relegation due to gender is added to relegation due to disability, this being common in all spheres of our society.

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CERMI's achievements from January 1996 – December 2000: 5 years of activity in favour of persons with disabilities Justification of representative organisations, as is the case of CERMI, only resides in the effective advances and improvements that they achieve for the social group they represent. To improve life conditions of persons with disabilities, to reinforce knowledge and protection of their rights, to promote equality of opportunities and, altogether, to raise their degree of social integration and normalisation have been CERMI's important objectives during these last five years of activity, the same being translated in the consecution of important progress for the sector. Institutional recognition CERMI's first achievement has been gathering together the sector of disabilities in Spain in one joint representative platform, substantially advancing in their cohesion and internal unity. As a consequence of this advancement CERMI's consolidation has been achieved as the reference entity for disabilities in our country and has obtained unanimous recognition by public powers and civil society in their role as a valid interlocutor for the Disabled. Working towards integration: employment Training and employment has been the sector in which CERMI has worked most intensely, as not in vain labour integration is the main problem that Spanish disabled persons encounter. All of CERMI's actions in this area have revolved around the Employment Plan for persons with disabilities, a systematic and coherent whole of promotion measures for training and employment with the important aim of confronting, with full rigor and energy, the tremendously serious labour situation suffered by disabled persons. After a long debate, including explanations of the content, before public powers, social agents and the associative movement for the Disabled, CERMI's employment plan obtained, amongst others, the support of the State Economical and Social Council, and was formally presented to the State Government in December of 1996. Nine months later and after CERMI's negotiations with the Ministry for Work and Social Affairs, the Board of Ministers approved the Urgent Measures Plan for the Promotion of Employment for Persons with Disabilities in October of 1997. The importance of the Employment Plan, the first aimed at a specific population group, approved prior negotiation of its content with the sector representatives, is underlined in the fact that once enforced the employment politics for the Disabled promoted by the Government have been in accordance to the principles and measures gathered together in the Plan. Development and application of this Plan has been accompanied by a significant increase in the budget items dedicated to the promotion of labour integration of persons with disabilities, with annual increases of 30 and 40%, which has contributed to making public employment politics for

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the Disabled more dynamic and effective. The 26 measures contained in the Plan are articulated in four important blocks that make reference to Institutional Participation, Professional Training, Labour Intermediation and Contracting and Labour Insertion. Upon the date of March 2000, the Plan can be considered to be fully culminated, highlighting the following achievements due to their significance and reach: Institutional participation

Creation of the State Council for the Disabled, established by Joint Order of the Government Presidency on the 17th June of 1999 and conceived as a consulting body of the State General Administration (AGE) for all that related with public politics pertaining to the attention and integration of persons with disabilities. After public summons of the opportune selective process for designation of the representatives of the associative movement to this Council, CERMI has resulted as the awardee of 12 of the 13 assigned Members to the sector, which speaks of the representation and specific weight of the unitary platform of representation of Spanish disabled persons. In like manner, it has corresponded to CERMI, or more specifically to its President, Mr. Alberto Arbide Mendizábal, the Second Vice-presidency of said body, with Presidency and First Vice-presidency being respectively reserved for the Ministry of Work and Social Affairs and the General Secretary for Social Affairs. Once formally constituted during the first few months of the year 2000, the State Council has started their consulting, study and proposal activities pertaining to the reality of persons with disabilities.

In this same institutional participation block, another of the advances that have been achieved to the moment has been the State Government's decision to inform the Autonomous Communities about the possibility of extending the Plan to their respective territories, in connection with the autonomic representative platforms.

Labour Intermediation

Updating of the database pertaining to employment applications of disabled persons of the INEM, in which 40,000 workers appear registered.

Consideration of disabled persons as a priority group to the effects of actions derived from the National Action Plan for Employment, amongst which the following stand out:

Progressive creation and implantation of Public Services for use of specialisation

actions in labour intermediation destined to disabled workers. Priority treatment of disabled persons in the Programmes for Workshop Schools and

Craft Colleges.

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Formalisation of programme contracts in matters pertaining to training with specialised entities of the disabled persons sector, as is the case with the FSC-Disability Association, in which CERMI participates.

Implementation of a Placement Agency for the Disabled, nation-wide, integrated and

specialised, within the legal collaboration frame with INEM for development of active politics and intermediation in the work market.

Professional Training

Adaptation of Professional Training occupational courses to the needs and singularities of disabled workers.

Contracting and Labour Insertion

Making requisites for disabled workers flexible in that pertaining to training and work-experience contracts. Updating of the amounts pertaining to subsidies and incentives for indefinite contracting of handicapped workers, going from 500,000 to 650,000 pesetas and extension of the same to part-time contracting. Reform of the Social Integration Law for the Handicapped (LISMI), by which alternative measures are established to the obligation of employment reserve for the Disabled. This legal modification, instrumented by the Complimentary Laws of the years 1998 and 1998, culminated after months of intense and not always easy negotiations with the Ministry for Work and Social Affairs, with an agreement between CERMI and the State Government, which becomes a reality in Royal Decree 27/2000, of the 14th January, by which alternative measures of an exceptional character are established for compliance with the reserve share of 2% in favour of disabled workers in companies with more than 50 employees. We are dealing here with an ambitious and innovative standard that opens up a promising third stage between traditional share and canon systems. As of now companies with more than 50 employees may choose to comply with the reserve share under the terms outlined by LISMI or, in exceptional cases and in accordance to certain requisites and conditions or due to compliance with alternative measures established in the referenced Royal Decree. These alternative measures are of three types: acquisition of products elaborated by Special Employment Centres or by disabled persons constituted as autonomous workers, in a determined proportion to the number of handicapped employees not covered by the company; contracting of assets and services of the Special Employment Centres or disabled persons constituted as autonomous workers in the same proportion as the above case; and, finally, cash donations to foundations and associations of public utility that have the aim, amongst others, of promoting labour integration of disabled persons. This standard opens new and unprecedented possibilities for labour insertion of disabled persons, given the fact that apart from reinforcing the Special Employment Centres through an indirect path, they can attract financing through donations and sponsorship actions to the entities that work

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towards labour integration. Application of employment promotion measures for disabled workers (temporary employment). Updating and improvement of the current self-employment system for handicapped workers, as well as capitalising of unemployment compensation as a promotional measure for self-employment of handicapped persons. Extension to Social Economy of certain help measures for contracting of disabled employees. Redefinition of the Special Employment Centre model and the special labour relationship of handicapped employees that provide their services in these centres in order to allow improved adaptation to the market, with modulation of economical subsidies to the creation of work posts, depending on the composition of the staff. Establishment of the minimum inter-professional salary in 50%, without the possibility of reduction of the subsidy for maintenance of work posts occupied by disabled persons in Special Employment Centres. Definition of non-compliance by company owners of the reserve share or the corresponding alternative measures as a serious infraction, which along with the fine (from 50,001 to 500,000 pesetas) includes barring from contracting with the Public Administrations.

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Other advances pertaining to social-labour matters Once formally outside the list of measures pertaining to the MTAS-CERMI Employment Plan, although in close connection with their proposal of favouring access of disabled persons to the social-labour scope, other advances that have been achieved in this period as a consequence of CERMI's proposal and negotiation capacity are to be mentioned:

As of 1997 automatic recuperation of the disability pension if dealing with an autonomous worker, under its non-contribution modality, in case of loss of employment or if activity is ceased, advance that is likewise extended under the same terms as the guaranty subsidy for minimum income. Inclusion of disabled persons amongst preferential groups for which the new modality of work contract can be agreed upon for the promotion of indefinite contracting, extending social bonuses and tax advantages of the indefinite contract for the Disabled to the same. In matters pertaining to work hygiene and safety standards, adaptation of work posts to the needs of disabled workers.

Extension by way of the legal standard approved in 1998 and development through Royal Decree 6/1999, in that pertaining to the large family concept, with those families that have two children, with one of them being handicapped or disabled for work being included in the same. In the Family and Labour Life Conciliation Law, approved in 1999, extension of the recognised rights and benefits of a general character when dealing with parents and relatives of disabled children.

New regulation pertaining to the recognition, declaration and qualification of the degree of disability through Royal Decree of 1971/1999, 23rd December, standard of significant importance due to the irradiation that this administrative declaration has in very different scopes (labour, Social Security, education, tax, etc.).

Upward revision of the amounts pertaining to family assignation per child, to the account of the Social Security, granting an increased amount when dealing with disabled children (Royal Decree-Law 1/2000, of the 14th January, pertaining to certain improvement measures for family protection of the Social Security).

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When the tax policy becomes an integration tool CERMI's actions have not been simply limited to the employment sector, no matter how important this is, but has also extended to other underlying scopes, such as taxation, the same being decisive so that equality of opportunities for the Disabled can be an ever increasing reality. With the Reform of the Income Tax Law, a social movement that, pertaining to disabled persons through their representative platform, achieved recognition as a valid interlocutor by the Government and the different Parliamentary Groups in order to deal with taxation matters. The taxation reserve was thus opened to negotiation with the disabled persons sector, with advances and improvements resulting from the same for a sector that had too often been ignored by taxation laws. IRPF (Income Tax), the tax of taxes The IRPF (Income Tax) reform (Law 40/1998, of the 9th December, pertaining to Income Tax for Persons and other Taxation Standards) implies an important advance in the tax treatment of income and savings pertaining to persons with disabilities. In that pertaining to Income for work the maximum general deduction of 500,000 pesetas is increased in 75%, 125% and up to 175% depending on the percentage of disability and mobility of the disabled person in question. The new vital Minimum concept makes any amount considered as the essential minimum tax-exempt in order to face basic individual and family sustenance. As a general rule this vital minimum is 550,000 pesetas/year, amount that reaches 850,000 pesetas/year in the case of disabled persons if their disability degree is up to 65% and 1,150,000 pesetas/year if they surpass 65%. The Family Minimum is applicable to ancestors and children, with the Law establishing deduction amounts that oscillate between 100,000 and 300,000 pesetas (depending on the number of children) when these cohabit with the declaring party. When ancestors or children under care suffer a disability of between 33% and 65% the general deduction is increased by an additional 300,000 pesetas. If the disability is superior to 65% the applicable deduction is increased in another 600,000 pesetas. Elimination of barriers is taken into account for the first time in tax effects in that pertaining to the habitual home, with investments made by disabled contributors and by their families at the habitual home in order to eliminate barriers being exempt, be they physical or for communication purposes. This initial foresight of the IRPF Law has been extended and improved by the Complimentary Law for the year 2000, which extends the deduction corresponding to investment in works or installations for adaptation of the habitual home, with not only disabled contributors being included, as has been the case until now, but also the spouse, ancestors and descendants cohabiting with the same.

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Another tremendously important advance is the new regime for social welfare for the Disabled. As of the 1st January of 1999 persons with disabilities and their families may channel their savings in favour of the disabled person, with improvements in the Pension Plan conditions for the Disabled with a degree of disability equal or superior to 65%. Disabled persons will enjoy a maximum annual limit for contributions of up to 2,200,000 pesetas and families will enjoy up to 1,100,000 pesetas. These contributors also enjoy significant reductions in their taxable income. In like manner the law has foreseen advantages for persons with disabilities, with special reductions at the time of payment of benefits derived from these formulas for social welfare. The circle of reforms is completed with a measure established by the Complimentary Law for the year 2000, consisting in the equalling of tax effects of legally disabled persons with disabled persons with a disability degree equal or superior to 65%, measure of tremendous significance that implies extending the most favourable fiscal regime enjoyed by severely disabled persons to all legally disabled persons who quite often do not reach the degree of 65%, despite not being able to fend for themselves due to their disability. Other advances in tax matters Taxation improvements for the Disabled, achieved thanks to CERMI's work, are not simply applicable to IRPF, but are extended to other tax scopes, such as:

Company Tax, elevated to 800,000 pesetas, that is the deduction per contracted disabled worker. In the case of VAT and thanks to the reform of the year 1997, non-application of the pro rata amount rule to subsidies received by Special Employment Centres, which implies important tax savings for these type of centres, as they will not contribute the concept of VAT for the public subsidies they receive. In the case of Tax over Vehicles, elevation of the exempt potential limit when dealing with persons with disabilities. Recognition of persons with exempt disability in the payment of registration fees for examination rights for access to public employment and traffic taxes. In the case of the Economical Activities Tax, recognition of exemption for certain suppositions, for entities working in favour of social integration of disabled persons. In the case of Inheritance and Donation Tax, apart from the generic reduction still enforced for disability, which is close to 8 million pesetas, introduction of a new qualified reduction of 25 million pesetas for those persons that in accordance to the applicable standards accredit a disability degree equal or superior to 65%.

In relationship to VAT, extension of application of the reduced 7% type for apparatus and

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compliments with their essential or main use being compensation of a disability, thus breaking the absolute character of the limitation contained in the previous drawing up of the precept.

Another significant advance is aimed at indirectly favouring contracting of disabled persons by companies included in the singular objective estimate Special Regime, IRPF indexes or modules and the Special Simplified VAT Regime. Indeed, the Order of the Ministry for Economy and Tax of the 7th February of 2000 establishes a tax benefit for companies contracting disabled workers consisting in quantification of 60%, which implies savings of 40% both to the effects of modules as well as VAT. It is also to be highlighted that during the last few months of the year 2000, recognition of certain benefits pertaining to the Company Tax for transport companies that adapt their elements to the needs of disabled persons (in virtue of the reform drawn up by Royal Decree-Law 10/2000, of the 6th October, pertaining to urgent support measures for the agricultural, fishing and transport sectors) and the improvement of the contribution limits to pension plans and benefit societies constituted in favour of persons with disabilities (Law 6/2000, of the 13th December, by which urgent tax measures are approved to enhance family and small and medium sized company savings).

The list of CERMI's achievements in the tax field during the last few years is closed off by mentioning one that has not materialised as yet, although it is well on its way to success, constituting one of the main objectives of CERMI's actions for the upcoming legislature. It is the Project for Tax and Patrimonial Statutes of Disabled Persons, that is, systematic and orderly regulation of all legal standards that are related with tax and patrimonial aspects of disabled persons. Up to the moment this proposal made by CERMI has been assumed by the Ombudsman, who has issued an Institutional Report pertaining to the matter, which gathers together the immense majority of CERMI's proposals, the same having passed to the Parliament for its study and, if the case were to be as such, for its approval. This initiative of CERMI's has also counted with favourable backing from the Chamber of Deputies, as a non-Law Proposal has been approved through which the Government is encouraged to promulgate this important set of standards. Also, the party winning the General Elections in March of 2000 has assumed this as a commitment for the upcoming legislature. All of these advances make CERMI's work manifest so that taxation will no longer be a separate world, unaware of any social concern, as through taxation they can also contribute, and considerably, to the social integration of persons with disabilities.

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Education, premise for a normalised life One of the factors that have traditionally influenced the most in social exclusion of persons with disabilities has been their non-existing degree of training and education, above all at superior educational system levels. Being aware of this situation and after months of intense work, in 1999 CERMI approved an Education Attention Plan for Persons with Disabilities, understood as a systematic and coherent whole of action proposals and measures aimed at favouring educational integration of persons with disabilities. Having negotiated the content with the Ministry for Education and Culture (MEC), the bulk of said Plan was gathered in the Collaboration Protocol in matters pertaining to Education Attention of Persons with Disabilities, subscribed between MEC and CERMI in February of the year 2000. The most significant measures gathered in this Protocol are:

Creation of a parity MEC-CERMI Forum for Education Attention of Persons with Disabilities, understood as a meeting, participation and consulting body of the educational authorities with the disabled persons sector.

Revision of the normative frame that regulates special education and attention of diversity aimed at establishing general conditions and common criteria between the different administrations.

CERMI's incorporation to the State Education Council.

Approval of a Minimum Recourse Plan for Education Attention of Persons with Disabilities. Analysis, revision and updating of study plans pertaining to teaching staff that relate with persons with disabilities. Promotion of investigation and educational innovation in the disabled persons scope. Favouring of disabled student access to superior education and connection of the same with the labour world.

Independently of the content of this Protocol, due to CERMI's representative activity, the approval of a standard that reduces in 33% the minimum required percentage in order to have the right to reservation of place at public universities is to be highlighted as an achievement.

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A world that all can reach Promotion of accessibility, understood as a general value from which all citizens benefit, development of an autonomous life and the elimination of barriers of all classes that impede and make full integration of persons with disabilities difficult, exercising of their rights and regular access to community assets and services is another fundamental objective of CERMI, with significant advances having been experienced during these last few years, and that are to be intensified in the future. CERMI's activity in favour of accessibility is reflected in these achievements:

Approval and public presentation in 1999 of CERMI's State Accessibility Plan, coherent and systematic group of measures aimed at insuring universal access of all citizens, independently of their personal circumstances, to community services and assets, and negotiation of their proposals with an Interministerial Commission headed by the Ministry for Work and Social Affairs, although with the presence of other Departments such as Public Works, Industry and Energy. This Plan has not been officially approved, as was the case with CERMI's Employment Plan, although it is the base used by the Government in order to comply with the Parliament's mandate of counting with a National Accessibility Plan that insures exercising of rights of persons with mobility or communication problems. Transposition to Spanish Law of the European Directive pertaining to elevators, that incorporates specific standards in order to insure their use by persons with reduced mobility.

Horizontal Property Law Reform, in the sense of reducing the necessary majority of votes of property community members, in order to authorise conditioning and adaptation works in a building destined to neighbours suffering from mobility problems. Promulgation in diverse Autonomous Communities of regulating laws pertaining to use of guide dogs by blind persons and persons suffering visual disabilities. Inclusion in the General Communication Law of forecasts that insure universal access to communications by disabled persons or persons with special needs. State Government Mandate, gathered in the General State Budget Law for 1999, so that special measures can be adopted that effectively contribute to the elimination of communication barriers, including support measures for training, investigation and promotion of sign language. Inclusion of this measure was a direct consequence of the actions taken by the National Confederation for the Deaf in Spain (CNSE), founding member of CERMI, that counted at all times with the solidarity and support of CERMI and all its organisations.

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In the Building Law of 1999, obligation pertaining to all constructions and buildings being accessible to all types of persons. Formulation and negotiation of proposals and their subsequent incorporation to the National Investigation, Development and Innovation Plan approved by the State Government in 1999, with important references to disabled persons.

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Promotion of health and protection of disabled consumers Later on in time then labour integration, although with like interest and attention; of accessibility; of education; simply to name a few eloquent examples in which CERMI has been working, it is now the turn for health, health attention and protection of the disabled consumer. Health, understood in an extensive sense, is an element of fundamental importance for the Disabled, as the absence of health, along with the different pathologies and disabilities, mixed together with the social factor, are at the origin of the disability, in that pertaining to the situation of objective disadvantage from which persons with disability part in order to participate in the normal development of social life. With this conviction, the representatives of citizens with disabilities started contacts towards the end of the year 2000 with the Ministry for Health and Consumption of the State Government in order to explore common interest fields and establish agreements, collaboration within a frame agreement and in the development protocols of the previous agreements within the scope of health promotion and protection of disabled consumers. As a result of these contacts, towards the beginning of March of 2001, a Frame Agreement with five Development Protocols was subscribed between the Ministry for Health and Consumption and CERMI, with the main action commitments in favour of disabled persons being:

* In matters pertaining to health contributions in favour of disabled persons (technical help):

Proposal of revision and extension of the ortho-prosthesis catalogue (technical help - wheel chairs, prosthesis, walkers, hearing aids, etc. - that disabled persons receive from the National Health System, in order to remedy or attenuate their disability), in order to adapt the same to reality and to the current needs of disabled persons.

* Special labelling of medicine for certain types of disabled persons:

Approval of standards pertaining to medicine and pharmaceutical product labelling so that their denomination and remaining essential aspects can also be offered in the Braille system or with larger characters, in such a manner that blind people or persons with visual disabilities can have access to this information. The same will be applicable to toxic or dangerous products through standards pertaining to labelling, promoted by the National Consumer Institute.

* Medical investigation applied to disabilities:

Elaboration of a map by the Carlos III Health Institute pertaining to the scientific-medical investigation situation that is being developed in Spain in the disability field in order to obtain knowledge about its reality, to determine lacks and to plan investigation activity in tune with the current reality of disabled persons.

* In the field of accessibility and barrier elimination and design for all:

The Ministry for Health and Consumption, in collaboration with CERMI, will plan all buildings, centres and departments (including virtual means such as Internet, etc.) that are to be newly built with complete accessibility criteria, and a complete plan will be undertaken for

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the elimination of physical barriers and communication in their current buildings, centres and departments that are not accessible.

* In that pertaining to health planning:

In health planning special attention will be paid to certain disabilities, with special relevance placed on mental illness and hearing disabilities in children and youths.

* In the field of training and labour integration:

- Inclusion of disability as a specific module in continuos training processes of health personnel pertaining to the INSALUD (National Health Institute) and programming of singular seminars about disability destined to these same health professionals.

- Promotion of the establishment of a special shift for doctors, pharmacists and remaining health personnel (ATS - Nursing) with disabilities in the selection tests for resident interns.

* In matters pertaining to communication and citizen awareness:

- Annual execution, within the communication policy frame of the Ministry for Health and Consumption in matters pertaining to health and consumption, of a campaign to spread information about disability aspects that are socially relevant. In the year 2001 this campaign will be dedicated to preventing deficiencies that cause disabilities.

- In the year 2001 the INSALUD in collaboration with CERMI organised a seminar in Madrid about "Health Attention of Disabled Persons", aimed at health and administrative personnel, in such a manner that the same could acquire increased knowledge about the reality of disabled persons and the needs and peculiarities they represent in the health attention sector.

- To endorse "Health on the Network" on the future portal pertaining to the Ministry for Health and Consumption -that will be designed in accordance to full accessibility criteria- in a specific section about disability in relationship with health and consumption.

* Protection of disabled consumers:

Elaboration by the National Consumer Institute of a sociological study pertaining to "Disability and Consumption", that will provide knowledge about the reality of disabled citizens in their facet as consumers and users of assets, services and products.

* Participation and consultation:

CERMI's incorporation to co-operation and consulting systems and procedures of the Ministry for Health and Consumption, in order to favour this Ministry's assumption of disability as a transversal axis of the politics and programmes of the same, in the fields of health and consumer and user protection.

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CERMI as part of the social sector CERMI, as a representative unitary platform of disabled persons and their member organisations, is integrated within a more extensive emerging scope denominated social sector, in which there is room for all persons and entities working for the advancement of society and extension of equality, justice and solidarity amongst all human groups, in particular those at risk of suffering social relegation or exclusion. The commitment of social movement of disabled persons, articulated around CERMI, has translated in the last few years into the development of an intense activity by several of the member organisations in favour of legal recognition and progress in the social sector. Thus, some of the entities that make up part of CERMI -specifically, FEAPS, COCEMFE, CNSE and ONCE-, have incorporated themselves to the Platform of 17 social Non-Governmental Organisations that, through their negotiation with the State Government, have obtained very significant achievements for the social sector in its whole, these being:

The creation in 1999 of a State Council of social Non-Governmental Organisations, reserving three of the members for the disabled sector. Once the opportune selection process has taken place, in January of 2001 CERMI and two of their member Organisations (CEOCEMFE and FEAPS) have been awarded said posts, which consolidates CERMI's role as an interlocutor in all social movement scopes for the Disabled.

New sharing-out agreement of the 0.5% coming from IRPF amongst social character organisations, which will considerably extend the resources that reach this scope. Elaboration of a White Book pertaining to the social sector. Introduction of the social clause in the Contracting Law pertaining to the Public Administrations. Modification of diverse legal standards for tax matters and in the legislation pertaining to foundations, the same being clearly favourable to the sector.

Proposal presented by political parties and the Parliamentary Groups for a new Association Law.

The digital opportunity: For an information society without exclusions Taking into account that technological advances and the accelerated development of telecommunication services and networks is favouring generalised spreading of the advantages of the interactive society, and in accordance with the diverse public and private initiatives in favour of an Information Society for all, it is essential that within

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all these projects disability be considered as a priority attention factor. This will allow consolidation of the design and accessibility of new means and tools for all citizens, in such a manner that the Information Society can become a society for integration and social cohesion and not a new path for citizen exclusion and dualism. This is the reason why CERMI promotes an Action Plan for Accessibility to New Technologies and the Information Society for all, trusting in the commitment of public powers, economical and social agents and, altogether, the entire society in order to develop those legislative means and technical, business and social projects that will allow the disabled field to obtain benefit from the design for all and the endorsed technologies. In such a manner that technical advances and new applications and services of information and communication technologies can be a source of opportunities for integration, learning and employment and not a new set of barriers that increase exclusion and discrimination. This objective of an open Information Society requires updating of infrastructures, adaptation of the legal frame, the commitment from public and private sectors and awareness of the public opinion about opportunities that are deployed with the implantation of the Information Society for all. CERMI is working towards achieving this end, touchstone of the entire integration construction for the Disabled in the 21st Century.

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Europe, the nearby horizon Europe conditions the social reality and personal development of disabled persons and will condition this even more in the future. The European Institutions are adopting, in increasing numbers, decisions that affect all disabled persons and, therefore, the representative organisations must be present in this scope so that the future Europe, the one that is currently being constructed, will not be a reality that turns its back on disabled persons. CERMI's pro-European vocation translates in the Entity's active participation, representing Spain at the European Disabled Persons Forum (EDF, English abbreviation), the representative platform for 40 million disabled Europeans, made up by the national councils of each State member and the most outstanding non-Governmental Pan-European Organisations for the Disabled. The European commitment of the Spanish Disabled has translated in the fact that Spain has been entrusted with the Forum's Management of the Employment and Structural Funds Commission, which implies recognition of the work developed by CERMI in Spain in the field of labour integration. Likewise very emphasised and thus it was declared by the European Commission, was the Spanish participation in the reform process of the European Union's constitutive Treaties, which led to the legal establishment of the non-discrimination principle of disabled persons (section 13 of the European Union Treaty). Spain's contribution, upon the initiative of CERMI, to the employment field was likewise decisive when it came time for the European Union to take disabled persons into consideration, by way of a decision adopted in the Special European Council for Employment in Luxembourg in November of 1997, as a preferential attention group, which determines the inclusion of this group in the Guidelines for Employment and in the National Action Plans for Employment of each of the Union member states. This commitment seed pertaining to community authorities with labour integration of disabled persons was consolidated with the approval of the European Council Resolution of the 25th May of 1999, which established the inspiring principles of the community institutions' action in favour of employment and economical integration of European citizens with disabilities. Apart from the approval of the above-mentioned European Social Charter, mention must also be made of the pronouncements in favour of disabled persons, contained in the Conclusions of the European Council held in Lisbon in March of this year, by which the Community Institutions and the member states are encouraged to fight against social exclusion (Conclusion 5), to extending the information society to all citizens by paying special attention to disabled persons (Conclusion 9) and, finally, to undertake priority actions aimed at specific groups, amongst which disabled persons are expressly highlighted. One of the Commission's decisions, with incidence in the disabled field and that took place in the year 2000, is the European Initiative, aimed at promoting the extension of new technologies and the

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information society to all spheres, as well as the Bulletin about "Europe without Barriers" dated in June of 2000, first pronouncement of the community executive board in matters pertaining to accessibility and elimination of barriers. This list of advances, with CERMI participating through EDF in the management of the same, includes two more references. The first, the approval of the Directive of the 27th November of 2000 pertaining to the establishment of a general frame for equality in the treatment of employment and occupation, which implies the extension and application of the non-discrimination principle established in section 13 of the Amsterdam Treaty for all vulnerable groups in order to impede discriminatory actions in the work market. This new European legislation is to be transposed to the member States, implying the opening up of a significant path for the incorporation of all that related with non-discrimination to the Spanish legal patrimony. The second is another European Commission decision with direct effect over the social and employment scope. It is a Social Agenda, that is, an action plan of the community Executive for the 2000-2005 period in the labour and social sphere. CERMI's European vocation does not simply end in Brussels, but is in fact aimed at also reinforcing the Mediterranean Forum flank, for which, along with the national boards of all southern European countries, has constituted a Mediterranean Committee of Boards of representatives of disabled persons, with the principles, action lines and objectives being reflected in the Corfu Declaration of 1998. This committee has successively met in Spain, meetings that have served the purpose of approving the Benalmadena Declaration pertaining to Tourism for All, Portugal and France.

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Sports, normalisation path The promotion and recognition of sports practise by disabled persons has been one of the scopes in which CERMI's work as true representative of disabled persons has been quite obvious. Thanks to the initiatives presented by CERMI before the public powers (State Government and Parliamentary Groups present in Congress and the Senate), in 1998 modification of the enforced Sports Law was achieved, in the sense of equalling the Spanish Paralympic Committee (CPE) with the Olympic Committee to all effects, including taxation. In this manner CPE is doted with a full charter of an institutional nature, integrated by the national sports federations for the Disabled, which in its short history has managed to place Spain amongst the top paralympic powers in the world. The strength of Spanish paralympic sports is reflected in the past Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, in which Spain was proclaimed third world power in the field of sports for the Disabled.

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Election meetings 2000 CERMI's consideration as a valid interlocutor and social sector reference for the Disabled has enjoyed its most recent eloquent manifestation in the Election Meetings celebrated in the months of January and February of the year 2000, with reason of the General Elections, held on the 12th of March. For the first time in the history of this population group, candidates to the Government Presidency of the major parties (Popular Party, Spanish Socialist Workers Party, United Left, Convergence and Union Party) met with a massive representation of the movement associated to disabled persons (in some meetings up to 4,000 persons were gathered) in order to present and explain the proposals and commitments of their political groups. These meetings have not only served the purpose of making manifest and bringing the reality, cohesion and strength of the associative movement of disabled persons closer to those who are mainly responsible for politics, but has also established and consolidated permanent communication and relation channels between the representatives of disabled persons and the political groups, which in great measure eases CERMI's representative action in the upcoming legislature. Election Meetings 2000 Agenda:

* 27th January: José María Aznar, President of the Government and Government Presidency Candidate for the Popular Party.

* 5th February: Joaquín Almunia, Government Presidency Candidate for the Progressive-Spanish Socialist Workers Party.

* 14th February: Francisco Frutos, Government Presidency Candidate for the United Left Party.

* 22nd February: Xavier Trias, Government Presidency Candidate for the Convergence and Union Party

Apart from these meetings, diverse autonomous representative platforms, integrated in the nation-wide CERMI, organised meetings with the candidates of the main political groups in their territory, the same highlighted by the attendance and by the social projection that was reached, promoted by COCARMI, CERMI Andalucía and CERMI Valencian Community.

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Building the future: Important Action Lines 2001-2004 The results obtained up until now encourage and oblige us to continue working in the defence and promotion of disabled persons, the same exacting anticipation, planning and proposal capacity from us. For the present legislature, which extends until the year 2004, CERMI will focus their actions in the following important action lines: ? ? Through constitution of work groups, constituted as of a draft copy of the New LISMI

(Social Integration Law of Disabled Persons) for the 21st Century, preparation for the subsequent procedure through the adequate channels.

? ? New Employment Plan for the Disabled for the 21st Century, approved by CERMI's Executive Committee in the month of November of 2000.

? ? Revision of the standard frame and establishment of reliable mechanisms that promote labour integration of disabled persons in the public sector, directly as well as indirectly.

? ? Designation of a representative of the disabled sector, if possible the same being disabled, in the experts' shift appointed by the State Government in the State's Economical and Social Council.

? ? CERMI's participation as representation of the disabled sector in the elaboration of the National Action Plan against Social Exclusion.

? ? Approval and implementation during this legislature of a State Accessibility Plan and the search for financing formulas for actions within this scope to the account of the European Funds (FEDER).

? ? Development of the Education Attention Plan for the Disabled, subscribed in February of 2000 between CERMI and the Ministry for Education, Culture and Sports (MECD), and constitution of the Education Attention Forum for the Disabled, consulting body with parity MECD-CERMI character for this matter.

? ? Subscription of a new frame agreement with the Ministry for Health and Consumption for the promotion of life, health and consumption conditions of Disabled persons.

? ? Approval and development of the Patrimonial Statute for the Disabled and remaining Tax Laws that incise on disabled persons (IRPF Law reform, etc.).

? ? In the frame of the new regulation of the dependence insurance for vulnerable persons, that is being prepared by the Government, special attention for the Disabled and legally declared disabled persons.

? ? New legal regime pertaining to work/disability pension compatibility. ? ? Impulse of a Complete Attention Plan for persons with severely affecting disabilities. ? ? Co-operation in legislative matters (follow-up of the ordinary legislative activity so that, if

necessary, disabled persons can be taken into account and in particular the presence of matters that affect disabled persons in budget packages (Budget Law and Complimentary Law)) for each year.

? ? Approval of an Action Plan for matters pertaining to New Technology and Extension of the Information Society to Disabled Persons (Application and Development in Spain of the conclusions reached at the Lisbon Summit 2000 about extension of new technologies and the information society to excluded groups (amongst them, disabled persons)).

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? ? Application in Spain of the non-discrimination "package" (Directive, Communications and Action Programme) approved by the European Commission and the Fundamental Rights Charter (result of the Intergovernmental Conference).

? ? Preparation of the Spanish Presidency Semester of the European Council - first semester of the year 2002- and celebration in Spain of the monographic Board Meeting of the Ministers for Social Affairs pertaining to disabled persons (the European Union will declare the year 2003 as the European Disabled Persons Year).

? ? CERMI's support, as part of the social sector, to the legislative reform proposals in matters pertaining to associations (new Association Law) and foundations (improvement of the current legal regime), promoted by the Social Non-Governmental Organisations Platform and the Spanish Foundations Corporation (CEF).

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Vicesecretaría General Vicesecretaría General

Dirección Ténica

Comisiones de Trabajo

Grupos de Trabajo

AsesoríasSecretaría General

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Presidente

Comité Ejecutivo

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Directory CERMI General Secretariat Calle José Ortega y Gasset, 18 Tel.: 91/436 53 19 – 436 53 18 – 575 60 21 Fax: 91/436 53 52 E-mail: lcpb@once.es - ggam@once.es Internet: www.cermi.es CERMI's member organisations CERMI Confederación Coordinadora Estatal de Minusválidos Físicos de España (COCEMFE) (State Co-ordinator Confederation of the Physically Disabled in Spain). C/. Luis Cabrera, 63 28002 Madrid Tel.: 91/744 36 00 Fax: 91/413 19 96 E-mail: cocemfe@cocemfe.es Internet: http://www.cocemfe.es Confederación Española de Organizaciones en favor de las Personas con Retraso Mental (FEAPS) (Spanish Confederation of Organisations in favour of the Mentally Disabled) C/. General Perón, 32 1º A 28020 Madrid Tel.: 91/556 74 13 Fax: 91/597 41 05 E-mail: feaps@arrakis.es Internet: http://www.feaps.org Confederación Nacional de Sordos de España (CNSE) (National Confederation of the Deaf in Spain) C/. Alcalá, 160 1º F 28028 Madrid Tel.: 91/356 58 32 Fax: 91/355 43 36 E-mail: cnse@cnse.es

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Internet: http://www.cnse.es Federación Española de Asociaciones de Padres y Amigos de los Sordos (FIAPAS) (Spanish Federation of Associations of Parents and Friends of the Deaf) C/. Núñez de Balboa, 3 - 1º 28001 Madrid Tel.: 91/576 51 49 Fax: 91/576 57 46 E-mail: fiapas@jet.es Internet: http://www.fiapas.es Federación Española de Asociaciones de Atención a las Personas con Parálisis Cerebral (ASPACE) (Spanish Federation of Associations for Attention of Persons with Cerebral Palsy) C/. General Zabala, 29 28002 Madrid Tel.: 91/561 40 90 Fax: 91/563 40 10 E-mail: aspacesp@teleline.es Internet: http://www.aspace.org Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles (ONCE) (Spanish National Organisation for the Blind) C/. José Ortega y Gasset, 18 28006 Madrid Tel.: 91/436 53 00 Fax: 91/436 53 53 E-mail: once@once.es Internet: http://www.once.es Confederación Española de Agrupaciones de Familiares y Enfermos Mentales (FEAFES) (Spanish Confederation of Groupings for Relatives and Persons suffering Mental Illness) C/. O´Donnell, 18 - 2º G 28009 Madrid Tel.: 91/575 92 26 Fax: 91/577 00 21 E-mail: feafes@retemail.es Internet: Plataforma Representativa Estatal de Discapacitados Físicos (PREDIF) (State Representative Platform for the Physically Disabled) Avda Dr. García Tapia, 129, local 5 28030 Madrid Tel.: 91/3715294 Fax.: 91/3016120 E-mail: predif@retemail.es

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Internet: http://www.skios.e/plataforma Federación Española de Instituciones para el Síndrome de Down (FEISD) (Spanish Federation of Institutes for Down's Syndrome) C/. Bravo Murillo, 79 1º A 28003 Madrid Tel.: 91/533 71 38 Fax: 91/553 46 41 E-mail: feisd@idecnet.com Internet: http://www.sindromedown.net Confederación AUTISMO ESPAÑA (made up by the SPANISH AUTISM Confederation and the Spanish Federation of Parents of the Autistic-FESPAU) C/. Guadiana, 38 28224 Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid) Tel.: 91/351 54 20 Fax: 91/799 09 40 E-mail: confederacion@autismoespana.com Internet: http://www.autismoespana.com Federación Española de Padres de Autistas - FESPAU (Spanish Federation of Parents of the Autistic) C/. Navaleno, 9 28033 Madrid Tel.: 91/766 00 18 Fax. 91/766 00 18 E-mail: autistas@fespau.es Internet: http://www.fespau.es Comité Paralímpico Español (CPE) (Spanish Paralympic Committee) CSD – Avenida Martín Fierro, s/n 28040 Madrid Tel.: 91/589 69 72 Fax: 91/589 67 17 E-mail: cpe@csd.mec.es Internet: http://www.paralimpicos.sportec.es Confederación Española de Fundaciones (CEF) (Spanish Confederation of Foundations) C/. Velázquez, 18 - 2º Izq. 28006 Madrid Tel.: 91/578 25 85 Fax: 91/578 36 23 E-mail.: cef@fundaciones.org Internet.: http://www.fundaciones.org

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Comité de Representantes de Minusválidos – CERMI Castilla-La Mancha (Committee of Representatives of the Disabled) C/. Alférez Provisional, 3 45001 Toledo Tel.: 925/ 28 46 61 Fax: 925/ 21 67 51 E-mail: fcalzada@jet.es Comité de Representantes de Minusválidos Comunidad Valenciana - CERMI CV (Committee of Representatives of the Disabled for the Valencian Community) Gran Vía Ramón y Cajal, 13 46007 Valencia Tel.: 96/ 380 92 11 Fax: 96/ 380 92 11 E-mail: carlos.laguna@fsc.es; Comité de Entidades de Representantes de Minusválidos en Andalucía – (Committee of Representative Entities of the Disabled for Andalucía) CERMI Andalucía Pabellón de la Fundación ONCE Isla de La Cartuja C/. Leonardo Da Vinci, s/n 41902 Sevilla Tel.: 95/446 25 11 Fax: 95/446 28 11 E-mail: PABFUND@teleline.es Comitè Català de Representants de Minsuvàlids - CERMI Catalunya (Catalan Committee of Representatives of the Disabled) Gran Vía de las Cortes Catalanas, 562, pral. 2ª 08011 Barcelona Tel.: 93/451 55 50 Fax: 93/451 69 04 E-mail: ecom@ecom.es Internet: http://www.ecom.es Comité de Entidades Representantes de Minusválidos de Galicia – CERMI Galicia (Committee of Representative Entities of the Disabled for Galicia) Rúa Modesto Brocos, 7 – 3er Bloque, Bajo 15704 Santiago de Compostela Tel.: 981/ 57 46 98 Fax: 981/ 57 46 70 E-mail: correo@cogami.es

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Comité de Representantes de Minusválidos de la Comunidad de Madrid – (Committee of Representatives of the Disabled for the Community of Madrid) CERMI Comunidad de Madrid C/. Prim, 3 28004 Madrid Tel.: 91/532 97 74 Fax. 91/531 24 09 E-mail: cermicm@once.es Comité Autonómico de Entidades de Representantes de Minusválidos de Castilla y León – CERMI Castilla y León (Autonomous Committee of Entities of Representatives of the Disabled for Castilla and Leon) C/. Muro, 15 47004 Valladolid Tel.: 983/30 08 88 Fax. 983/ 21 07 27 E-mail: asprodes@feclaps.org Comité de Entidades de Representantes de Minusválidos de la Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias- CERMI Canarias (Committee of Entities of Representatives of the Disabled for the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands) C/ Prolongación Juan Manuel Durán, 50 bajo 35010 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Tel: 928/22 70 77 Fax: 928/22 72 79 E-mail: feapscan@idecnet.com Comité de Representantes de Minusválidos del Principado de Asturias- CERMI Asturias (Committee of Representatives of the Disabled for the Principality of Asturias) C/ Campomanes, 5 33008 Oviedo Tel: 985/21 30 78 Fax: 985/20 11 28 E-mail: vit@once.es; federacion@cocemfeasturias.es Comité de Entidades de Representantes de Minusválidos de Aragón- CERMI Aragón (Committee of Entities of Representatives of the Disabled for Aragón) C/ Paseo Echegaray y Caballero, 76 50003 Zaragoza Tel: 976/28 24 77 Fax: 976/28 38 87 E-mail: recursos@atades.es

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(Spanish Committee of Representatives for the Disabled)

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28006 Madrid - España Telephones: 91/436 53 19 – 436 53 18 - 575 60 21 Fax: 91/436 53 52 E-mail: lcpb@once.es - ggam@once.es