27-28 June: Sub-Regional Closing Workshop of Project “Protecting children from violence and promoting social inclusion of children with disabilities in the Western Balkans and Turkey”
Secretary-General’s Message for 2018
On World Autism Awareness Day, we stand up for the rights of people with autism and speak out against discrimination.
This year’s observance highlights the importance of empowering women and girls with autism.
Mrs Hager Bjørnstad, spouse of the ambassador of Norway to Serbia, organised a presentation on issues confronting people with disabilities at the Norwegian Ambassadorial Residence.
The purpose of the seminar was to introduce the community of expatriates living in Belgrade to the situation of persons with disabilities in Serbia and what is being done to improve their quality of life.
Opširnije: Presentation On Issues Facing People With Disabilities
Within the framework of the project “Protecting children from violence and promoting social inclusion of children with disabilities in Western Balkans and Turkey”, funded by the European Union and implemented by UNICEF, together with EDF, on 30th November 2016 at the Holliday Inn in Belgrade hotel NOOIS held one-day conference entitled: “Inclusive services for children with disabilities and their families”.
Opširnije: Conference “Inclusive services for children with disabilities and their families”
National Organization of Persons with Disabilities of Serbia (NOOIS) is umbrella organization of 13 Serbia’s national disability organizations, representing more than half a million of citizens of Serbia with disabilities.
NOOIS would like to hereby express to the Honorable Nobel Prize Committee of the Norwegian Parliament its’ adherence and support to Lenin Moreno Garces’, Constitutional Vice-President of the Republic of Ecuador, nomination for 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.
Bestowing 2012 Nobel Peace Prize to Mr. Lenin Moreno Garces would be recognition of his and Republic of Ecuador’s contribution to furthering the cause of persons with disabilities. This kind of recognition would be long overdue and much in order as persons with disabilities constitute 15 percent of world population; according to World Health Organization and World Bank 2011 World Disability Report, over one billion persons with various types of disability live on planet Earth today and they constitute one of the most numerous marginalized groups in society.
About NOOIS
The National Organization of Persons with Disabilities of Serbia (NOOIS) was established on 22nd July 2007. Accordingly, the informal network of various organizations of persons with disabilities, which had existed for years, evolved into NOOIS as a formal network with a legal status, similar to many organizations in Europe. NOOIS is an “umbrella” organization representing more than 800,000 persons with disabilities and their legal representatives involved in:
- Associations of organizations of persons with individual types of disabilities
- Organizations of legal representatives of persons with disabilities, and
- Interest organizations gathering persons with various types of disabilities (so-called cross-disability organizations)
Why was it established?
- To represent the united movement of persons with disabilities of Serbia, speak on behalf of the majority of persons with disabilities and their legal representatives, and constitute the strongest force in advocating their common interests and needs
- The role of the National Organization is not to replace individual organizations of persons with disabilities (Associations and other organizations), but to focus on mutual actions, initiatives and matters of general interest
Management
President: Mihailo Pajevic
Executive director: Ivanka Jovanović
NOOIS mission
Increasing inclusion of persons with disabilities in the society, full respect of human rights and non-discrimination on the basis of disability by creating partnership between the united disability rights movement and the state in terms of adopting and implementing disability laws and other documents in compliance with international standards and documents
NOOIS goals
- Unified advocacy of interests of persons with disabilities in Serbia
- Protection and promotion of fundamental human rights
- Improvement of the status of persons with disabilities by implementing national strategies, laws and policies in the sphere of disability, and the reform of national legislation in compliance with the human rights principles
- Struggle against prejudice and discrimination based on disability and full participation, equality and social inclusion of persons with disabilities in Serbia
- Strengthening the cooperation among NOOIS member organizations and supporting the development of their individual capacities
- Acceptance of international and European disability standards, principles and documents and their application in Serbia in Serbia
- Development of the cooperation and participation in the international disability rights movement
NOOIS values
- Application of European and UN standards in the field of human rights of persons with disabilities
- Non-discrimination
- Equal opportunities for persons with disabilities
- Promotion of accessibility and universal design in the field of physical environment, transportation, information and communications
- Independence and representativeness
- Mutual cooperation
- Responsibility
- Internal democratic structure and connections with member-organizations
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