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FRA speaks on new disability strategy at disability service providers event

The European Platform for Rehabilitation, a community of service providers working with people with disabilities, held its annual conference in Dublin on 22 and 23 September.

It focused on the role of service providers in the implementation of the EU’s new Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030.

FRA joined a panel on the rights-based approach to services. It spoke about key challenges and priorities in implementing the UN’s Disability Convention (CRPD), its own disability work, and what a rights-based approach to services for people with disabilities looks like.